Loop Hero is conflicting for me. It takes a ton of mechanics from similar genera and mashes them together in unique ways. This is rad game design and feels like the final form of a dope game jam project. However I feel like I am not being rewarded for progression beyond little percentage based increases and I don't have complete agency.

It's great that you can play this game as background work and it's pretty low input. And while I did spend a solid 10 hours non stop looping -- I knew that more time would not lead to more enjoyment and I had to pull myself away.