literally horrid game combat, nothing about it screams fun.
what im saying is, for a bloody porn game you actually have to play it as a souls game, and this is such a half ass attempt at a souls game, the combat is not fun cause, the blocking and dodging barely works, you dont get iframes, cause they dont exist, so everything needs to be played perfectly with action, so yes you need to put effort into the game to get through it.
the first boss is poorly balanced, 2 taps you and has insane dash speeds with barely any warning, you get barely any time to react to any of their attacks and dont forget a massive AOE, it wouldnt be horrible if there was any form of more consistent dodging but no its a back dash that stuns you, a shield that barely works and such a fast draining stamina with a cooldown timer that doesnt fit the games pace