[quote name='Ryuukishi']How difficult is the game?[/QUOTE]
My only complaint with the game, it only has two difficulties. Easy was too easy for me and hard was too hard. In hard it felt like every fight could be my last and managing sword durability was so difficult. If you block, it drains fast, and when it breaks you have to switch(have 3 swords active at once, if something breaks it'll eventually repair itself in it's sheathe while you use another one).
The game can get really fast and intense and I wasn't good enough at dodging so blocking was my main alternative. On easy all the opposites were true.
The up to jump thing was stupid but less of a problem than I originally thought it would be though. Because the game is so fast and floaty, being not completely precise with my jumping all the time didn't prove to be a major pitfall, but I still would've preferred the controls differently.