>>15006089true, that's something to consider
i'm not bothered by the lack of linearity though, there's obviously some areas that you can't access without killing other bosses, like that entrance to the verboten domain in the witch coven (you need this charge boss iirc)
sure, it's a challenge to new players but when replaying things, you don't feel as constrained
tl;dr there's pros and cons with this, so that's fair, but i didn't mind it as much
also, what about sandbox-ish games, do you like those?