I'm the only one who thinks combat looks amazing? if you watch he fients an attack, the guy goes to parry the wrong direction. so I got the impression there was directional blocking. if there is an autoblock feature hopefully you can turn it off, since its a singleplayer game remember difficulty options seem likely.
also there is 5 directions, and you can slash, stab or bash in each direction. that is way more complex than I thought it could be. the FPV looks really well done, like obstructing your vision when you are stunned.