Hello!
Thank you for your feedback!
You can currently block enemy attacks by attacking at the same time as the enemy. This feature can be played around with quite a bit you can even score ripostes and “master strikes”.
Definitely needs more telegraphing, but it is there, not perfect — but is there! The system was initially inspired by KCD2, but the combat would have required a magnetism feature which can be quite annoying and would require more tuning than we would have had time for.
Thank you for the feedback and we will definitely take it in to consideration for a postjam hotfix!