Tried to go back and complete the original Final Fantasy on NES.

Had a real bad time!

I was mildly enjoying the beginning but the first major fetch quest is such a miserable slog. Its not just the grind that is bad. I got no problem sinking some time into grinding. There are a several factors that led me to need to stop playing:
nonsensical magic system
hideously tedious item system
the boring plot

the mediocre music ( I'm an uematsu fan but I'm not hearing good stuff here)

the ugly aesthetic ( love Amanos work but I just don't think these pixels look good and for Real what is s the deal with red haired fighter)

The long slow stun locking/poison battles.

I actually like that your characters attacks don't carry over to other enemies as a strategic design decision but you just need to pummel too many jerks to be able to appreciate it.

Beat this back in high school and had a passable time, this go around found it intolerable!