Originally posted by Sephiroth1999AD
The enemies in Ice Cave also seem a lot harder in FF Origins. A group of Mages seem to cast Fire3 and Bane a lot more eagerly than in NES, and that can lead to Game Over many times.
There's a reason for that. Apparently, the enemies in the original version of FFI each had a list of special moves, but they could only use their moves in a specific order, so the battle would have to drag on a little for the really powerful stuff to be used. In the FFOrigins, the enemies have full access to their moves, so they can use them at any point during the battle.