For those wondering, it is actually possible to do (at the very least) Act 1 the "fair" way. I haven't tried Act 2 through 4 just yet, so I couldn't say anything about the difficulty or possibility of those.
Act 1 is fairly easy, but you do have to have luck on your side with map layouts. You also can't repeatedly die like I did.
Why did I not make it? I died 4 times and had to go through a second crypt. I also took a little long in about 3 or so areas trying to find the correct way to go.