honestly grove is a fantastic game and i firmly believe that, however,  the new expansion "dark places" kinda throws a wrench in that fun. first and foremost  the level recommendation, the level recommendation of levels 11-12 is completely bogus. being level 11-12 when starting the expansion is like trying to play darksouls but with all the weakest gear. the expansion is 110% not balanced around the player being level 11 or 12, hell i had to grind to LEVEL 16! for it to start feeling fair. i was level 13 when i started the expansion and the enemies were doing anywhere from 45-53ish points of damage per hit and it doesn't help when at level 13 you have 382 hp and most enemies  have attacks that hit three times. i spent more time trying to grind levels just so i wasn't using my entire inventory of health items so i'm not constantly getting game overs. i spent well over 10,000G getting those health items as well which brings me to my next point. the amount of G you get from the new enemies is too low for how many recovery items you're going to end up buying especially since the amount you get barely covers the cost of the more helpful health items like the vigor flask and injector  which is so annoying because as soon as you get the money you have to spend it re-stocking your inventory only to lose it all again until you complete the expansion. honestly this new expansion needs a big balance update to actually make it fair or they need to change the recommended level and increase exp gain so players aren't stuck grinding just to make the game actually balanced.