People that are interested in this game need to watch some videos detailing the combat. I had seen gameplay videos but I did not fully understand how atrocious the combat in this game was until I played it. The key points: -Your camera locks onto your enemy. You can move it off by moving your mouse very far very quickly, but you are intended to use the keyboard to swap targets. There is no free targeting in the game. -The mouse is used not to move the camera, it is used to decide where to strike enemies - the intention being that you attempt to strike at vulnerable spots and try to chain "combos" (but you won't succeed at this because of the AI's excellent blocking ability). -When you are swung at you can block or dodge during a brief window. This will consume stamina. If you block at the exact moment their weapon hits you, then you parry and automatically strike back. -Getting hit, swinging, blocking, doing anything but parrying costs stamina. When your stamina is depleted, enemy attacks do damage to your health. -If you get to close to an enemy they will grab you. -The camera lurches wildly during all of this to be immersive. I hate this combat. The people that like it praise it for its realism, but I find it incredibly clunky, feeling as if it was never intended to be played by a mouse and keyboard. Because of its clunky design, fighting multiple people is just impossible. Combat is an enormous part of the gameplay, and I do not think I will ever see another game with a combat system as poorly designed as this one. Please if you are considering this game, learn from my mistake and watch as many videos explaining the combat as you can. I did not realize exactly how the system worked, and now I have a game that I hate.
