Just reached chapter 10 on Final Fantasy 16... the enemies don't fight back?

Finally gave it a chance, but enemies just have a ton of HP with almost zero damage if I get hit every 3-4 business days, they just sit there getting clobbered most of the time. Is this the future of Final Fantasy moving forward? Is this what modern Final Fantasy fans wanted or has there been a shift in tone back to classic FF for the next major title?

Help me out here. I played a lot of DMC and Tekken back in the day, but this doesn't scratch the itch at all if they want an action fan like me to get in the series again. Any mods that could help with enemy A.I.?