I had an incredibly hard and frustrating time with the game. I think it might be because I hated it so much though, I didn't have the patience to fiddle with the paradigms, take time to understand the intricacies of upgrading weapons, etc. Also there weren't any places I was willing to stay in long enough to grind. But yeah, I got my butt kicked a million times, whereas I never had a problem with any prior FF. Not fun!!