It was ok
Controls took a bit of getting used to but you fell into it eventually.
Thing is lives are a real pain when stuff appears in your face. So...yeah. I really did like the fact that in such an unsuspectingly quiet game you could surprise me like this, but don't make me restart the entire game just because something appeared in my face that I couldn't have expected unless I already died to it once. :/ The best kind of surprises are the ones that give you a chance to pull yourself out of it, not the "..................BLAM-YOU'RE-DEAD!" ones.