the vibes are immaculate but I've come to realize that this genre is just not for me, I feel like I could just do cookie clicker while watching vampire hunter d or something and get a similar experience

it could be because of the clunkier animations, it could be because of the way more evil level design, I don't really know, but this game feels like a real piece of shit compared to the original. Something about the physics and the combat feels really off too.
Got pretty far into it but at some point I just didn't feel like playing any more, it was just a frustrating experience...

one of the first games I ever played, playing and learning this game with my older brother was a blast, tho I never finished it until very recently... and man I think it's aged really gracefully, still a very nice game to pick up and play honestly