This game has some of the worst parts of souls games but also some of the best

Good Top tier drip: butterfly wings
Bad healing system
Good weapon builds dual wielding
Bad bosses
Good bosses
Bad areas
Amazing areas
Stinky boss runback
Underrated ost

It's up to you whether the good outweighs the bad. At first I didn't like playing the game but looking back I have fond memories of the flawed charm this game has.