This is one of the worst and most unfair games I've ever played. You can't have combat that's tuned to be difficult and also make it >completely mechanically broken. Hits that literally didn't connect can kill you, and direct hits to enemies will often clip straight through them. Going down the wrong corridor can mean finding enemies you're not properly levelled for, who, though skinned exactly the same as the mobs you're able to one-shot, will easily one-shot you. Some attacks seemingly strike before the animation's even gotten to the point of attacking, and whereas the player's made to stagger with every hit they take, enemies never seem to stagger at all. Every hit made on an enemy is an opening for them to strike back, while every hit taken leaves one at the mercy of the enemy's combo.
I get that "infuriating RPG" is a genre now, but at least make me furious with myself, not shitty design.