I will say that I was pleasantly surprised by the Fez perspective puzzle & secret elements to it. Combat sure is something. I'll admit that I had two boss fights (Siege Engine and The Librarian) that worked me pretty well when I first encountered them but I had that thing where when I picked it back up the next morning, I was able to clear them first try. Tough fights but I was also more comfortable with using things like my bombs (especially after I discovered that every 10 you use, you get +1 "free" per bonfire reset and I had TONS of firecrackers).
That said, I did honestly hit my limit for two other sequences and I felt I had no qualms turning No Fail mode back on. They were the enemy rush at the bottom of the cathedral and The Heir, who I did manage to get to phase 2 on my own a couple times but it's just too much for me.
I will say that I peaked at the achievements before hand and from the top level descriptions I could tell would be missable. One was pretty easy (saving 10+ money banks) and even gave me time to realize what one of the manual notes meant. The other from just the description (get "something" before you get the sword but without specifying what) did get me to go through a lot of the game with reduced combat effectiveness but it actually got me good at running around stuff hoping I'd eventually stumble upon whatever mystery item would trigger the achievement. I did manage to get the orb on my own but then I was pretty stuck and eventually saw that what I needed was to go to the quarry and get the gun before getting the sword. And even then I was still just taking peeks at "what's the immediate next step and lets see if I can figure it from there" and did manage to push pretty far into the area but then I just needed the final bit. It was also the only other time I turned on No Fail just so I could actually open the chest even though I could get to the location w/o No Fail.
So yeah, I kinda cheated myself of that bit of discovery but I also discovered various upgrades and mechanics on my own.
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