brah i just beat Owl and Owl (father)... holy
this game is pretty incredible. its really rewarding feeling your progress while learning the boss fights. the first few times you get completely stomped and you slowly learn the appropriate counters and start really understanding how to progress through the battles. its like a crazy intense game of bop-it with how fast you need to react and in an exact way.
its somewhat reminiscent of the vaklyrie fights in god of war, but much faster paced
owl felt like something of a drag though, because he rarely did anything that let you punish him. no perilous attacks, so you cant mikiri counter or jump-off counters. just a grind. owl (father) was more engaging, but more fast paced, too. but having all the columns around helped quite a bit because if you positioned yourself right you could create healing opportunities
what i hate about FromSoft is how obscure the quest line are, and if i played completely blind there's no way i would have known what to do access the Owl (father) boss fight. i've tried my best to go through areas blind all the way until the boss, and then at that point i pull up a guide and see what steps i missed along the way.