how "Hard" is hard mode

[RGBDeskWarriorLvL34]

im at chapter 15 on normal, i havent died yet but i feel like im not playing the game correctly/sloppy

[Pack 4 Potatoes]

It's pretty hard.

[ExternalAbyss]

Not Bad at all if you got the right materia and change them when coming to bosses and such

[Gennesis]

Most of the time you get screwed over by the transition to phase 2 or phase 3 cause your limit brakes dont do damage. Otherwise its not to hard.

[Pack 4 Potatoes]

^Always save your limit vreaks for after you break enemy stagger.

[Giganx]

To start hard mode is pretty easy and somewhere around Wall Market difficulty spikes up pretty hard. It's still not too bad if you know what you're doing, but if you've been kind of winging it and relying heavily on items Hard will make you fix that.

[Lucus]

I'd say it depends on how prepared you are materia and equipment wise. with all the right materia leveled up it's down to how you manage the boss fights.

[viktorhallo]

i died 0 times on normal as a first timer and it was never close. but i died around 8-10 times on the main story of hard mode. and i also died quite a few times against the optional super bosses on hard mode.

hard mode is not hard compared to other playstation first party games like god of war or horizon at hardest difficulty. its also easier than dark souls imo.

[Meldor]

I 100% completed it with the superboss and it is hard but manageable.
Block is important as any dmg has to be mitigated as one cannot use items or regain MP, benches only restore HP.
If you scanned Bosses in normal version, check on them before you fight time and switch the Materia as needed - level them up to.
You should be good, nothing is "too" hard, only Shinra Simulator really kicks different.