It took the game glitching out for me to stop, so that's a pretty good sign. Got to Level 4 and then bzzzt, arena portals closed. This is the only game that's given me those glorious powerlevelling progression crack cocaine shots from the original Flash Binding of Isaac since I bought that game way back when. On DVD. In a physical store. Blast from the past.
Loved the sense of progression, those stacking passives are just heroin for my soul. The actual weapon itself felt a bit wimpy, even after the critical rate damage multiplier and fire rate passives, would appreciate like a base passive skill tree that applies to that alone. Doesn't help that it seems that every single passive tree includes an option to murder your damage for like 5% extra whatever, rate.
Never hurts to include a litmus test for stupid. Yeah, loved the game. Ate my soul for a bit. Good work, you monster.