>multiple trap benches in areas designed to deprive you of them for a long time
>multiple areas dedicated to being prisons you have to complete to return to the rest of the game
>some benches are pay per use
>just the ability to save becomes locked behind steeper rosary costs
>ability to fast travel has to be purchased per area
>go through entire sections of the game with zero reward for it
I love Silksong but there's definitely some spite built into it.