ImpAtom posted:

In the demo you have gear that is high above the level you are at and it takes place in the first 15 minutes of the game. I compare it to the FF7/FF8 demos where you were in the opening area of the game equipped with Leviathan. The final battle system is a lot more tight although not flawless. It also is not based around long smooth combos in the same way VP is and if the OP implied that, I apologize.

I would never say it is hard but it is a game that can punish you fairly hard if you give it a chance to. Enemies hit extremely hard and there are less pure defensive stats so you can get blindsided by enemies if you give them a chance. I'd compare it to something like SMTIV in that regards although it feels a bit less feast-or-famine than that game since it has a more twitch-interactive combat system.