The action RPG mantra definitely hits its curves, and there's usually not a single game in this genre that is easy. I've played Odin Sphere, Vagrant Story, Hydlide, and the first Ys, and they are all difficult. Ys II honestly is the easiest so far but still manages to be somewhat hard. It's kinda interesting really, you could perhaps combine both of the first two Ys games together (some ports actually do this) but both games are relatively short, can grind up to certain levels, and the running into enemies to damage means you can exploit them fairly easily.
The plot and the progression are better than before, it's not as easy to get lost as it was in the first game. But it's still a bit annoying with the backtracking and using key items, which is blatant in the Demon Shrine portion, the final area of the game. By then the game isn't that hard save for a few enemies, and the final boss is actually a Nintendo Hard kind. Speaking of bosses, most are immune to contact damage but given you can spam A on bosses with the fire spell equipped and kill them in one go it seems equal enough to go ahead and make the final boss significantly tougher. And I was on max level if you wanna know. Still though, the Ys games just seem fairly mild and not too amazing.
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