I've beaten plenty of hard games in my time but this one just feels bad. Its hard for the wrong reasons. Bosses kill you so quick you have no chance to even learn their patterns since most of them hit for 2 damage. The runbacks are long and tedious. Dropping all of your money on death is brutal i spent most of the early game broke hardly having enough money for the benches and maps. Platforming is rough with the starting move set only having a diagonal slash and no pogo. I really want to like this game the art and music are fantastic. After 19 and a half hours of gameplay though i cant help but wonder if anyone play tested this. Who is this game for? If ya want a hard game that's fun check out Ninja Gaiden Ragebound and give this game a pass.