I enjoyed the game thoroughly. Late game honestly felt a lot more manageable than in Aria, and a lot of souls felt a lot more useful than before. It's definitely more difficult than Aria, but I say this in a good way.

The varied weapon types and added resistances to certain physical types add encouragement to try new weapon types. I will say, the need to draw the seal to finish off the boss wasn't as annoying as people make it out to be until the 5th seal, and I played the game on emulator with mouse and keyboard.

I did feel like I needed to spam potions on two bosses to get past them though, and your attacks feel weak compared to before.