Is it just me or is intense lethality actually easier than the normal game?

[Tweed]

I just did my first run of intense lethality and walked all over everything and ended up starting my first loop which I didn't even know was a thing.

[lentinant]

When you get used to enemy shot patterns, lethalities become much better way of playing, as bonus damage totally opts out lower health.

[Ћ Abomination Jones]

One can argue if you know the bosses well enough, Sudden Death Lethality is extremely easy as most things will die before they get to do anything, the only threat really being the environmental dangers or bosses.

EDIT: of course this assumes one is optimal at bosses, I'm not really all too great at this genre (good enough to beat the optional hidden stuff with enough HP though) so I typically just play Normal Lethality, with the rare Intense Lethality every so often. I've done Sudden Death Lethality once and boy am I glad the Shield exists. Never would've beaten the hidden hardcore stuff without a ton of raised HP on Normal though like I said there.