[quote name='brendan424']goddamn parasite eve final boss. You go through all that crap of beating him (takes like 15 minutes) and then they make you run away from him through a maze, one wrong turn or you're too slow and your dead. I also don't like game guides. Thus I never beat it. I tried like 5 times but after wasting 2 hours on that final boss I called it quits. Still have yet to beat it and play the sequel.[/QUOTE]
I had that exact same problem, the first time you go through it, pause and draw a line map of what direction you're going, second time you should get it right....
Also, equip a club, there is a very very slight [almost impossible to notice] difference in walking/running speed, but it's there, and it makes a difference somehow.