I'm playing through the game a second time but I'm getting crapped on in this particular scene. I'm fighting Gizamaluke in the Grotto and things are just getting worse and worse.
1) When I was at the synthesis shop in Lindblum for some reason I didn't buy any items because the father and son there were just complaining about each other. For this reason, I didn't get The Ogre for Zidane and am stuck with a crappy dagger that doesn't do damage worth a darn. I also can't get back into Lindblum! It's closed off. Also annoying is that the safe point was right after leaving Lindblum and my old one is almost 2 hours earlier.
2) I'm only level 8-9. I don't know why. I didn't spend any particular time leveling but I didn't last time either and was about level 12. The exp in the two areas I have access to is pretty crappy as well.
3) When I try to cast 'slow' on Giza it misses...EVERY DAMN TIME! And then Vivi gets silenced. Giza then proceeds to beat the crap out of me seeing as I only get 2 hits on him for every badass attack he has.
What to do...what to do...