Considering I didn't really die at all, i wouldn't say the game was particularly difficult but I did get close to it plenty times and was still about to weasel my way out of it mostly by using the plasma shield. One thing i do think could be an issue is that I didn't really feel like i needed to Move at all, since most of the damage seemed that it could be just be tanked for and then outhealed since enemies targeted different ships each time.