I could have been a great game but failed on several points.
First: While the use of gates to keep you out of some locations was good, it still left me rather lost and I only found places by thrashing around till I landed in the right spot. You might say this is 'Old Zelda Style' where there is no map. But the reason it had no map was because they didn't think to add one or couldn't.
Second: I'm stuck on the fire relic monster. I slash away to kill the lava creatures but they slip into my sword range and are immune after I attack them. So they damage me while I am unable to kill them and usually can't reflect his attacks afterwards after being knocked around. And If I ignore them, they just grow into a massive group. Nothing I have is of use on the beast and as such, I can't finish the game.
It needs work to be good.