Don't give up! 3 hours in and I had died and raged more than any game I've ever played, I was so ready to just never play again..I practiced on the undead guy and went back to the shinobi hunter and beat him first try without getting touched! Best feeling ever. My advice is to practice your deflects 1 on 1 with the lower level enemies and you will start to see that this game isn't impossible to play