P4 is pretty much my favourite game, and to me the best part is the challenge of some of the boss fights, especially Shadow Yukiko.

I remember ripping my hair out with every try but when finally beat her the satisfaction was unmatched.

So how does this game hold up? I think I saw a few post saying the bosses are easier, is this true?

It can be. The easier difficulties such as Very Easy, Easy and Normal seemed to be have tweaked a little to be somewhat easier. However there is also a Hard and Very Hard difficulty now, if that's how you want to go at it.

So for example Shadow Yukiko,is she still the bitch that sent us back to the drawing board?

If it really is easier, then I wonder how this is seen in the eyes of the new comer, I remember that after Shadow Yukiko I eagerly anticipated the next boss fight and it was the whole thing was about getting prepared for the next one, I can't imagine it being the same without it.

I never thought of any of the Persona games as hard because I spend way too much grinding and become so over leveled the bosses are a breeze.

@msavo said:

I never thought of any of the Persona games as hard because I spend way too much grinding and become so over leveled the bosses are a breeze.

And also because they are basically supposed to be SMT-lite for people who aren't mega crazy about their Japanese dungeon crawlers. I play Persona for the setting though, it's so much more interesting than a bland fantasy world or something.

@jebara said:

So for example Shadow Yukiko,is she still the bitch that sent us back to the drawing board?

She has an ice weakness now and her little helper has a lightning weakness.

So nope. P4G gives you a shitload of little advantages, which taken en masse, make the game a cakewalk.

im playing on hard right now in the first dungeon. im having a bit of a harder time with it which is fine its what I wanted. Also being able to start on the floor you died takes off so much of the frustration. the lack of healing items is a bit rough though.

I found Persona 4 to be a very balanced game as far as difficulty goes. Not brain dead easy like some RPGs and never frustrating. The boss fights required strategy. The hardest part for me was Yukiko's dungeon but that is because I was still adjusting to the game.

im playing on hard right now in the first dungeon. im having a bit of a harder time with it which is fine its what I wanted. Also being able to start on the floor you died takes off so much of the frustration. the lack of healing items is a bit rough though.

I'm halfway through Yukiko's dungeon on normal and it feels a little harder, not too much. It just seems like the enemies have more health than I remember, but it has been a while.