Here's the promised section of me warming up to the game. From a design perspective, as someone who has played a LOT of metroidvanias, I'm of the opinion that players should be railroaded into THIS area first, not given the option of going right from the Hidden Diner. I had such a massive leap in fun in this section thanks to all the things we found.
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