playing Resonance of Fate. I've been stuck on the first fucking boss for 2 hours now. The battle system doesn't make sense the way it does in other rpg games. Somehow I always endup reaching "condition critical" and my characters become panzies and start shivering and cant even attack. I've checked out a walkthrough and its still confusing as hell lol.
Try having your Machine gun user run up first (don't jump, as you can focus fire on one section) and fire on the side without a shield. Two or three attacks should scratch the whole side. After that have either of your handgun users run and jump to break that section. If you broke the section, great if not you'll probably need to restart the fight.
The only real way to prevent condition critical is to plan to have an enemy with a breakable part, so you can restore your bezels