Hah hah, you're right. Changed dramatically, but I've begun anew this afternoon with a second quest. This time an evil female with the Magic emphasis. For some reason I appreciate the game more now with the start a second walkthrough, and playing on normal difficulty, but I might ramp it up.

But I didn't cheat, though! The game made SD available with other styles: I was just pragmatically seeing what worked best and effectively!

I see now what that HC thing is about, so I'll try it out. It doesn't sound too complex, though. Still leaves enough button-mashing to do, which I've done a lot in my second quest already