I'm not into all those silly self-created challenges with 15-letter acronyms in which you avoid using half of the stuff in the game just to try to squeeze a little difficulty out of it. I expect the developers to give me a nice, balanced difficulty from the get-go, where I can get the full experience of the game while still getting some moderate level of challenge. Although I did once replay the game to give it a second chance and tried to somewhat rush through it, only buying whatever new equipment I could afford and never stopping to grind for money or anything. Even then, it was brainlessly easy, so I knew it wasn't a matter of me be over-leveled the first time through or anything like that.

And I have completed the game. As I just said, I even replayed it, so I know how the story plays out and I know about all the different types of materia and such. Doesn't make a difference to me, it's still an RPG that I didn't find all that entertaining.