I didn't do the original so i can't really compare, but i liked it overall.

The combat was good even if the difficulty was kinda lacking.
Story was interesting with some cringe dialogues here and there but i don't mind it, liked the characters. Music was good if not really good at some points.

Now the pacing was bad, like i know they wanted to add a lot of fillers/friendship moments and it works to build attachment , but holy fuck was it noticeably slow. Some chapters were genuinely taxing to go through with all the obstacles loading screens.
Liked motorcycle stages tho.

As usual final fantasy cutscenes are insane.

So yeah the game was good, if the pacing wasn't so bad i would have liked it better.