I really enjoyed this game, quite addictive. The hard badge is practically a punishment though. Just remember that you can restart a course from the same hole if you quit. Better than getting a bad time because you screwed up your first or even second shot. Sunny Andrews is also a lot easier than Stony Beach. I needed fully upgraded everything to get 3:42 on that course.
Easiest hard badge I've gotten in a while. Took 4-5 tries, Got the Divine Edge around day 10, used Armor upgrades to replenish my health. Dragon dead in one hit.
Played through to completion once with each type of character and my favorite would have to be the rogue w/bow. Power Shot and Exploding Shot + Passives = Win. Or at least they did for me. Also played as a pure strength Warrior, found it a little unbalanced (I could do more damage as a rogue), and playing the Necromancy Mage just wasn't much fun. Still 5/5 from me because I thoroughly enjoyed the experience all the way around.
@Aries_Lokar and anyone else complaining about the crit bar. It's a critical hit, you're not supposed to be able to get those each and every time, deal with it. And for those complaining about it showing up at the beginning of the bar, the moment you see that, just start clicking, you'll get it every time.
How to win: Demonic path. Seriously. Silence is 100% necessary in order to beat the game, and Reaper practically breaks it. I used nothing but Reaper from the moment I got it until the final island. Then I used Army of the Damned matched with a ton of Shrines. By the end I could deal 48K damage in one round of attacks. Spoiler: There is nothing in this game stronger than that. Also, when you beat each tournament, don't forget to equip the armor it gives you, otherwise it'll just sit in your inventory and not help at all.