in fairness, i'd say this is less of a traditional musou and more akin to... iunno, something more like the naruto storm games on a more musou-esque scale. the base campaign is a mixed bag. i'm not a fan of the shitty oc format myself. it's very grindy and whether your character hits like a feather or a truck is heavily dependent on the equipment you build and the characters you interact with. that said you can just pop into territory recovery mode and play as the actual cast members - who have way better stats - immediately. you can also unlock the other characters through that mode rather than grinding out the story

just to give an idea of the character progression and how you should approach titans, though, i've dumped like 20 hours into playing as s3 eren. initially he started off pretty shitty, but after leveling up and getting certain skills he's now able to spin slash into titans and ricochet off their limbs for consecutive cuts. levi (who is the main star of the character episodes) can do the same thing right off the bat

for titans themselves, going for the nape can be suicide if your character is slow. early on especially you'll want to hit their limbs so they can't retaliate easily. if you have the patience for it, this game makes for a pretty great power fantasy after a while. captures the show's portrayal of titans very effectively imo

wanted to note that there's an option in the settings that turns off the auto lock. game can be painful without that off

shout out to that one phase where it seemingly randomly fires off projectiles that are fucking nearly impossible to avoid. love hiding in a corner and hoping things dont hit me