Is Insane even possible?

[Nathaniel Prime]

I'm trying to play insane, and.... well, it seems like they should have called it "impossible" instead. I have upgraded my spider quite a bit, and faced the boss with a ton of healing emerald thingies, full health, and a well-upgraded gun. We just shot at each other until I died, or rather I dodged all his slam attacks and got whittled down by little enemies that my two turrets couldn't take out fast enough, not sure how close to beating the boss I was since the devs forgot to include a health bar.

I have played for six hours and found a grand total of one blueprint. I'm just about out of stuff to upgrade and I don't feel like I'm likely to get luckier prior to fighting the first boss, and I also image things get harder as you progress. Is insane just completely unwinnable?

[Kiba]

It's definitely beatable! I've beaten the game on Insane and I'm about to do it again. Once you get a feel for how the game works and what to upgrade you don't even really notice the difference in difficulty tbh.

As a challenge I even beat the game on Insane starting in the DLC zone. Which is a grind, but I have fun with the game and it was fun to do. (The DLC ramps the difficulty significantly, with the game assuming you beat the base game first/have loads of upgrades.)