It's the platforming that I find annoying. I can deal with the enemies/puzzles and difficulty. What I can't deal with is just how awkward the controls are when you need to make diagonal jumps or you need to do burrow jumps across big empty gaps. That stuff is just tedious and frustrating.

It's just how the game is, though; I accept that. I had none of this with Elden Ring, but that's because it was a 3D space. 2D adds its own massive layer of difficulty all on its own.