The quality on this entry is just off the charts! Gorgeous environment, great color design. UI is really crisp and interesting. The world is so evocative in terms of the sprites and tileset. Everything works so damn well.
I admit I don't fullllly get the core consuming mechanic yet. I see my stats going up and down as I equip things, consume bones, etc. And how to move down. But how my stats influence combat, or what goals I should have about my stats (other than "get one to 9") is less clear to me. I need to play more to work that out. Do I want to linger on levels as long as possible before the "losing health" leech pushes me forward? Can I regain health somehow? Why do health ticks have arrows up and down, and colors matching the stat colors? I can tell it all fits together in a neat way but I need a few more runs to work it out for myself. But that's part of the fun in games like this!