To those playing Cultic Chapter 2 atm, anyone else finding it a lot more difficult than Chapter 1 or the interlude?

I just finished Turbo Overkill, which is going up on my top 3 new retro shooters along with Cultic and Amid Evil, so I’m not sure if it’s just taking me a while to adjust back to the widely different combat gameplay style of Cultic or if Chapter 2 is much harder than the previous chapter. Either way the game is kicking my arse. I’ve put a few hours into it so far and only nearing the end of level 2; that garage shootout in level 2 took a hell of a long time to fight my way through.

I’m playing on Hard, which is what I played Chapter 1 on. I found it perfect for my ability back then; not a breeze but wouldn’t find myself getting stuck on sections for too long. Not sure if Chapter 2 is much more difficult than one or if I just have yet to attune myself to the new combat style, however I will say that the amount of shooty enemies with huge health pools is a huge pain!