I have finally completed DS1 to the very end.
I tried multiple times to kill Gwyn while using the lock-on and failed. I tried just once tapping the camera stick freehand and I won. I thought that I ought to use it for parrying, but no. Everything is easier with a manual camera. Lock-on just makes everything harder.
They've been making rollslop for nearly 20 years and they won't fix the fucking camera. If the next game doesn't make improvements, peal the director's fucking skin off.
I still really liked the first half of the game.