Okay, I started a new game + on Impossible difficulty using a save file where my characters are level 60. The description says that this difficulty level should be playable with levels 50 and up correct? Well in the very first battle (with the land shark fin) my level 60 Shu gets utterly owned before he can land a third hit which is necessary to advance the story...

This is very very frustrating for me, I was looking forward to playing this game over with my saved characters but for some reason it seems to be mathematically impossible for me to land three hits on the land shark.

Please help!

Well...unfortunately, even people in the level 99's get owned in impossible. IMPOSSIBLE.

I can't remember, is there a hard mode, or does it go straight from normal to impossible?

I just ran into this problem and it took about 30 minutes to figure it out... What you have to do is right before entering the battle (this can be done by reverting to the "checkpoint" before the battle), bring up your char screen (Y button) and equip some accessories on Shu. With even modest equipment on Shu, this becomes a very easy battle.

quote plamoni

I just ran into this problem and it took about 30 minutes to figure it out... What you have to do is right before entering the battle (this can be done by reverting to the "checkpoint" before the battle), bring up your char screen (Y button) and equip some accessories on Shu. With even modest equipment on Shu, this becomes a very easy battle.

Yeah, that's the problem, if you equip the items you had equipped on the last battle, you're exactly as stong as you were.....

Wow, I didn't think anyone was going to respond so I stopped checking this thread months ago and lent the game to a friend

Thanks a million, and I'll try the accessory thing when I get the game back.