Honestly, I had no idea what was going on. I'm not use to the the combat system which seems like you are not really playing a game, but more like generally telling the computer what they should maybe be doing.
I tried the demo and thought the same thing. I didn't know what the heck was going on. I couldn't tell if anything I hit on the controller even made a difference or not.
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