I mean the game is hard, but it's not too hard. The combat is fun and fluid enough that it is entirely manageable. The Sean fight took me a couple of runs to beat. Once you realize the pattern though, it becomes more manageable.
In all that struggle to die less, move better, and use the best move at a given time, the game hasn't been anything but really fun. I might be just one of those people that loves steep difficulty so much that it doesn't bother me to die a bunch of times, idk