It seems like its holding itself back from its own potential. Some smart platforming traversal gives way to pitfalls and falling in some areas means major backtracking and attempts to perform the correct maneuvers. The enemies don't hold back and three or four will end up attacking you at once. Inafune's game design rings clear as well: use certain weapon types to defeat certain enemies. Its like Mega-Man, Metroid, and Kameo had a threesome. Joule just doesn't come across as a strong character, female or otherwise. All this and maybe that's why, two months later, the game's price has been cut in half. As I was writing this small bit, I fell through the level when it failed to load the ground. Earlier the audio completely cut out on me. I had to restart the game to get it back. And the load times! When you die it acts like its reloading the entire area all over again.