Thanks so much for this, the video's a goldmine, I'm going to be rewatching it a lot.
Honestly relieved you picked up the controls that fast, they're unorthodox and I'd been worried they were a barrier. Good to know the defaults felt right too (there are separate mouse/sword sensitivity sliders in settings if you ever want to tweak).
The motion sickness I'm taking seriously, you're not the first to mention it, and watching your run I think I know roughly where it's coming from. That one's going on the priority list.
Totally agree on the cleaner face-hit feedback, that's already on the way. The debris-kick idea is a fun one too, noted.
Really appreciate you taking the time and recording it, this is exactly the kind of feedback I needed.