just make a sword the initial default weapon, i don't wanna fight with a table's leg.
i noticed that if you have a slight elevation disadvantage enemies struggle to hit you, because they just swing above your head
menuing and controls are still kinda weird. why would i want to grab a single ducat instead of all of them? if i press E with a chest open, i would expect the default to be grab everything.
i like that you are adding lore and dialogue, the beginning is taking shape
in a dialogue, i would also expect E (or space or whatever you want your default keybind to be) to pick by default the first dialogue option.
the combat does not really work without iframes imho. if you want it to be hard le dark souls you need to give the player some proper tools to defend themselves. right now it kinda feels more like skyrim, except skyrim works because the player is usually overpowered compared to the enemies, here everyone can beat the shit out of you and there's swarms of them
the stagger mechanic is just very punishing. you are basically being punished for being bad at the game, which leads you to being left open and receive even more damage, potentially leading even to stunlock chains where the player can't do shit, not even dodge since the dodge clearly has no iframes so it might as well not exist. 