Let me start by saying I didn't mind it, but I felt everything after draining the blood fountain got way harder way faster compared to everything else before it
It just felt weird to be decently gitted out by the end of like the first qaurter or third of the game, basically steamroll the entire thing and then face actual difficulty at the final 2 or so hours
And I did a decent bit of grinding for levels, shards, upgrades, equipment ect, its not like I neglected it (prob couldve done more for grinding for food tho)
Kinda wish the whole game was made a bit more difficult so the spike at true endgame stung a bit less and the progression of the whole game be more a good incline rather than an upside down grand canyon