How tough will it be to get everything in Riviera? Options

[Cyath]

Finishing up Yggdra Union now (around BF 44) and I am going to move on to Riviera next...I've heard tell that Riviera's a lot easier on completionists, but how much easier? ^_^

Actually I generally just play through RPGs normally and don't bother too much with the sidequests/extra stuff unless it's really interesting...but for games as good as YU and Riviera I tend to go the extra mile and try to see all the endings/get ultimate weapons etc. Will it be really hard to do that in Riviera? Will I need to S-Rank every battle and hoard TPs like there's no tomorrow?

No need for specific answers...I just want a general "feel" of the game so that I don't play a chapter or 2 and find myself having to restart (like I did for YU) The FAQs aren't that helpful because many of them are spoiler-ridden. :(

[Lord Ryo]

The item list for YU is way longer than in Riviera, and more than likely someone without a walkthrough won't complete the YU item list in their first two playthroughs seeing how there's so many tricky items in there. However in Riviera even the hardest items to obtain are still easier to get than half of the items in YU. In Riviera TP isn't a problem seeing how you have to fight almost everyone you meet resulting in a gain of TP, as well as a nice TP bonus at the end of each chapter. As for the items the enemies drop, they can all be obtained easily.