It's not as hard as Radiant Dawn. That game was impenetrable for me as my introduction to the series. It wasn't until I gave Sacred Stones a try (thanks to the Ambassador Program) that I was finally able to understand how these games work.
The pairing system in Awakening makes a huge difference, as does the ability to see all danger/safe areas with the press of a single button. Radiant Dawn also has a nasty habit of sending reinforcements in almost every mission. Awakening does that much less, and when it does, it usually lets you block their arrival.
Even the combat window in Awakening makes battle decisions a little bit easier. What used to be the basic setting is now the advanced setting, and there's an even more basic and less intimidating setting for newcomers. And being able to switch weapons in the combat window is such a small but helpful improvement.
All of that stuff makes Awakening so much easier to play than Sacred Stones or Radiant Dawn, even though I'm playing this one on Classic Hard. It's going to make going back to those games REALLY frustrating.
JordanElek
Radiant Dawn is ridiculous. If you play it on normal it's not bad, but with the (stupid) way they paced the game with the different stories it did make planning things out very difficult. But you had Ike, so by default you get a tank that can basically solo the game. 
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