Wasnt even through reading that comment before I felt in my very loins, that such a pointer in the right direction was necessary

How are those 5 element ? The wheel of selection only show 4 (or maybe I looked at it badly and it's 5) , the Wind element serve to double jump , like a passive.
The thing you "loot" are just object for collection, kind of like a checklist, you don't loot stuff or weapon.
The gameplay is basic, you just aim and shoot, hell at least "souls like" or "dark soul" have some depth of gameplay

And I won't jump into the bait of git gud, it's useless, we will never agree on what make an enemy difficult or easy or trash.
To me it's trash difficulty that is superficial and not deep at all.
But you do you.

Regardless of how you feel about the "difficulty", doesn't change the fact the engine is borderline bad and have no real feel to it.
If there were depth to the fight and gameplay (again, stuff to loot, equipment, weapon...) I would say okey, not everyone can make a good engine, But here we have the worst of both world instead of the best.

The only sell point is the UwU Cute Loli Witch tbh
And I'm a loli lover trash weeb that have a Pink Pc Case, so before you jump on that part, no I'm not anti-weeb by any stretch, but face the truth: If the game had generic dark knight character, you would have called that game a souls-trash-ripoff too.

There's only 4 elements, unless you count the passive ones in which case there are 6. Also upgraded wind can reduce the time you spend knocked down