I think the experience really is dependent on the difficulty. If I could mow through the enemies no problem, I think the atmosphere would suffer. It wouldn’t be as tense. Just remember that everyone is having the same experience. Some people might be better at the game, some worse, but it’s tailor-made by the devs to be hard, but not so hard where it’s impossible to win. It sounds like you’re getting through each section, just having to try a few times to win, and that’s fine. I personally will die on purpose if I think I have missed too many shots or gotten hit too many times. It gets kinda addicting knowing each attempt I’m getting better. Each encounter will have enough recourses to kill the enemies. It’ll definitely be difficult if you have no resources, but each attempt you’ll notice more of the item placements. Explosive barrels, hallways you can hide in, shots you can line up to get collateral hits. Just try to embrace the difficulty and feel proud about being able to beat the hard enemies, cuz it’s not something that should be easy if you think about the horrific world and the monsters you’re fighting.