Difficulty Level?

[Saurok963]

Is this game challenging? Does it have multiple difficulty levels? Are they available on the first playthrough?

[Ztarman]

Not really except the beginning of the Zero Arc and Noire's, Blanc's, Vert's arc in G (without DLC).

No.

No.

[AspectZero]

i have read that you can beat the game at lvl 40, im still in the second game and im lvl 40 though. there are optional bosses everywhere too. just use an observation scope and be ready to run if they are too high lvl. the highest lv optional ive found so far is lvl 75ish.

the free dlc adds a bunch of optional bosses too.

if you want to make it a bit harder there are scouts that can make the mobs harder.

or you could abstain for combat a bit so the mobs outlvl you :P

[ハナ]

not challenging at all, but this game made to be fun not to be hard

[Parmethyst]

If you like to grind oftenly, the combat with the boss will be easier depends on how hard you grind and overlevel them

Otherwise if you don't grind at all, get rekt.

Also, DLC equipments are OP, consider this if you want challenge

[Fyk0]

Originally posted by Lilac:

If you like to grind oftenly, the combat with the boss will be easier depends on how hard you grind and overlevel them

Otherwise if you don't grind at all, get rekt.

Also, DLC equipments are OP, consider this if you want challenge

Pretty much this.

Also when DLC characters become available they make it so much easier, so you can start to use them later for more challenge, or not get them at all.

[Annie T. Mood]

After playing normally, like, just killing enemies as I pass them by on my way to the next place I have to go to & playing with no DLC of any kind, I wanna say the difficulty is extremely unbalanced.
There are parts where it becomes tough then just goes down to easy then spikes up again and so on.

The end of Channel Space in Heart Dimension for example; reaching it is easy peasy even as I run around for items and kill whatever gets in my way, but as soon as I reach the end where I have to fight the bosses I've had some first-turn-party-wiping moments after a few retries. That was the only time I've kind of been forced to grind a few levels and even then it was at least barely enough to beat one boss in order for the rest of its team to be easier to fight. I didn't really want to grind anymore so I kind of prayed that what I gained was enough.

[Porchy]

bought complete DLC, turned all of them off for a better game challenge.

[Grand Captain Speedy Dash]

Run through the dungeons avoiding monsters, grinding only when needed to beat a boss, and with no dlc. That's how to make this game the most challenging that it can be.

[miha4406]

Noire+Uni arc is very challenging. Never had so much challenge in this series before.
And first fights in Blanc+Sisters arc are totally insane.
Absolutely no problems with other arcs.