This one felt a lot more grindy and tedious than the other persona games, not so much 'harder' but just the battles went on and on and the exp was very hard to get on normal levels. Tarturus got boring really really fast as well. I also do think the fact that it was the 'portable' version takes away from the game a lot and I would recommend trying to play FES or the new remake instead. The story was still very good, I just hated the tedious battles and the point and click style.