Started this. Haven't progressed much but the physics has improved I believe. Need to see whether it is typical AC or something changed as some of you have observed.
Erlang is much easier if you play with fan + Immobilize + Withering wight. NG+ Erlang took only two tries but in my OG playthrough, I died like 30+ times.
The phase 2 & 3 were easy enough in both playthroughs.