I don't know why people say it's not grind capable they just didn't understand how to grind it's definitely not the traditional but most definitely more challenging to make your characters strong by avoiding raising the enemies strength I didn't think it was hard to grasp at all you just needed to understand what could be done in battle to walk away with the ability to increase stats I honestly liked it as much as 7 beat 8 before I finish 7 I liked it so much just gave that extra difficulty of using your head instead of mindlessly attacking over and over and over with the same effortless attacks. if you were able to finish final fantasy 8 with character levels barely going into the double digits you understood the dynamics of the game so ya there is grinding you just have to figure it out which I'm not going to spoil, rely on your own intelligence.