I'm having a lot of fun with the game, but it seems to lock up on animations a lot. It locks up for a few seconds pretty consistently. Has anyone else had this issue?

It's cool but it could have been the same type of game but with monster girls and male protagonists é legal mas bem que poderia ter o mesmo tipo de game mas com monster girls e protagonistas male

Is there something harder than the standard difficulty available at the start?

I mean honestly.... In the Steam Shop I see a game with skimpy dressed girls and some XXX-animations. I buy the game and I struggle even to finish the first map with the warrior, thanks to the debuff cards in my hand and the bleeding poisoning whatever DoTs on my character...... - I have 45 Armour, yet die to bleeding damage, cause a scorpion can bleed through 45 armour.... WTF... - If you want to make some Darkest Dungeon difficulty game then leave the smut disguise, make a Darkest Dungeon game.... but I ...

Title says it all. She is just too weak. I have her max level and still can't make it to the final boss. I am able to get to the third area but mostly die at the miniboss or fights with skeleton warriors. Her self sustain is just to weak, and shields mean nothing when you get so few a card or enemies ignore shields outright. She needs a buff. I have beaten the game with the other 2 tamers, but Shryke is just not fun and weak....