This is wonderful feedback! Our intention with the slowmo was to create those intense, nail biting moments, as well as to solidify the countdown theme as best we could! This has the added benefit of also allowing the player to get their precise aim in certain paths which we have scattered throughout some maps! Without that slowmo, those shots would be incredibly difficult! (maybe we are just bad at aiming lol)
There is some truth that the slowmo may be a bit too powerful, but future updates we plan to have a quick reset button which may alleviate the pain (having to pause and press restart every time is tiresome!)
Our map design was cutting it close at the deadline, we absolutely would love to explore creating memorable maps which even we as developers don't know what the best routes could be! Unfortunately there was just not enough time to fit that in.