Wow, that's crazy. I like the sound of this; guessing it's more centric on the newer graphics, new weapons, and other such content, as opposed to the difficulty. Kinda like playing Dust on easy mode.
No, its still WAAAAAAAAAAY harder than the base game, its just not unfair like Misery usually is. A wood stove is like 1500 rubles, charcoal is 800 a bag, and mutant meat (if you don't just hunt it yourself) is 500 for raw Flesh Bacon. And, like I said, its just less unfair.