7/10 Unfortunately it seems abandoned as of now so I will not recommend for the time being. Unique art, unique gameplay. Items are quite basic but vary in utility. Very good potential to be a great game with a few bug fixes and improvements.

While this game isn't too easy, it's not as hard as some people make it out to be. Definitely doesn't have much casual appeal.

No... it does not require "nanosecond timing". Your shield MUST be fully up to block. So learning to time it perfectly consistently means you hold it slightly EARLY. It's mostly based on memory. Which you can see as a pro or con. Once you learn the timing, you shouldn't get hit unless you are being impatient.

A lot of the enemies take advantage of you either not knowing their patterns or being impatient. Many require you to build up stamina slowly and not just spam attack.

Health upgrades at campfire also increase the amount of health you get from harvesting enemies. There are also items like the goblin poster that increase your health received by large amounts.

And yeah... I beat the game or at least the 2 stages it has in early access. Though the second area (especially the 2nd boss) is arguably easier than the first. If you can kill the enemies fast enough that is.