FFVIII- I don't like the way you have to junction magic to a character to make them stronger, cause it means that if you use a spell in a battle, your hurting the bad guys but also making yourself weaker.
Most of the monsters you face aren't very difficult to deal with, but every now and then they will hit you with an absolutly almighty foe who can kill you in two hit.
For the most part, I don't struggle in battles, but the foes usually have a lot of Hp and it takes ages to kill them so now I just spam the GF's. In other FF's, a summon was like my trump card, only to be used when I really needed it.
Theres also times in the story were characters survive attacks, even though in the videos you will see them getting blown up or stabbed in the chest.