I cleared the game for the fifth time today, and the more I look back at it, the stranger the early game seems.
At the point where I am, most of the items are revealed. I can finally make proper decisions, while getting the occasional excitement of the unidentified item.
But I can still remember the early state of the game where everything was a black box. It is such a shame the designers of this game wore blinders and didn’t feel the need to ease up the way into their game. It can be felt also in the strange way you unlock characters, who have slots dedicated to enhance spells you will unlock only once you clear the next run. That took me a while to wrap my mind around.
But 30 hours in, it is still a very enjoyable and “fresh” game.