You could also learn some parry timing to rely less your eyes, works well. And disable HUD will help reading animations.
Btw story mode was great.
Now I imagine myself bringing back my car after the mechanic had broken it, yelling "fix my fockin' car you're working for me you lier! It's so simple why did you broke it!?". Because that's how you behave now, and it's totally incorrect. Btw what's 60$ in your life?