Originally posted by Nage:

the weapons cant swing the distance you or enemies get pushed back once hit, random high level enemies spawn in every low level area so respawns on solo maps are reason enough to just scrap the entire game, enemies literally spawn immediately behind you during fights at night. all of these were problems when i started playing 2 years ago and it seems like they've only polished the cooking sim half

I get the feeling that you are still at meadows and not comfortable with black forest mobs If I'm wrong; what are you doing running around at night? That time is spend gardening and tending to your herds that both should be situated at meadows.
Don't worry, creatures will still try to murder you at later biomes :D Deer, birds and fish; these are the things that do not try to do you in.

What comes to this recoil from a hit... say somebody pushes you really hard, you recoil and need to take a step back futher than what the reach of pusher is. So it's just natural that the one hit gets pushed back.

The wild world should be bit scary and challenging.
Don't worry! Your later playthroughs are going to be much easier since then you will know what enemies you can take on at different situations and when to just run away