Yes I did play and beat Hero's mode a few days ago. It's fun but not great. I hoped that it was going to be like Ocarina of Time masters quest where a ton of things changed but instead it was only the damage, heart drops, some slight text changes, you can skip cinamatics, and you get all the hints at the start of the game. you get all the stones hints at the start of the game. It was a ton of fun, having more of a challenge is great! I wish Twilight Princess had something like that, it needed more challenge. The best part of Hero's Mode is the less heart drops. In the regular game you can be low on health but it would be no problem because theres a ton of heart drops. This makes it much more fun and makes it so that you always have to stay ready for foes because one hit could go a long way when there's no hearts around. However one word of advice to you is don't get the Heart Stone that you find from a Goddess cube, if you get it the Hearts come from everywhere and it's way too easy. And also a word of advice to when you begin Hero's Mode is get as many rupees as you can because bosses are hard without potions in Hero's Quest. Anyways tell me how you like Hero's Mode. Right now I am on my third run and I am doing it 100%. It's a ton of fun because all the people of Skyloft have their own personalty and it makes the Side quests amazing.