So i defeated the final boss and got the stopwatch but it doesn't show in my inventory? Is it supposed to be there or is it intended to not show up in your inventory?

It's an indie game and short I hear. $25+ is asking a lot.

Never in my life have I gone from enjoying a game completely to hating it to the point I never want to play it again in such a short space of time. Just ♥♥♥♥ off. I've only got one life and I'm not spending it repeatedly running through the same rooms over and over....

Heard a lot of good stuff about AW but also heard some reviewers mentioning that it is more of a "reading wiki/forum threads is mandatory to get the proper ending" kind of game. Is this true or are they exaggerating? For reference, I played a fair bit of metroidvanias and puzzlevanias(i.e Fez, Tunic etc) before, completed a lot of those those mostly spoiler-free but I certainly wouldn't call myself a galaxy brain dude....

A tar ball?