not a fan of the UI or general game feel and run based system. a game this intense should have more going on than just an onslaught of encounters. give me dungeons or towns to explore to break up the action, and a more intuitive UI

Very good gameplay. It's a nice balance between challenging and playable, it sets up a nice variety of playstyles (I favored flow and shields, personally), and I enjoyed the majority of characters when I went to get a win with all of them. If you don't have a lot of experience with the style of games, it's going to take a decent few tries before you get too far, but I didn't find it too unintuitive (admittedly I had a fun time playing with the challenge modes, so I might not be the best judge of that). Great game all around.