In the discord server, a beta tester said that the combat is more "strategic" than it looks at first glance. Like in Sekiro, you need to expose the weak point to kill enemies and time your actions, it's no button-mashing. Eve becomes faster when she upgrades and acquires new moves/weapons. If you get mobbed you will be killed pretty fast, it's not a hectic game like Bayonetta or DMC where you can fight ten enemies at once.