@amyh7292:

first thing first, saying you are good at video games does not make you good at video games.

enemies telegraph every attack, and gives audio clues, they scream "im going to do this now", the two first areas in particular gives you large windows for counters and tries to teach you how to play.

the "bad" checkpoint system is you not finding shortcuts and figuring out the level design, and thats astounding cause it`s pretty simple, progress - open shortcut - progress - open shortcut close to boss.

"clunky controls"

i don`t get it, people play this game without getting hit... how can the controls be clunky if you can avoid the "hard enemies" all the time?

you might be good at some games, but you have a problem recognizing patterns if you cant get past central yarnham.