Finished the demo
Couldn't solve the water treatment plant's puzzle, I have the impression you have to be gathering items to awaken some creature, and the only item I think was left was the one above the padlock door (between two doors) which I couldn't arrive at no matter what. That aside, the doppelganger encounter was a pretty clever, and I understood it betteron the secong time walking that corridor.
The Dagon battle was a bit good, but mostly I liked the Beak and Flounder interaction. That said, should a LV0 random fish also have 1000 HP?
Ninetails was more interesting for that one scene than Abe across the whole demo. When he accuses me of this and that, and says we are not the same, it's hard to think anything of it when I'm nobody. Four places with some 12 hours sounds pretty doable though. I also got curious about the cigarrettes and burning house you can find afterwards.
I must ask, however, aren't you a bit too enfatuated with status that apply freeze? One of my hydra fights ended instantly because the whole party got frozen in the AOE. The fish encounters underground were essentially letting myself die once to get full healed and actually have a chance at the battle. Had Amy not learned the one AOE attack, i'd have been pissed at the Dagon fight, probably. I absolutely think this game needs more AOE at most, more multi hit at least.
Since both Dagon and Hydra were necessary to end the demo, I have no idea what the three optional bosses are now. I also only found 5 (6 with the mothman I didn't recruit) of the 9 characters that were in it, and can't even guess what I didn't do right to not find them.
Loan Shark was the most interesting skill, Norman's line upon being devoured also rose my interest in him as a character.
I've said most of my pieces, and what I haven't said are things I don't think would be constructive, so if there's something you'd like to know/ask for your research on the gaming experience you've provided, it's the last thing I can do for you at this point.