There is no hand holding. You aren't even shown basic commands. I had to look up how to just eat. The murder mystery right off the bat was a challenge in finding the specific person I needed to talk to.
I have played through about 5-6 levels of Heretic. Haven't played the new campaigns yet. So far, the improvements are good. Besides the improvements, the items acquired are seldom needed. Too few to be helpful, too many to really keep track of them all.
