Yeah, the game is a bit of a time sink, but honestly, respawning enemies wouldn’t be nearly as annoying if the fatigue mechanic didn’t exist. If fighting respawning enemies didn’t drain your fatigue, I think most people would tolerate them a lot more, along with the game’s confusing, labyrinthine level design.
The good news is: you can just use
my cheat mod and ignore fatigue entirely if you want.
You can also give yourself items and pretty much anything else. I saw someone struggling to find bombs and manually digging through game files to look up item IDs. With my mod, there’s no need for that kind of hassle.
Truth is, I made this mod because I knew how grindy and borderline troll-y the game is. It really seems to enjoy wasting the player’s time, so I thought, screw it, I’ll make a cheat mod instead. And I’m not exaggerating when I say this: I genuinely got more entertainment out of making the mod than actually playing the game.