Is it just me, or is this game seem like it's horribly balanced from the beginning?
I mean, I keep getting hit with one-shots from the get go, and I have to go back to town to heal up. Rinse and repeat.
Not just you. First time entering the forest I also pretty much got a character one-shot killed on the very first battle.
The first mid-boss in the forest for example literally could one-shot any of my party members at will. Was basically a luck-based thing that you wanted to get through it in one piece (multiple times, since it crashed a couple times on the dialog dump afterwards).
Apparently enemies keep automatically scaling to your own level, so they'll always be somewhat OP.
Though, by the time I reached the next dungeon they weren't one-shotting me so much after getting/buying some extra gear (+ the princess has healing magic).
Bigger issue is that MP potions are costly AF and fighting without MP pretty much leaves you dead or drained, so you'll need to waste MP on healing anyway. Regular attacks barely register compared to MP attacks.
At least, from what limited amount I was able to play of this game before getting crashed out of existence.