I didn't mind the darker theming. Some areas were hard to understand where to go. Like If I go right, after leaving the house, the boss in the house with the maze is too hard to fight & seems like you need to trigger the main story quest before getting there anyway.
Some of the writing was hard to read, but not so much that I couldn't follow along.
Battles take way too long, especially with only being able to single-attack & wait for several enemies to cycle through.
I did like the artwork for the different characters. I also enjoyed having different endings at the end - based on your choice. I wasn't expecting it and did go through each one.