I'm having a love/hate relationship with this game. Loving the Castlevania vibe, and the boss fights, but hating...
- The difficulty. Even with unlimited lives on, it's been a pain to get through. (At times, this is kinda fun in a challenging way, but then there's...)
- The random crashes. I'll refuse to close the game on a boss fight scene, so I won't lose progress, but every single time I've done this, Playdate eventually crashes, and I'll have to play the whole level again.
- The need to replay story elements prior to boss fights. After the first boss encounter, I'm not sure there's a need to show the story boxes every single time.
Don't wanna be a hater - this is a good game! - but it feels like there's a need for a little more polish, especially for players who just jump on their Playdates for a 10 minute session & don't plan to play it straight through. A "save progress through the level" option, a "skip story after first showing" option, and more QA would make it near perfect.