Nobody is expecting the cheapest GPU to be good, they expect it to be cheap. And when 55% of Steam users still use a 1080p monitor and over 60% have a GPU with 8GB or vram or less, it'll still work fine for a while.
But if you are thinking of buying a new monitor, definitely skip it.
And the opponents wait for 2 seconds after finishing their attacks. Soulslikes are all about learning the patterns and finding the opportunities to hit between dodges, not about mindlessly hack-n-slashing your way to victory.
And different weapons work for different people, I have some I'm absolutely useless with because I just can't work with their movesets.