First time trying this game, but either there is a visual bug with the defense system or there's something I'm not understanding about it. I can't find any information about how this works.
When I parry, I supposedly get 12 defense points on 2 limbs of my choice. However, a lot of the time, this isn't represented in the game. The bars of the limb health fail to turn yellow and sometimes fail to even represent it in the popout i.e. says 0/12 defense despite just having used parry. This continues until the limb is actually attacked, which sets the bar and popout to where they should be (yellow bar and the actual defense left on that limb).
It's confusing.
Good game so far though, haven't gone past the prologue yet.