A great story like this is aided by gameplay that is a bit different, yet still fun.
Are you asking if it always takes forever for stamina to recover? No, you can get upgrades and build a character with near infini-stamina.
If you are asking if the weapons feel faster/slower than each other. Yes, but none of them are blazing fast like a game like Ninja Gaiden.
Yes I was wondering more about the weapon/fighting speed more so than the stamina recovery time. It just seems to me like that slash is detrimental to his fight style because it takes him so long to get back to a normal fighting position and during some those slow movements he was taking on some damage.
You're way better than most people with these games and would only ever get fucked up by vampires because of such a reason.
Thanks for explaining bro.