It seems my only issues so far have been keyboard control related.
In a related problem to the leveling overlay issue where the keys aren't locked down (allowing you to attack), I haven't seen this reported yet: Weapon transformation from the pause screen doesn't seem to respond to the L1 equivalent key (at least for the threaded cane)
EDIT: Someone else found that the latter works if you instead use "E"
This game is an amazing accomplishment. Thank you!