I came back to Lies of P after playing it for maybe 8 hours about a year ago. I remember getting frustrated with the mechanics but I was also playing a lot of elden ring at the time. I just don't think I realized at the time that rolling constantly is not what you should be doing. I honed in on guarding (and perfect guards which will stagger) and occasionally rolling, and went all in on a Technique build this time. I love it. I'm probably gonna crush the game in about a week, and then move right onto the DLC that just came out