I ask this because my mom has never played an RPG before, but is willing to try. I understand maybe Persona is a little too far in the JRPG realm for her to handle, but when I was telling her about the game she was especially interested in the whole S. Link stuff and how you interact with the people in the game. So, do you think the easy mode will be fine for somebody who has never played an RPG before, or do you have any other suggestions? Thanks!

From what I gather, the combat will be far easier but she'll still need to grasp the basic mechanics of it (mainly identifying and exploiting the enemies' weak points) if she wants to get anywhere.

You also get 10 free revives after you die in battles. It might be a bit rough for a first-timer, but if you guide her through it she'll probably be fine.

i know Persona 4 easy is a lot easier than persona 3 easy, persona 3 easy wrecked me XD I got into persona 4 easy and thought it was too easy, so, that has to be a good thing for you mom being a first time RPG player, I hope she likes it!

If you want to warm her up, try Costume Quest first.

make her watch the endurance run, and she'll will hopefully learn to properly cast bufu

I haven't played P4 on easy, but in P3P's easy mode I pretty much played the whole game with rush mode on. I heard it's the same as normal difficulty except you get the free revives but I don't know, I thought it was riddicolously easy.

My mom's first and last RPG was Final Fantasy IV on the SNES. She got about half an hour in and decided turn-based combat was boring as hell, and that was that.

If she cares more about the story/s. links, easy would be ok I think. You don't want to discourage her if it's her 1st RPG.

That seems like an awfully time-consuming, patience-testing challenge for a person who has never touched an RPG and is a mother. Good luck.
 
But if she's up for it, she might even handle Normal easily. Jeff and Vinny did it, and them and your mother are probably around the same skill level :P

" I haven't played P4 on easy, but in P3P's easy mode I pretty much played the whole game with rush mode on. I heard it's the same as normal difficulty except you get the free revives but I don't know, I thought it was riddicolously easy. "