Thanks for review! Yeah, game was designed to be very hard so it's expected from player to struggle a lot! It's supposed to convey the feeling of the final battle in the long game. Also from my perspective difficulty levels aren't exactly meaning what people expect them to.
Normal difficulty - super hard for normal players.
Hard difficulty - super hard for someone who likes hard games.
Hardest - super hard for someone who likes hardcore ("I wanna be the ..." type of games).
Regardless of that, I hope that it was still fun to play! ^^