I would say that this game is my perfect 'difficulty' for exploration in a metroidvania. There were quite a lot of times where I hit dead ends but the beautiful art always left an impression reminding me where secrets could be. There are a couple of problems with the game that culminate at the ending with a large difficulty spike into a different genre, which I can't imagine many people have completed without cheesing with the help of some charms. I also found the final boss to be quite annoying and let down my experience in searching for the true ending. Still recommended but It may be good enough to get the normal ending and leave it at that.