Personally, I like the new one over Lies of P. The transversal with the mix of the umbral and the living world feels less linear with some puzzle. Mobs are annoying, and weapons feel clunky, though.
Let’s see if I will grow to resent it more as I progress deeper.
Yeah, it’s clungy.
So far, I like that attacks are well telegraphed. Not holding for seconds, then coming down on a flash like in ER or LoP, but I haven’t even reached the second major boss yet.