15 Hardest PS2 Games of All Time

Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne

If you’ve bested some of the toughest challenges in the franchise’s spin-offs, then Shin Megami Tensei 3: Nocturne may not seem that bad in retrospect (on Normal difficult, at least). But diving in without any knowledge of its mechanics can see enemies exploiting your weaknesses and ganging up on you. Certain encounters will also just straight up kill you because of instant death status, and the bosses are fairly rough. Then there’s Hard Mode where enemy damage is doubled, escaping battles is pretty much impossible, ambush rates are higher and so on and so forth.