This ended up just being a walking sim for me with some forced dialogue in between. I'd suggest making the dialogue skippable, (I'm not a fan of forced cutscenes) and the combat worthwhile.
If the combat was fun, I'd definitely fight the enemies, but you can only attack in the direction you're moving. You don't even get the luxury of aiming at the mouse.
Also, what is the yellow bar? I still can't figure that out, and I played for a while.