The intros for slowing the gameplay down. Btw, yeah, it can be annoying
Also the intros were even longer originally

I liked the Metroidvania-like level structure, but I felt the lack of puzzles, and I just don't understand the point of showing a location every time at the start of a level (I'll see it anyway), especially during my second and subsequent playthroughs. It's unskippable. The fact that the game takes away my controls for no apparent reason is annoying and goes against Valve's game design. Maybe it would be better to just have a pop-up with the chapter title instead, without taking away player control?

Nice, I hope you enjoyed