Peak

The Good: Cute game, controls well, pretty excellent music. Very Wonder Boy: Asha In Monster World-like. Gigamermaid is giga hotsauce.

The Bad: Big money grind, WayForward's writing sucks. Mousing form stuff in Mermaid level sucks. Slide escape at the end of the game sucks.

The Ugly: Damage numbers. Why are those a thing in a 2D action platformer with zero rpg elements?

It is a challenging platformer, but it gets easier to more you play. Seriously, I am talking about the main quest when it comes to upgrading your current arsenal and acquiring more power moves. It gets so ridiculous that you become OP. The main game and the Pirate Queen's quest are highly enjoyable for these aforementioned reasons. Besides, I liked the other DLCs but they are significantly more difficult than the main game. You can try them out but I will not guarantee that they are easy as the main game.

Bottom line is, you have to learn to be patient if you screw up one-too-many times. I promise you that beating the game will be all the more satisfying.