Yes, it is. A normal guy does not stand a chance in this one as he has so find out and manage too many things at once and that is what makes it hard as this is the basic context of someone who start completely new to this and all and that is what someone normally does and if we compare it to other Final Fantasys it is also fairly hard. I also beat Neo-X Death on a low average level but that is the context of having found out and gotten things already.