I really like the game even tho it's frustrating as hell. Haven't found a way to safe so the continue button is useless. One death and all progress is lost. If you get downed once it is usually GameOver.
From the explanation i thought you could heal yourself by sucking off enemies and i first thought i got tricked since i couldn't grab anyone. I guessed the grab feature wasn't implemented yet, until I found enemies which you could actually grab. Though I really enjoyed the grab mechanic after I found out how it works. The Animation is just a bit short tho.
The combat is fine and will get better if more abilities get implemented. Ropers never grabbed me but always stunlocked me and for me that was instant death. At least the ability to safe would make the game 200% more fun since the gameplay loop is quite addicting.
Space and some other buttons are occasionally unresponsive. Because of this I never figured out if you needed to mash the space button or keep it pressed since it rarely responded despite the stamina bar being full.