>>716072682
>It is
It isn't
>You don't have to worry about autistic combos or techniques
>blocking/rolling plus fundamental spacing, baiting and punishes are all you need to beat the game.
Those two are mutually exclusive. Spacing, positioning, reaction to subtle enemy tells are possible because the player isn't burdened by committal pre-baked attack combinations through input strings.
Souls games would be massively worse if they had those elements