I stopped playing in march and just started a hardcore run last night. I did not understand that double death screen either, but did not mind at all the negative perks and thought it actually pretty cool, but probably should be optional. Saving I don’t mind , if their is an emergency you can save on exit, and it is easy enough to make savior schnapps. I was actually quite impressed with all the new stuff, little dialogues, different camera angles in conversations from when I last played and it is a delight and I feel as if i’m playing the game for the first time again. Having said that, i’m up to where you search for Ginger and have already ran into a few bugs. So far the worst was when dueling Hans Capon his sword got locked in place and he wasn’t swinging at me but kept talking trash. The rest is little glitches not even worth mentioning, all in all I am happy with what they have done with this game and hope it continues to improve.