Maybe I haven't played into it deep enough to know for sure, but a great character for surviving is Werewolf with fighter and then lvl up your stamina a little so when you're fighting it regens as you fight.
For those of you that can't make it past the spikes, there is an arrow that shows you where to click. Doesn't get much easier than that. I've chucked nades at every enemy that i could and I can't figure out how to get the Grenade chucker achievement though. Other than that, pretty fun, could use some refinement though.
Buggy as hell man. Couldn't beat the last boss because it wouldn't even register my keystrokes. would smash down key repeatedly only to get smacked by its tail and once it finally let me past that part it just squeezed me to death. Levels are too long for it to be enjoyable to replay.