Also:
- Weapon and enemy variety are excellent
-Special room variety is pretty good
-Bosses are very distinct
Also also:
-I was totally wrong about melee. I thought it did 20 damage. It does 50. That's pretty solid. Still requires getting very close, and isn't as good as the better level 1 weapons, but it's better (if you don't get hit) than the starting weapons and even some bad guns