An unabashedly fun game, both very intelligent and a little dumb, but passionately developed all the way through. However, the parry requires two inputs.
It's a shame because Dark Souls is a game that can be iterated and improved upon, and yet it has yet to happen. Still one of the best action-adventure / RPG games ever made, build variety, location variety, level design, nearly perfect even if its latter half spoils it a pinch.