"I'm trying to figure out where your avatar is from?"
Gah! I totally missed this question. Sorry I'm almost three years late with it. It's from Fortuna Saga, the character Arlia Janet but I made her hair white instead of blonde. Hope that helps!
Yeah, you just have to be able to tolerate a lot of frustration. Everything about the game is designed to piss you off, and the worst part is it's always your fault. Fall down a hole? Your fault. Get stabbed in the back by an assassin? Your fault. Get one hit KO'd by the Dragon God? Your fault.
Ah, it's a PS3 jRPG with real time combat and a dark fantasy setting. Also, it's hard as fuck. I lost track of how many times I died in the first level. (not counting the tutorial level)