I'm midway through act 2 and i don't have issues with the difficulty. I do, hoverer, have massive issues with the general design philosophy that fucking nukes my interest to even explore the game
Find new crest? Oh i'm sorry you can only use one crest at a time and it's bound to be a pointless sidegrade to Hunter at best, offensively dogshit at worst.
Find new charm? Oh i'm sorry 25% of your charm pool is permanently disabled by the compass hanging there like a sack with shit.
Want to have fun with subweapons? Oh shit we have tied it to a crafting resource AND a limited number of uses per rest.
Remember those cool nail arts from 1? Well they suck shit now, you can only use 1 instead of 3 and they don't generate focus.
This is fucking dull. I don't even look forward to new unlocks. Your health and damage also upgrade at a snail's pace, this is possibly the most unexciting metroidvania i've played in a long while as far as unlocks go.