The loop of the base game didn't feel tedious at all. But this? I spent 3/4 of the time going to the Stranger, pushing the raft, getting the artifact from the ghost matter shack, travel to the fire I needed, open the secret door and only THEN entering the dream world. It gets annoying pretty fast. Also some of the spooky parts are way too "horror" and don't fit the rest of the game at all tbh. Overall the story is great and almost on par with the base game, but gameplay wise it was way too tedious and unnecessarily repetitive.