Yes, I gave it 10 minutes earlier. I went straight into that closest fiend battle and was completely wiped out within the time limit set to beat them in
I need to adjust to this. Coming off FF16 and into FF7s battle system is completely different. I never fully mastered FF7s battle system either even after 2 playthroughs. This demo adds in even more, will take a while to get used to it.
In the meantime I will continue with FF16 and pop up side quest overkill. There's too many side quests. I've just done the ocean parting battle and after a decent cut scene now have 8 more sides to do! It's a great game apart from the sides although some of these later ones have been slightly better.
I'll get FF7 once I'm finished with it. I might do the 2nd playthrough for platinum first though.