As some here have also mentioned, yeah, the theme didn't stick at all. The game gave me a strong feeling of "all flair, no flavour". On an unrelated note, the overworld seemed scaled-down, for some reason. I found it a bit odd.
Yeah, tried to get the theme bit more through the story of the game and raining skeletons as you lose more control over the world. However its super vague and kind of bad compared to a lot of other games out there.
