Yeah, I also bounced of hard of Sekiro.
Build variety is one of my greatest joys in Souls Games and while I occasionally enjoy parrying, to be forced to always parry and deflect didn’t jive with me.
Straight after beating DS3, I planned to go in release order and play Sekiro after two (?) days of playing I instead bought Eldne Ring. Now I have beaten ER so many times, even once all Bosses at RL1.
I will probably return to Sekiro and give it another go … eventually.