Originally Posted by CelticFrost 
Well i don't what to say about this….moronic comes to mind but I might use my indoor voice when i say that…wait to late I typed it..
I had no problems with the combat system….and I play the game on hard for all but 5% of it or less..
Maybe if he put down his x-box controller for a second…he mighten of had such a hard time with it..
I also found the controls awkward (I used mouse and keyboard) - for me easily the worst aspect of the game. I eventually became OK, but it was never 'natural'. By comparison games like Gothic (1,2) and Risen, which required decent timing, I did master and eventually had no problems. But the worst part were 'scripted' combats (boss fights) where you had to fight in tight quarters - outside of this combat was fine (even 'easy' for the most part).
For example,
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Letho - even on 'normal' I never managed to take him out, and I consider things like pinning him to a wall so he can't attack a cheat, I didn't try that either. I used bombs, signs etc - he took hardly any damage from anything. I didn't have some other things handy (traps, daggers) so couldn't use those.
Dragon on tower - I tried attacking when it breathed fire, which even seemed to be suggested as I found later, but somehow I couldn't hit it even though I was right next to it. That makes no sense. I would get one blow in when it stopped breathing, but it would instantly strike back, collapsing Quen and sending me flat on my back. To be mauled again. Since there was no chance to drink a potion before that, and health regenerates slowly in combat, I eventually just gave up and dropped to easy. Which was pathetically simple since nothing really damages you.
Those two fights really hacked me off, simply because the control system seemed to get in the way of what I was trying to do. I still loved the game, but this aspect was, imho, not well executed.