Might have been just me, but I didn't find it that frustrating even without upgrading anything my first playthrough (for the gold trophy). While I did look up ways to finish certain areas, most of it is manageable as long as you're smart about what you're doing. I still need to get back to the game and finish on the hardest difficulty and speedrun it.Wait, is this the spider lady chase part? Through the fire hitting levers and such? This part was frustrating but I did get through that.... I honestly think the game is only as frustrating to how well you choose to upgrade your items. This game is the creepiest game I've played in a long while, with the same suspense as RE1 and even dsouls in many areas. I'm currently on Chap.11 and will go back on momentarily, but I have to say, don't give up.. The game is very easy once you max your pistol crit/strength, stimpacks and your agony stun bolts. upgrade the inventory near max on these alone and you'll have a better cake walk, enjoyable time. Really great game though
quick tip: the agony blinding bolts are perfect for 1 hit kills to almost any enemy. Wish i knew this earlier in the game.
To anyone interested, this game is very similar to RE4, with an intensity and likeness of the creepy game manhunt in many areas. Very intense, very.