The gameplay isn't bad, everything surrounding it is. The Quality of Life is abysmal, now ay to speed up the slow animations, most items/new abilities not being explained to you, you can't see enemy attack ranges, you have to be able to memorise all the different modifiers you've given them and notice all the possibilities every move, The "Shield" mechanic doesn't take into account your shotgun killing targets, so you can just die when trying different moves out. It feels like complete ASS that enemies can kill you when they can't move yet.
Needs more QoL to make learning the game actually fun.