Great-but-badly-told story and underwhelming cast aside, this is pretty great. It's wild to me that a PS2 game still has some of the best presentation in the series (and I say this not as a knock against everything that came after, but to praise just how impressive this game truly is). Gameplay-wise, I mean...the Gambit system has had its praises (rightfully) sung, so I don't have much to add there. If there's one huge issue with this game, it's that it's needlessly large. Thankfully the speed-up options in this remaster help alleviate some of the issues that come with that, but it shouldn't be a necessity.