Became sizeable more bearable to play after the fixes added to the propeller part, there are still some sections with blind gameplay and/or times of annoying pacing but the improvements are still very noticable. The exploration requirement to avoid activating hardcore mode is EXTREMELY bullshit tho and makes the whole progression feel super forced and restraining. The character dialogue is bland and gives me very little reason to interact with it aside from the fact that the level threatens you to do it anyway, the main antagonist of the story might have less personality than the individual shrooms and it sums up the writing pretty well. Completing this entire thing will take around 30-60 minutes and even so there are only 2 real distinct environments to explore, and with the forementioned problems I have I dont particularly find it worth my time. There's still a small bit of charm to appreciate the level for, but this is only doing so much to salvage this shipwreck