Part 9 - Horizon Forbidden West - 1st Playthrough

Just to illustrate how hard this game is for me, I finally managed to complete the level 18 side quest Breaking Even at level 31! Even then, I died once to the machines in the tunnel. Then came the big surprise, litearlly, in the form of a Rockbreaker. :) That fight was easy, just took 20 minutes with me standing on a rock - that the Rockbreaker, despite its name, wasn't able to break - shooting various arrows and hurling explosive spikes at it. Since then, I've also killed my first two Thunderjaws, one as part of a side quest and another under a drone in No Man's Land. In short, the frustration of the early game is gone now that I'm stronger and have some useful skills and more powerful weapons.