Positives: The art style is very pretty, I like the ambiance. The main hub feels nice.

Negatives: The character movements are rigid and the abilities mostly allow one strategy: deal damage while fleeing the best you can from masses of enemies. I picked the game for its local coop with another player experienced in rogue lites, both of us had the same impression: the fighting is a bit simplistic for our taste. Positioning, the timing of the button presses, from where you strike the opponents, etc... is not being rewarded much, which means you're mostly mashing the attack button and waiting for jauges to refill while hordes of enemies mindlessly march toward you. For instance, having Linda's range or attack power being impacted by how long you maintain the attack button would in my eyes make it much more fun. Having to time the blocks precisely with John to stun the enemies or any form of reward as well. Basically, anything that makes the common action feel less samey.

Overall, I would not recommend it because I did not enjoy the feel of the core gameplay despite playing many similar games in the past. However, if you're looking for a coop experiment with players that are less experienced in this genre of video games or with video games in general, I guess the relative simplicity of the gameplay might play in your favor and you might then have a better time we did.

Any game with unskippable cutscenes gets a thumbs down for me

I'm really confused by all those negative reviews I read... tbh, it's stunning & a lotta fun! The story is beautiful and tugs at your heartstrings. Totally worth buying, especially for me and my husband.
Yeah, it can get a bit repetitive, but ummmm - it's a roguelike??? Like ofc - lmao.

Anyways, for how far we've come until now, I'd easily rate it an 8 out of 10. There are quite a few bugs but they're not game changing. For example it doesn't show the upgrades I do to my husband - but they're still there!
If you're into roguelikes and love gaming with friends, this one's for u!!!