(Josh)
Taking away movement options as curses was an interesting idea, but didn't really land well for me. I eventually got to the point where my lack of skill got me killed a lot, so I didn't finish the game after the third curse.
That said, the controls themselves (when I was allowed to use them, lol) felt good to me. Could use some coyote time to make the jumps a little more forgiving, but most of the time I could do more or less what I was trying to do. I just did things that sucked. :P
Good game, all in all!