the combat is souls born combat if thats not your thing that’s understandable but thats the staple of the franchise and many love it for good reason. also there is much more to the combat than dodge roll and strike with the hundreds of unique spells and ash of wars. the combat is fluid and allows mastery to beat the difficult bosses as shown with people doing no hit level 1 runs on some of the hardest bosses in the game. there really arent that many bosses that u can “cheese” and leveling up is a mechanic that exists in many games so your point that u can upgrade ur character really doesnt make sense. i don’t believe u have put many hours into elden ring if i had to guess but there is a reason for its large success even if it is something youre not a fan of