i know they give presents in return, but is there any reason to further improve the relationship after receiving the keepsake?

Been playing this game now for about 11 hours total. I'm at 26 escape attempts! I've gotten to Elysium I think 3 or 4 times, once made it to Minos the minotaur. Was I even close? lol. No God mode, trying it the old fashioned way. Spear is my jam. I enjoy the sword, bow, and fists well but am not quite as good with them. Less so the gun and the shield. I just haven't figured those two out yet. I'm also really trying to learn to use cast more... I so often fixate on three buttons and forget the fou...

I need to understand why this small, repetitive game without enough variation is so highly rated and praised by people! I've watched reviews and read about it and I can't convince myself to buy it! Are there only 4 biomes? 4 bosses? Why does it seem boring and repetitive, even though I haven't played it yet? I love Dead Cells, but why does it feel like a demo? WHY IS IT SO OVERRATED? Be honest, please. (If it has anything to do with woke content, please let me know too) ...

been playing more than 10 tries and still can't complete this game, anyone knows how to complete this game??? can't even kill 2nd boss

I want to be able to map any action to any button on my controller. This includes stick buttons, bumpers, and triggers. There cannot be any button that I cannot map to an action with exception to select/start. No hardcoded controller presets. Does this game meet that criteria?...