I thought it was on par with some of the other zelda games for difficulty. I was only stuck a few times but i still managed to complete the game in less then 30 hours. However i will say that this is the first zelda game that i haven't been able to check guides on. I tried a few times to come...
I beat the game and then it asked if i wanted to save hero mode OVER my save file. I said no, then copied my file, and then beat the game again on the second file to unlock hero mode on it. My save game is as minimal as it gets. The only side quest i completed was getting the Hylian Shield...
not sure if you are asking someone specific, but i personally didn't check the forum until i was finished the game. There were a few times when i would try and look something up on the net, but i couldn't find anything since it was so new. I started playing Friday afternoon and was finished...
Do you have the mini radiator cooler? I Jerry rigged a heatsink and 5volt fan from a dead graphics card on mine, but eventually wanna get a real cooler/fan.
My 1500ish games is all hand picked and scraped it's taken me months but zero trash well except MAME.... Tried deleting clones and broke the originals uugghh