Im not worried about difficulty since most likely there is going to be a Hero Mode.
I'm fine with that as long as it's available at the start.
Perfectly fine with durability being in btw. I generally enjoy that mechanic, and it appears to be used well here. With enemies dropping weapons left and right for use, and items being used up or broken fairly quickly(at least at this stage), it should break up some monotony in the combat. Some games have durability that doesn't mean much, or isnt very fun because you just constantly run back to a smith and dump some money, but in this case the game is forcing you to switch to new weapons, so that plays well with me.