Very fine game, but First Kiln strays away from "challenging" into utter misery and unfun imo. Made the game go from a solid 7-8/10 to a 5-6/10 with how much it soured my experience
me when i get mad that the bonus content that's advertised as extremely challenging is, believe it or not, bonus content made as an extra extremely difficult challenge
(basically, you're critiquing optional free dlc as if it's a mandatory part of the experience. don't play it if you don't like it)
