I've been replaying this on hard for quite a while now - reached chapter 9, skipped Route 666 - before starting Bayonetta 2, and I'm this close to giving up. It's way too stressful: when it finally feels like I'm improving, I die because of bullshit I didn't remember or because the game just kicks my ass to no end, and then every chapter results in a stone award and I'm not even compelled to use health items because they subtract from the score... I mean, FUCK! The only weapons I have are the pistols, the shotguns, the sword and the Durgas, and I'm sad that I'll never unlock another. I'm too weak for this game, next please!