Just restarted this game a few days ago. I love the game but some people think it is to hard. My general tip would be to keep this in mind. You can finish this gave at level 1 and you can be defeated my low level monsters even if you are level 100. The key is knowing how and when to fight. For example there is a guy that kill you in on one hit but if you parry his strike he will never hit you and will be left open for attack. The guy is so slow parrying should be easy but if you have no idea how to parry you are screwed even if you are level 100. Sure you might survive one or two hits but you wont kill the guy.