
Yeah, as you suspected, you had a much forgiving time because of the obscene amount of upgrades one gets up to that point. Try doing that stage a bit earlier, and you'll have one heck of a tougher time.
I was right about to say that I'd suggest updating the version to the new one, but then I figured this was recorded pre-release, so yeah. Loved the vid. Can't wait to see the rest nao.