I played and beat Ni No Kuni 2 first when looking for something similar to Dark Cloud with building up a town and it wasnt quit the same but great game. Now I am circling back to thr first game and it feels a lot harder. No more allies helping me fight and I have 2 familiars now which is cool but seems every fight is just me or my familiar vs multiple enemies. So it is always 1v2 which doesn't seem fair at all. Is this how the whole game is going to be? I died multiple times already. Guess I will have to grind and level up then? At least the story is good. It is very emotional so far which I enjoy.