It's not that hard though really. The biggest thing is remembering to hit R1 after every string of attacks, along with making sure to spend a fair amount of points in ninja and magic. Overleveling stuff you can't beat immediately is very effective too.
The Polygon
non-review is particularly amusing though. Maybe Arthur Gies should spend less time tweeting about how violent protests are good and more time learning how the game works. They make it perfectly clear towards the end of the article that after six days with it they have absolutely no idea how to play the game properly.