how am i supposed to enjoy this game?
i'm just... so confused?
it feels like this game demands that you play with caution and care in order to succeed, but also that just... doesn't reward you 99% of the time. So you have to keep going, and going, and going... all while making zero progress at all? I don't feel like I'm learning anything by dying in the first three levels a kajillion times because I couldn't get anything useful.
I've seen a lot of people saying that 'everything is useful' and that a skilled player can turn just about any run into a great one, but... I just don't see it. Plus... I'm not sure how to turn from a beginner into an actually competent player if I don't get the opportunity to ever play with the game's mechanics because I just get stuck dying over and over with terrible rng.
I'm sure it's just a skill issue, or something... That's probably what you'll say, at least, but it feels like this game wants me to crawl my way from the bottom while also putting me back at the bottom and taking away my climbing gear every single time i take a moment to breathe.
I've seen some of the amazing complexity this game has. The wands, the spell combos, the funky ways to get around the holy mountain trigger... but I can't experiment with those, because most of the time I just end up dying or worn out with nothing to show for it.
How am I supposed to... get there? How am I meant to enjoy the game if I don't get to play it?