I was a fan of the orignal but I never completed myself as I wasn't very good at it.
I was worried I'd be the same with this so I bought the DLC pack with unlimited ammo weapons.
I played on Assisted and never touched the DLC at all, played throughout both Clair and Leon with no help and finished both without hints.
The gameplay has evolved so well and puzzles were easy to solve (was good at that part in original) the graphics were brilliant, characters and storyline too. This has become one of my favourite games on the PS4 and look forward to B side story and trying for platinum