Apparently, I am OCD.

Valkyrie profile combat system isn't all that interesting imo. It's just mashing buttons =|. Grinding in that game is the most boring crap ever. Only boss battles are more fun. And even then, I went through every boss in the game simply mashing except for one of the final ones. Though there is quite a bit of customization in characters (some characters are just bad while some are obviously the better ones), not so much as skills unfortunately. I haven't beaten angelic gate because I just got sick of the combat.

MAYBE hard mode is completely different and you actually have to think? I'm not sure. I'm sure as hell not bothering to grind all the level 1s up.