After playing the game for a few hours today, I think the dodging mechanic should be revamped slightly. I think it should be directional, so the way you are facing is the direction that you do a quick lunch forward.
While I was playing, I felt that the dodge was more of a hinderance in combat that a helpful mechanic. I've had three deaths due to the dodging pushing my into the enemy and then locking me between the enemy and a wall so I can't so anything but die.
Along with this, I believe that if your weapon breaks but you have another weapon in your backpack it should auto-equip when the other breaks. Because in one fight my weapon went from full durability to breaking before it killed the zombie and I just died because my fists do nothing.