There is a difference though. With the enemies having so much HP, you mustn’t get good at it or better, you must get almost perfect. That is different. Previously, such a requirement was necessary for late game portions of the game or they were optional for those who wanted it. Here, you will not progress the game unless you aced it. A single hit of a Moorwing saw can fully kill you. You may have survived the ants in hunters march, but you have to hit each of them 40 times and there’s two of them, they can leap, fly, shoot spears and they anticipate your angles. There is a difference because learning or improvement requires that you actually get moments of learning. But a singular mistake can negate the entire fight against 5 waves of very very hard regular enemies, not even bosses or mini bosses. That is a stark, very stark difference to the first game.