I might be the only person who actually found this game quite challenging! My main draw towards any Final Fantasy game is the story. I enjoyed the majority of plot although there were a few notable exceptions which have been well documented on this site.

I agree with WK on the drawing element. It's only as irritating as you want it to be. I levelled up as normal as I wasn't aware that the enemies increased in levels with you. I also tended to just use auto-junction (this is probably why I struggled towards the end) as it meant I could concentrate on the story.

I'll probably play through the game again at some point (might download it to my Vita actually) but I won't be making any concerted efforts to break the game at all. These games are much more enjoyable with a bit of challenge. I'll probably try and use manual junctioning next time though.