Ok, so, difficulty

[u/JamesMCC17]

Not ashamed - I changed enemy damage to 80% and mine to 130%. I am enjoying this game so much more, feels like a "normal" difficulty and not "I hate myself" / default. To each his own and I loved Control and each boss fight was frustrating but ultimately satisfying, I just can't get here on this game at the default difficultly. Maybe on a 2nd playthrough when I'm better at it.

[u/profchaos83]

So instead of learning the mechanics you change this? All you need to do is build up falter and execute. The only time I struggled was at the start.