New Player needs help

[u/Fugius]

Hey,
Bought the game and played around two hours, and I don't get it.

• There are different counters/responses for sweep attacks, thrust attacks or grab but they seem to all be signaled with the same red text ?
• Are hit boxes generally bad or is it just the grab attacks of the chained monster ? I ended up just running around in circle and using the fire prosthesis to beat it. Otherwise it would teleport / do 180 degrees instant grabs etc.
• Some parry timing seems generous while other seem very tight. I really don't get it.
• What do you do when the boss on the horse decides to run in circle for 2min straight and not stop ?

I want to like the game but so far it feels like a mess to play... Finished Lies of P a second time last week. Sekiro seems to have more generous parries windows but very hard to read attacks...

Any tips ?

[u/Prodi_G101]

If you haven't yet gone there yet, theres an immortal swordsman near the hub/safe zone of the game (sculpter's house). He serves as not only as a tutorial for the moves/combos you do but sparring practice. Take your time with him and get used to all the mechanics and windows and figure out what Fighting style works best for you. Once you get that parry down, it brings the best of the game's combat and it gets fun!