Biggest tip is to focus more on exploring than progression
Every new thing you learn about the world, every time you get to a new room, and every time you figure out how to evade a creature slightly better, that's the progression of the game. Death doesn't matter for most of the game
Obviously if you're in GW you're a good way through already, so you're probably figuring this out. For GW in particular... not everything has to be your enemy.
That and try really hard not to spoil yourself, because if you give yourself the knowledge already then there goes all the progression lmao
