Difficulty spikes

[Quebec Dragon]

Did the remastered version tweak the difficulty of certain battles in any way? Or is the AI of the companions improved? I'm playing the PS3 version and that battle against the Royal Jelly was atrocious. In no small part because the companion AI sucks.

[CupCupBaconBox]

This game has really bad combat. Just the way it is.

[⍟Tex]

Just like many other jrpgs, a good bit of grinding is needed in order to beat the game at normal difficulty.

Apart from some pretty broken familiars who can one shot you (I hated those) the rest is pretty trivial once your characters reached the right level, at least up until the very end.

I did my grinding while listening to some podcasts or other videos, it was mildly enjoyable (I enjoy grinding in general). After some, i was able to pretty much steamroll most of the game and enjoy the actual story.

You can also switch often between characters during combat in order to somehow micromanage them, also at some point in the game you unlock the ability to give them aggressive or defensive stances.

If you don't like this part, though, I'd suggest you play at easy difficulty in order to minimize the grinding needed.

[SoulSteppe]

There were a few times where the difficulty seemed to jump really fast.
like, going from Ding Dong Bell to Al Mamoon, and the difficulty jumped quite rapidly. had to grind really hard to not go underwater.

[Quebec Dragon]

Thanks for the answers. For me, the difficulty spikes I recall were against Shadar the first time, the Royal Jelly and undead King Tom , but I'm sure there were others. What were yours?

[Tr0w]

Originally posted by Quebec Dragon:

Thanks for the answers. For me, the difficulty spikes I recall were against Shadar the first time, the Royal Jelly and undead King Tom , but I'm sure there were others. What were yours?

The Jelly was pain the arse until i put mighty mite back in the group and spammed his aoe attack on the adds.