It is more difficult, but nothing to the extent the original poster is ranting about. I think everyone who's played it can agree to that.
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It was fun with the extra difficulty.
Most times it wasn't leveling that one needs, but stratagy.
Like Scarmiglion, I used Cecil as an item user soley, since that Elegy counter messes you up. Basically sat around de-silencing my mages and healing. :p
Scarmiglion, the first time I fought form 2 however, killed me. :_;
I rather liked being able to use any of the characters at the end of FFIV GBA and would have liked it to return, but I'm not too heartbroken if it's not in the DS version. Which I've still yet to play.
an old dog can't handle new challenges ;) I got killed by the 2 ice dragons too... Instead of getting angsty, I leveled a few times and figured out that I could paralyze or stop them. Then, the red dragon handed my toasted buns to me on a platter... Power level again, get the rest of Kain's Dragon armor, challenge.
I got this game about 2 weeks back now and i LOVE it, m totally addicted, am at the dark elf at the mo, keeps kicking my ass so shall go back to get some levels in a mo :)
I never played the original version but may see if i can D/L it somewhere and have a go.
I havnt found the bosses to be too hard in this one so far but i lways make sure i over level myself so i can breeze through pretty easily.
For the following reasons:
-Every boss is impossibly hard
not really, i admit they are hard, but not impossible.
-Rydia doesn't learn Meteor until level 80
BIG WHOOP
-Every enemy has an incredibly annoying counterattack move
i know right.
-Many enemies have an overpowered non-magical attack (scorch, anyone?).
agreed. on the other hand, our characters are over powered to begin with(F.Y.I, if YOU were Cecil in real life, would YOU make it pst that mist dragon. probably not)
-Cecil's Dark ability has been nerfed--it no longer hits all enemies
BIG-WHOOP: i hit a 500 on the octomamamoth.
-For that matter, EVERYTHING has been nerfed
which versions are you playing!?
Cecil: new Dark Pwns, he now know MORE white magic
Rosa: pray works more
Rydia:.......cuter?
Kain:....................
Cid: upgrade OWNS ALL
So basically, everything was BUFFED or IMPROVED
-You can no longer play as anyone at the end of the game, and the Lunar Ruins stuff has all been omitted.
i was also disappointed in this, but they have Legit reasons,BTY, LUNAR RUINS WERE POINTLESS TO BEGIN WITH. go buy the GBA version if you want it that badly.
Am I the only one who feels this way? I don't mind a challenge, but when a game is too difficult, it simply ceases to be entertaining.
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