I've never played a Souls game before, so I was afraid this would be soul-crushingly difficult (ha). But this is a fun demake that has a lot of care and detail put in. I like how the walking sound becomes higher pitched when you run.
Unfortunately, there is a bug in the room with the skeleton archer where you can't descend the ladder. I encountered this twice in a row and I couldn't progress past this point. Maybe it only happened because I was on Gamepad? I tried switching over to keyboard controls, but it wouldn't let me.
The combat is fun. It could benefit from a "stagger" animation for enemies when they get blocked by shield, so I can better tell when to counter attack.
Extra points for using a rad CRT filter, and for adding the controls to the pause menu! I wish more itch developers would do that for their complex games.