Mister Jack

I can't say I noticed anything like that, no. Most of my deaths are due to poor timing and/or dodging. Some powerful attacks can only be avoided in very specific ways and in the heat of things it's pretty easy to make the wrong move. You just need to get better at reading enemy tells. Some of them can feel pretty overwhelming at first because of their speed and attack patterns, which can kinda feel a little bullshit at times, but you get better at dealing with them after a few deaths.

@FLD By chance was it a certain flying insect? Because that was the one that took me an hour and was essentially training for the rest of the game.

Do you mean LB? If so, no. I ran out of that one item the game strongly implies you'll need and went somewhere else. When I came back after exploring for a while and getting some upgrades, I didn't really have much trouble with that one.

I don't think a name really counts as a spoiler but I'll tag it just in case. I was talking about