Not really, but also you don't need to. The game gives you plenty of money just from going through the story, and you can sell parts for 100% of the buying price so you aren't punished for experimenting.
Balteus was the hardest fight so far (and for a while after this from what I'm reading) but I still got it after a few tries.
It's probably easier than any Souls game by default. It's just important to note that at the very beginning you'll be the weakest you'll ever be. It's pretty much all uphill from there power-wise, outside of the quick difficulty spike of the Balteus fight.
So basically you might have issues in the first level/boss, but if you persevere through that it gets easier and easier, and more and more fun.
Anyone know offhand roughly what the game length is on this thing? In the past week I've managed to squeak out 7 hours on it and the PS5 home screen says I'm at 20% game progress. A few missions after Balteus.