For the game series renowned for being the 'hardest' good game there is, they made sure it was true by having an insanely high learning curve with little to no direction.
This game is basically unplayable without reading up on guides / mechanics. But maybe I'm just a scrub.

However, a scrub that I may be, I still completed the game. The combat is super satisfying and the enemies are dope as fuck, from the common undead to the big dog with a sword.

Whilst at times I felt like giving up, I can see myself playing through the rest of the series in the future.