The difficulty being overkill is definitely something I’ve caught by now. I forgot the age old saying “if it’s difficult for the developer, it’s impossible for a player”. So more telegraphing and a bit slower attacks would have improved things.
And absolutely there is a lack of feedback for getting a counter. I think the audio saves it a bit but it’s still not super satisfying. Something I was aware of, but time simply ran out. I wrote a whole post mortem about this.
Thank you for trying it out!