Right now I'm doing regular playthrough on expert and master, to get a feeling of how the game really feels, and let me tell you, once 1.4.1 comes out I'm not making any worlds other than journey ever again (unless I decide to revive my YT channel). Mostly for 3 reasons:
1) Finch staff at the start. I could live without the wings and mirror, but having the ability to actually start a summoner game without world-hoping, using seeds or relying on rng is amazing.
2) some QoL things, such as not having to wait for traveling merchants, getting increased building range, not having to worry about gathering materials for building etc.
3) So that I don't have to kill the pacing of the game by AFKing until certain things happen. Need a blood moon? Cycle the days, freeze on a blood moon and grind everything you need. Instead of, you know, falling into a coma for in-game months (real-life hours), hoping one will eventually show up.
Godmode is a yikes tho.