Kill enemies, collect souls, level up, you know the drill. It works well.
Having skills which require you to be still was a pain, but they were all pretty much worth the risk. Twin-stick controls would be nice, but I think they'd take away some of your emphasis on movement/dodging. Actually, only control issue I had was that I couldn't pause the game with an Xbox controller. The esc key still worked just fine.
This has some neat little twists, and it runs smoothly even bogged down in the mobs.
Had a great time, made/killed some crazy builds, and it was fun. More characters, weapons, maps...will take time, but this is damn fine for an alpha. Noice!