I'm playing Final Fantasy I & II Dawn of Souls for the first time *spoilers*

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I don't know about that. You're literally taking 1 damage from enemies with hundreds of HP in Dawn of Souls.

Like sure, maybe the chances of losing are about the same (can't get much smaller than .1% essentially) but you have to put in a little work. You have to utilize your materia or look out for good equipment and abilities in IX.

FFIDoS is just mashing A without thought, which I'll give you is a lot like FFIV probably.