TL;DR: If Whiteclad Noble is causing you issues, don’t give up. Solid game waits on the other side of him.
I bought the game the day it released. Played through it and thoroughly enjoyed it.
The first several boss fights were challenging but not impossible.
And then I got to Whiteclad Noble.
Not sure what the hell happened, but I ran into a wall in terms of difficulty. Went and did some grinding to get additional skills/abilities. Watched some videos and read some strategies. Still no bueno for a dozen more attempts.
Literally uninstalled the game and walked away until the other day. Came back and after a couple dozen more attempts, managed to take him down.
Working through chapter three now and have yet to encounter another boss that destroyed me as thoroughly as that dude.
Stoked that I got past him, glad I didn’t permanently write the game off.