It's not as funny as it thinks it is and it has a lot of mechanical problems. Despite that I found it really fun to actually play. I grew to like the platforming/puzzling metroidvania style it established enough to play the rest of the series despite my issues with it. You can tell that the people working on it care a lot about what they do, and a certain charm shines through because of that. The sequel is a big improvement over this one.

It's a game-game in a way reminiscent of A Hat in Time, following a strong theme but being undisguised gameplay first and foremost. It's got so many puzzles, powers and possibilities and just an unbelievable amount of stuff packed into it, it's a joy. This also makes it thematically ambiguous and uninspired, there are a lot of fourth-wall-jokes and references that aren't surprising or clever. But still, good fun for a long time and there's more coming.