starkurt
First off, the currency. As far as I can tell the currency only sticks when you've cleared a wave, which is a problem since thats hardly possible at least for me. The exploit I did manage to find is to stand ground near the pit of doom on the left side, then drop to my death to keep the few things I managed to loot from killing enemies. No idea how to game will run with upgraded damage though, if I ever get that far I hope it'll make a difference.
As for the movement speed, the main issue I have is that it's physically impossible to 'roll past' enemies as in some games, meaning that they have to be cleared out if I want to dodge towards that direction. Problem is, this becomes difficult when there are 3~4 enemies on each side of you, and the time it takes to reload in this game usually results in an unlimited stunlock of hits until I die. Admittedly I haven't made good use out of the shotgun yet, but with 3 rounds not sure if it'll make a big difference.
You may say that it's my fault for letting them get as close as they did, but again, the controls for turning and aiming feel much too clunky for me to pull it off in a timely manner.
I won't even bother mentioning the reloading half empty clips thing, as people have already commented on how bs it is.
I might go ahead and try the melee, I'm genuinely curious as to what it does.
Just having a reliable close-range attack alone would make a big difference, though if it has limited charges it does dampen the prospective a little.