That bad huh?

The 'world design' is literally a straight line. Not linear, like not a corridor Uncharted style of world, but an actual flat line without variation or navigation. It's like Final Destination from Melee stretched out over an entire game. Take that, populate with enemies who can only do one attack and have non-stop aggro without encounter design, throw in a few meaningless and trite diaries, and you've got Return.