Thank you for your feedback! I gotta say, this is probably the most interesting feedback we've gotten so far. The idea of forcing the player to fight instead of running has been on the table for a while now, we simply didn't have time to look deeper into it.
And about the health, I don't think it needs to go lower then it already is but if we find it as such in play testing we will reduce it.
Most people had negative comments about the combat system so we don't think we will.
Hope you had fun with our little game, best of regards, Dwarven studios.