I never thought the game was that hard, only took me maybe 100 runs to beat the game with all characters and all pasts. Games that sell on difficulty like darks souls gave me a much harder time. If this is your first bullet hell, sure I can imagine a hard time. But in the world of bullet hell this one is quite tame.

Gungeon is definitely more skill based than luck like Issac CAN be, but Gungeon does have op guns and upgrades. You just have to unlock them first.