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MechaKirby posted...

Also I avoided Hard and higher cuz I knew it was gonna be a bad experience. IIRC the game doesn't provide a suitable reward for higher difficulty so it's a pass for me. Moderate was good enough

Imo, the game definitely seemed designed on even Moderate to incentive buying the DLC that allowed early access to some absolute game changers (KO prevention is insane QoL). Regular battles felt a touch too long without it, and early CP management was sorta annoying without skills to regenerate it after every battle. It wasn't necessary by any means (and they were a pretty huge SP drain, so you really had to pick and choose the goodies at first), but it did feel like everything had too much HP and I had to return to rest too often if I wanted to explore the CP-draining points.

I've heard it's way more noticeable on Hard, whereas it's just an annoyance on Moderate. I've seen a lot of microtransaction-heavy games try to neg your performance in an effort to wrangle a few bucks out of you, and it really felt like what was happening here.