I haven't been finding the game especially hard so far. Atomos almost got me until I discovered how much shell was reducing his damage, and I had to take a couple of stabs at Liquiflame. It seems to depend on how you build your party to a great extent, and now that I've got the hang of knowing what I always need and how to seriously implement that so I have an effective spread of magic, various damage options, etc. it's become pretty easy for the most part.

Sometimes you come up against enemies that always wreck you though. I cannot for the life of me safely beat Blue Dragons in ExDeath's tower. Red Dragons sure, no problem, but without ice-absorb gear I can't survive Blue Dragons for long at all, and even with it it takes an age to chip their health down.