Ok, I gave this a go on PC. The most noticeable thing was I really, really felt the need to lock on because enemies kept getting around me. All my dodges were in one direction which felt odd. And some enemies were really good at blocking but seemed to die anyway. I also didn't get much past the two naked ladies in the house.
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Were you using the lock-on feature? it's bound to the same buttons as fromsoft games both on kb+m and controller and works the exact same way as their games too. dodging while not locked on is always done in the facing direction too, just like in most games. A difference in my game is that pressing the dodge button with no directional input pressed dodges forward rather than back, but that's on purpose by design