Wanted to like this but it has a ton of issues. The visual clarity is really awful, like the art is nice but there's a ton of spots where it's bad for gameplay, with stuff like instant death spikes that are hard to see. All the platforming feels really bad for the jump height like they just didn't test it or something, lot of stuff just a few pixels out of reach which even if intentional feels bad. The save system is horrible, the save points and item system are obviously dark souls inspired but every single other game like this saves items you pick up or doors you open even if you die, but in this if you don't manually select save at the bonfires it erases all that. I got to a boss and opened a one-way door next to it that led back to the save, and I thought I was still fine but it closed that and took away all the items I got and made me go through the whole area again. Also there's a ton of instant-death spikes and stuff which feels like a terrible fit for this kind of game, especially with the bad platforming and huge knockback when you get hit.