Lovely art, gameplay not so much - Enemy obstacles are super annoying making the experience a slog.
Dude, I'm just starting out the game and you're punishing me because some trinkets I MIGHT get in mid/late game MIGHT make it too easy?
Now read again what I just wrote.
I'm not getting anywhere near mid game because it's just not fun right from the start.
You are killing your potential player base with dubious decisions.