It's a challenging game, if you don't like survival games what are hard then don't buy it. if you like a challenge and your creative or want to learn to be more creative then buy it.
don't try to be a one-man army the game is fairly realistic, if you try to survive on your own and don't use teamwork of your clan its much harder, remember to stock up on useful items or ask your clan to hold useful items as you bring them with you so if one of you get hurt it can be quickly fixed.
I would say bring 4 people, give 2 of them weapons and the other 2 medicine plants for bleeding and poison. you can also bring a fix for broken bones but it's not as life-threating unless you are trying to run from something.
personally, I love a hard game that others struggle to excel at. I and my friends like to play the game to kill any time we have when we bored or need to relax or something.
when something bad happens it helps you realize that little things that people get frustrated by ...... are just petty and you shouldn't let yourself fall low to getting angry and upset from stuff.
"Man yesterday really pissed me off I got shouted at by my boss when all I did was be late a few times, its the busses fault they are always so slow".
what about you James how have you been?
oh well dave was climbing a tree to eat a fish safely away from snakes and sabertooths and a big bird came and killed him all out from nowhere.... that kinda upset me a bit.
If your smart and like challenges then this game is gonna be great for you, its a survival game with realistic and unique features that would have challenged you if you were our primitive ancestor.
if your hot-headed, if you get frustrated easily about little things that happen to you in your life then when you get your head pecked off by a big ass bird then maybe you realize the little things you're making a huge deal out of might worry you a little bit less.
don't be stubborn in a bad way and arrogant about learning to be creative and you should have a great time.
I don't only speak facts, if I say something it's not set in stone and I might be wrong, people who don't realize that they don't know everything suck.
some problems aren't a problem of the game its problems of certain people playing the game with your mindset, try using a different mindset if you're having a bad time.
hopefully, you can adapt to the game and flow with it and learn from it and have a great time.