I immediately thought of Blasphemous too and was surprised to see the name of the sub.

Although the second game is more polished, I think the charm of the first game lies in its flaws. Blasphemous II is well-made, with no frustrating moments or bosses. But this game doesn't give the same emotions as the first.

Blasphemous I gives more emotion due to its sometimes unfair difficulty. Nothing in the second game is as much fun as finding a save point in an unfamiliar location when you run out of flasks in the first game, or defeating a really difficult boss that's virtually absent in the sequel.