(for anyone having difficulty, up your attack at the "bonfire" and you should be ok)
I thought I was going to hate it because of how bad the controls felt... But the respawn is quick, you don't lose your EXP on death, and you can actually level strength to the point you can "out-jank the jank", so I ended up having some fun for the brief time the game lasted. The final battle was very doable, I only died twice but from me trying to parry like a dumbass, I should just attack and roll.
I actually find this one of the funniest games this jam, the jank controls combine with the strange animations, absolutely massive weapons Harold can hold, the absurdity of whacking goblins out in one hit by the end, the death messages... ngl it didn't have any jokes but I was smiling throughout the back-end of the game.
(also shoutout to the very decent Harold 3D model, he's really cute)