I played the SNES version, I think I made a lapse in my judgment
The bosses were either boring easy or literally hell, and after reaching max level in Illburns Ruins then the bosses just got more and more annoying (except Garland was fine bc Time Ring go behind him for free hits... well until I get hit and get 2HKO yeah)
Valestein Castle just sucked, the nightcore (pitched up) version of the song and the traps that killed you in 2 hits were very fun
Galbalan made me use multiple save states... 21 of them to be precise. Even then, it took 28 minutes. That fight just sucked.