It seems like every RPG I play, I am always way under-level. How do I know this you ask? Because I always advance to some boss that just kicks my butt all over the place. So then I run to youtube to lookup strategies and every time the guy in the video is at least 10 levels above me. This has happened to me most recently in CrossCode. It was so bad, at the dungeon entrace (very first dungeon), the other NPC in my party was all like, "OMG are you sure you want to enter this dungeon!?!? Your stats is pretty bad and you should buy new equipment!"
This also happened too me in pretty much any RPG you can think of from Kingdom Hearts (all of them up to KH BBS), Dragon Quest 11 (there was some infamous boss 'rushers' like me have trouble with), and some other games.
Note: I also never stop for side quests normally and never grind much. I only kill what is in front of me and even then, sometimes I run away if possible.
This also happened too me in pretty much any RPG you can think of from Kingdom Hearts (all of them up to KH BBS), Dragon Quest 11 (there was some infamous boss 'rushers' like me have trouble with), and some other games.
Note: I also never stop for side quests normally and never grind much. I only kill what is in front of me and even then, sometimes I run away if possible.