problem with that is I'm already stuck like this, so how the **** am I going to get to the crowns on the level through waves of enemies which I can only struggle against? This is what I mean by total softlock.
If by not always balanced you mean it's a rage inducing pile of shit that needs a total overhaul update from scratch then yeah I get what you mean. overated like a lot of popular games on this site.
I'm sorry that the game fucked you over there. I didn't hear about any people getting stuck there during development. The game is currently not being developed further.