I fully understand VampLena you wish to play an RPG just for entertainment. That's for sur okay
Do you know I enjoy always a good RPG, even it is a real challenge? For me such a hardcore RPG is also great entertainment for me !!
I always begin each RPG on "easy" difficulty and honestly, the first time I begin to play Ego Draconis on easy, I find it realy difficult and
die many times ! Also the time-based puzzles I must have enough courage and patient to succeed those time-based platformpuzzles! Some of them I play a whole half day trying to solve such a puzzle !! (okay, I HAVE much patient and I know not everybody have so much (?)

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After awhile playing Ego Draconis (on Xbox) on easy the game became too easy (like Stabbey said) and also on "hard" too easy at the end of the game (after level 21 or 24)... Killing Laiken in the Battle Tower was for me on hard too easy .... only some Black Rings where for me very difficult....
I enjoy the story AND love to have a great challenge (hardcore too!) AND all is for sure still
Great Entertainment for me !
SO you see : all people experienced 1 game on a sooo different way like you said already !!
Note:
I love to have a great hard challenge only because it gives me a more thrilling experience and also let me "realy sinking into the RPG world" because of playing a RPg "hardcore" and
I love that so much !!
I have full confidence Larian makes the
Massive Rebalance in a very good way for ALL kind of players : those like you and more ... and those like Stabbey, me and more ...

for Larian who listen to their forum-members and
did this "Massive Rebalance"