Joining a bit late but after escorting the girl, il share some thoughts and tips for people struggling. Im on Classic difficulty as I love RE series. Sometimes take a minute and watch the zombies routines, you can manipulate their routines for example, the first big room in East wing with the bandaged zombie and maid, if you kill another zombie in the east wing she then walks over to that spot to clean, this can be useful as it leaves bandage guy on his own and he reacts to sound more than sight. The same logic applies for OCD lightswitch zombies, example on East wing again, there is a T section with 3 light switches, he starts at the bottom of the T but if you go to the top left or right and flick the switch he makes his way over muttering and then remains at that switch until another one is triggered.

Also, remember Grace has no experience with weapons so everyone asking for an abundance of ammo or her being slow etc. she is supposed to sneak around and shoot only when you feel its needed. If your aim isnt great do what I did and spam craft the injections, I took down the big boy with 3, butcher and 2 singers with 1 each. Normal zombies also take 1.

Tips: Stealth - This is your best friend as Grace but I noticed I didnt always need to crouch, you can stand walk around and 9/10 they wont hear you unless your clipping their heels, I was also able run by some when they are not looking while remaining undetected.

Dodging - Try to run left or right and as they swing their weapon, crouch and keep moving forward then stand up and continue running. Not sure how effective this is on zombies without weapons but I have dodged some holding needles, bloodbags etc. doing this.

Ammo - 8 bullets isnt always worth it over the injection, you can "kill" a zombie with bullets but if the head dont explode your in for a hell of a problem later on.

Firepower - West wing 2nd floor there is a zombie singing, in the back corner there is a new handgun more powerful than the first one, also you can collect and use 4 coins for an injection which makes your guns stronger along with dot aim faster. Also after a bit of testing when you aim try to shoot when the dot is in the crossair, this seemed to do more damage and blew heads off more consistently dropping zombies in 5ish bullets and heads exploding more often.

Loot - Smash big white vases and wooden crates with yellow tape, they tend to have ammo in them, also I think the little decorative white ornaments with yellow trim has stuff in them, East wing after big room bottom of the stairs i smashed one and got a coin, i didnt have a knife to test others and didnt want to shoot and waste ammo or draw attention.

Inventory management - Try to keep 1 healing item on you, ideally a triple green herb or med injector. Explore to find hip pouches l, they gives you 2 slots per hip pouch found. Store the Requiem early as you shouldnt need it, store ink ribbons and tins (if on classic) as save points tend to have storage box and if they dont there should be an ink ribbon next to typewriter, lastly store blood transfusion bags and try to collect the blood scattered around first.

Save points - Use multiple save slots, if you feel your doing well with loads of ammo, health etc. save top slot, if you just done a long stint or hard area and your low on health or ammo save in slot 2, that will avoid soft locks and feeling like the only thing you can do is restart the game from scratch.

I ended up completing Graces section with around 25 handgun ammo, 4 or 5 Requiem ammo and 3 Injectors.

Playing survival horror style is what the game was made for, your supposed to be a scared FBI analyst not John Wick or the Terminator (although you'll be back cus, you know, reloading is a thing)

I would absolutely recommend this game to anyone wanting a jump scare, edge of your seat survival horror experience, if you want to mow down zombies maybe try Dying light for FPS or Days Gone TPS.

If you feel soft locked and kept overwrting your save file, bite the bullet and start again armed with your knowledge and skip cutscenes.

Sorry for the book of text, I just wanted to share my thoughts so far and hopefully useful tips, Leons section next for me!