How hard is this game

[CloverChiaki96]

Seriously I'm only in it for the story, I'm not good at turn based rpgs, but can I change the difficulty anytime?

[MUSA]

Yes, you can change it everytime in the settings even while playing. There's Very Easy, Easy, Normal, Hard, and Very Hard.
Also...
You actually can customize it. Like for example, you play in Very Hard mode which is giving you a less EXP. But you can modify it into Very Hard but this time it can give you more EXP like 10 times than before.

[Rialm]

you can turn down the difficulty, and the best party you can even design if you want to gain more money, which is fantastic if you want to have the same difficulty but less grinding.

[Zloth]

Anyone reading this looking for a more difficult game - it's got that, too. Going into the game blind on "hard" difficulty is plenty difficult.

[Sauriel]

I like that these old games were made with a large variety of audience in mind. You cant compare older tales series to tales of arise for example.

[jacobtan]

The game is easy. Slightly harder than Persona 5, but still easy. Just jump right in. You can adjust the difficulty on the fly and ask for help here if you're stuck.

[Kalypso]

Originally posted by jacobtan:

The game is easy. Slightly harder than Persona 5, but still easy. Just jump right in. You can adjust the difficulty on the fly and ask for help here if you're stuck.

Persona 5 is kinda hard, even on the normal difficulty. Persona 4 you can breeze through on Very Hard as long as you understand the game a little.

[jacobtan]

Originally posted by Kalypso:

Originally posted by jacobtan:

The game is easy. Slightly harder than Persona 5, but still easy. Just jump right in. You can adjust the difficulty on the fly and ask for help here if you're stuck.

Persona 5 is kinda hard, even on the normal difficulty. Persona 4 you can breeze through on Very Hard as long as you understand the game a little.

Perhaps we were playing different games. My experience with P5 was that it was among the easier games I've played when it came to combat, and even easier when it came to adventuring.

[Vali Riversong]

Originally posted by jacobtan:

Originally posted by Kalypso:

Persona 5 is kinda hard, even on the normal difficulty. Persona 4 you can breeze through on Very Hard as long as you understand the game a little.

Perhaps we were playing different games. My experience with P5 was that it was among the easier games I've played when it came to combat, and even easier when it came to adventuring.

A factor could just be familiarity with Persona mechanics if 5 wasn't your first. 5 was my first and my first time I had a REALLY hard time bad barely skirted by the final boss. After playing 3 and 4 now, I agree 5's the easiest of the 3.

[jacobtan]

Originally posted by Vali Riversong:

Originally posted by jacobtan:

Perhaps we were playing different games. My experience with P5 was that it was among the easier games I've played when it came to combat, and even easier when it came to adventuring.

A factor could just be familiarity with Persona mechanics if 5 wasn't your first. 5 was my first and my first time I had a REALLY hard time bad barely skirted by the final boss. After playing 3 and 4 now, I agree 5's the easiest of the 3.

5 was actually my first. The tutorial fight in Kamoshida's Palace was very clear about what I needed to accomplish in combat - target enemy weaknesses to gain extra turns (and intuitively, deny the same advantages to enemies). I might not have enjoyed the game, but it did a excellent job of guiding a newbie to the series like myself. I started on Normal and after completing Madarame's Palace, restarted the game on Hard.

Honestly, the one combat that stood out in difficulty was the archangel sub-boss in Kamoshida's Palace. At that time, my party was low-level, I had few personas, my equipment was poor, I didn't have good consumables, and I couldn't ambush it. But I realized that farming a few levels to reach parity with the boss was easy (if tedious), and I did just that to ensure it couldn't deal enough damage to me to slow my momentum. The game became a breeze after that - the bosses had their own gimmicks, but since their moves were typically telegraphed, there was little danger of losing.

[Haze]

I thought this was a bit rough my first time, but after playing through 3... It's really pretty fair.

[Awaken]

It basically has several difficulty modes, so it can be adjusted. The easier difficulty mode makes the enemies easier during combat, so you can focus more on the story side.

[matuco]

yes

[lemurs2]

It is harder than Persona 5 in my opinion.

[SaulD]

Easier than 3, harder than 5. Yes, there's a pattern here.