Trying the game for the first time but it's like brutally difficult on level 1. Get caught and press A + D and no matter how fast or try to time it to what I see on screen (instead of just spam) I basically never have a chance at getting free so I don't get the point. I get corrupted at 5 times but since enemies can come from behind me unless I memorize the timings of everything along with my attacks I don't get how to progress at all.
This feels like a brutal platformer but maybe that's just the point in which case, okay.