it feels like the parry doesnt work a majority of the time

[Spears]

I press the button and nothing happens. then sometimes, i press the button at the exact same time and I parry. playing on gamepass pc with xbone controller

[Miro Fox]

use dodge to refine your dodging.

When it says "Dodge" you were off by a bit, when it says "Perfect" thats the Parry window.

[Caelestus]

Use the audio cues as hints. I think there is a .5 second parry window. While dodging is like 1 second. Also, some bosses have confusing movements, but just using audio, I managed to parry them on the first try.

[Ratsplat]

Being bad at parry has no meaning until you also tell us that you can't dodge. The game gives everyone tons of mechanics that no one bothers using.

[pasta]

It doesn’t

[Swote]

I noticed everything has a very small cue that tells you PRESS IT NOW. Sometimes it's something glowing like a blade. Sometimes it's a foot getting off the ground, sometimes it's the end of a spin. But when you realize what it is you can parry it by looking for it like most of the time

[Haruspex]

What's up with people forcing their self to parry lol Use dodge brother

[Swote]

Originally posted by Haruspex:

What's up with people forcing their self to parry lol Use dodge brother

It's...more rewarding

[Jerry Rizzerman]

Originally posted by Swote:

Originally posted by Haruspex:

What's up with people forcing their self to parry lol Use dodge brother

It's...more rewarding

Using dodge let's you get used to the parry timing, perfect dodge has the same timing as parry and you have some leeway with the normal dodge. But you're not wrong, parry is more rewarding.

[John Destiny]

Originally posted by Spears:

I press the button and nothing happens. then sometimes, i press the button at the exact same time and I parry. playing on gamepass pc with xbone controller

Probably because this game like every other UE5 title currently relies on garbage frame gen to achieve half-way decent FPS, and i imagine parry timing is borked when you are trying to do it with made-up frames that dont actually exist.