Is there a way to enjoy this game?

[o_O]

I suck at deflecting and dodging and I'm not a fan of dying 1000000 times to learn every mob's moves. How can I enjoy the game?

[FIRELORD767]

If you're really desperate and intend to use cheats, you can try download WeMod. Its safe and can enable temporary cheats.

[Yevn]

Listen to the sculptor's advice, every enemy has a proper way to kill it. Meaning every enemy in the game has a weakness that if you can find you can fight them with a lot more ease. Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa is weak to Firecrackers and Flame Vent, Lady Butterfly is weak to the Shuriken and Flame Vent, Genichiro Ashina is also weak to Flame vent and Firecrackers. You'll find almost every boss in the game if vulnerable to Flame Vent in one way or another and while sometimes you can do more with other tools Flame Vent is one of the best to learn to use because it will set burn status on enemies making it so you can get vitality damage and usually leaves them vulnerable for a few seconds.

Using items that increase your resistences can help a lot I.E. Ungo's and Gokan's sugar. Rice is a great item later and you shouldn't hesitate to use it as you can always go back to the divine child to get more while getting constant Regen.

Also spend all of your money on items and upgrading your Prostetic tool, Mist Raven, and Loaded umbrella are great to help ease you into learning the game while Flame Vent is a great all around tool for various bosses.

[ice]

be good

[Yuri]

Simple, try to LEARN how to play. The game has the deflection mechanic and was made to be used, 99.8% of attacks can be deflected. The game will be cooler if you use the mechanic!

[Sticky White Stuff]

Think of it as a rhythm based game. The game on default isn't that hard, unless you ring the bell or go into NG+ and give the charm to Kuro (which you can't do in your first playthrough) or do both. If you give the charm, you have to perfect deflect every attack to avoid chip damage from blocking.

When the game released, i grabbed the PS4 Collector's Edition. And it played on 1080p/30FPS with the usual Framepacing issues that Fromsoftware games have on consoles. That was on a PS4 Slim. I can't stress how much harder the game is due to input delay.
I managed to clock 200 hours in the game, completing the game at NG+7 Without the Charm, and With the Bell (Honestly don't know if the bell does anything at that point).

Playing it on a PS5 i realized how much the game is easier when no Framepacing issues are present and the game runs on 60 FPS. Something the PC players enjoyed from the start. One of the main reason i didn't get it for the PC was because the Collector's Edition was sold out.

I would say just practice, USE the prosthethic tools. Don't be fooled by anyone who says they are useless. Each boss has a weakness. Shurikens, Firerackers and Axe, Finger Whistle, etc. The game is easily broken with the default Umbrella. It does insane posture damage when rotating, other variants do a lot of HP damage, too.

If DSP, the useless guy who does't know how to play any video game has beaten this, and there was literally no way to "overlevel" because the Attack Power softcaps at 14 (However it has a steady increase to 28, after that you get minimal gain to 51, but it goes to 98, or 99 if you save a memory.)

Don't use your EXP for Attack Power unless you obtained every single skill.
Mortal Blade is super OP, Overpowered Mortal Blade even more so, coupled with Sugar, Divine Confetit (Small damage boost against every enemy). Other skills are also good to deal damage and avoid damage. Some of them are good at posture damage. It really depends. Yes, everything is situational, but not useless. Use the right tools for the right job.
And remember, hesitation is defeat.