45 minutes to get through a crusade and if you die you have to do it all again

[Sir Gamesalot]

Feels like I've forgotten to save the game at the boss and now have to do the entire level again, baked in as a design feature, just feels bad.

I would put in ways to try again, but from the previous crusade level.

Maybe draining a resource like one of the 'permanent upgrade' resources you get, like the cross, to try again.

[Dark Jay Studio]

This game is a roguelite. If you die, you restart the crusade from the beginning. All meta-resources collected during a run can be spent in the HUB to unlock new passive abilities, weapons, and upgrades. If you quit the game during a run, you can load your save and continue from the last checkpoint.