the controls don't work so i wasnt able to even play the game in the most basic sense

Nothing in this game means anything. It's vapid to the point there's a difficulty slider. I bought S3, didn't like it, thought this would have some differences, but it's just the same. Run around in a map, interact and fight. The fights are incredibly tedious. I'd be surprised most people will get past hour 10.

If the game was balanced around a certain difficulty or some sort of limit that you need to dance around to extract the most value out of your units, then it might have some charm.

If anything, the story, text and pointless running on the map floors should simply be removed entirely from the game, would be better to just randomly generate floors with random enemies. Turn it into a rogue like and it might be worth playing.

The guy who made this game is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ genius, enough said.
The gameplay loop, the art, the TONS of options available to you and the difficulty scaling is all just WONDERFUL.
It feels good to figure out a team, then figure it out a bit more, make changes, grind levels, it comes together greatly.

This game needs to reach more people!!!!! A masterpiece for me.