Pretty much. This is my favorite genre/game developer but it has 100% one of the most toxic fan bases. But I guess that helped cement for me that the game is it at its best when I’m not engaging with it in a way that involves letting people tell me how I should play. Also it gave me motivation to finally start invading people and do unspeakable things to people who play naked or follow build guides.

Hope you get to enjoy your playthrough though. There’s so much more to these than just difficulty and I envy you getting to see it all for the first time