Made it to Mergo's Wet Nurse before I realized how much fun I wasn't having.

I like the aesthetic. I like the general interconnectedness of the leve designs. Things I like start to fall off around then.

The main issue I have is that after a few attempts at getting to and beating a boss, it stops being "fun" and starts just being tedious. Like, I've proven that I can make it through this section repeatedly. But when I finally beat a boss, it doesn't feel like I've gotten better at the game. It feels like I just got lucky. Contrast with, say, Hollow Knight (which I loved), where it felt like I was genuinely improving when I beat a boss. This just feels empty.