I knew from other reviews what I was getting into - somewhat buggy, unpolished... but knowing this, in its current version it is frankly OK. I'm on my third playthrough. On the first, I tried to find the pacifist route and got softlocked. On the second, I did the normal route (defeating all the bosses), and now I'm doing the pacifist route again which I ended up finding. Apart from occasional clumsiness, it works OK and is good fun on my PC with XBox controller (according to another review, the controller is pretty much a prerequisite). My recommendation is to first play the game the normal route, exploring all the different abilities you get by defeating the bosses, and then the pacifist route (which is played with the fairy only). I feel that this should really come with the game's manual, so I'll explain here how to get the pacifist route. SPOILER ALERT if you want to find the pacifist route for yourself (SOFTLOCK RISK!) Pacifist route entry point HOWTO: * Find the key in the village (hint: you need to open a door) * Use the key do go down the well * Clear all the yellow rooms on the map (i.e. collect keys and upgrades). Hint: you need to bust open the three slugs. * After the slugs, you can go through the secret passage with the key. DO NOT open the door to the bottom right of the map, or your key will be gone, excluding you from the pacifist route and possibly resulting in a softlock if you move past the Dirt King (if you didn't collect the stamina upgrade).
