Difficulty level should increase as the game goes on. As equipment got better, the difficulty basically stayed the same. Final boss was the only hard creature.
I dont get why people are complaining about falling off. If you Look at the slide you're about to jump into, there should be no problem. As for the trail and error approach, yeah sure, you can do it like that but... Doesn't that take the fun out of it?
Far far too easy.. Takes about 10 minutes to get the best equipment and max party members. From there, you cant lose a fight to anything, even a town. Just a waiting game -.-