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Now that I've reached the first boss of Persona 3 The Answer I can finally comment on the difficulty spike.

The Answer isn't unfair by any means, the added challenge comes mostly from the things that were removed than the things that were added.

-The level or skill of your party in the main campaign are lost, the levels for em are set.
-Gone is the compendium, you can't ressumon personas, so make every fusion count.
-You have no inmediate access to stores (the fact that I still get money makes me assume shops will show up eventually).
-No social links means you can't get bonus exp for any persona you fuse.
-There is no transportation point before the boss, if are low on health or MP you need to travel the whoel dungeon again.

It's challenging, but not impossible, and honestly the enemies aren't overpowered by any stretch of the imagination, not to mention that Metis is an incredibly useful addition to the party.