I've made it to Level 6, after restarting the game twice to try to create better characters. The timing puzzles continue to elude and frustrate me. I'd much rather spend the entire game dancing the cha-cha with giant enemy crabs.
After listening to the podcast, I went on Youtube and watched the final boss fight.
How bad could your characters have possibly been? I was more than halfway through the game before I spent a single skill point on my rogue, and I detailed my shitty mage build in full on the podcast.
Bad isn't the operative word. I was going for over-powered, since the first few times I progressed into the dungeon, I missed out on most of the best gear simply for not knowing where it was or how to get it.