Yes indeed, they made the fiends harder. It's hard to know why. They probably just thought the game was too easy compared to more recent FF titles. It's certainly shorter. Marilith was f****** CRANKED!!! Thank god they now allow casting life in battle, or I woulda had to restart..... 25 minutes back! I really kinda feel like a lot of the things they added are cheating though..... I feel SO guilty about having different people using the Gauntlets during the same battle.....