Yeah, first person melee has always been kinda slow and methodical, which is fine if you wanted like, first person Dark Souls
I think the original Dead island on console had this neat little option that allowed the movement of the stick on your controller to dictate the direction of your swings of a melee weapon. that feature was probably the coolest i've seen in any game to be honest. if First person melee was dynamic, responsive and as fluid as how that felt, i would be pleasantly surprised.