Pretty good game, didn't play the original. A bit boring story-wise at the beginning. So much so that I dropped the game and months later forced myself to pick it back up just to finish it. Once I got through the beginning the story picked up and intrigued me. The combat is solid, as well as the maps from what I can remember. There were some obtuse things every now and then enemy/map-wise where it felt like I needed to cheese the game to get further, but I could be remembering wrong.
Berkut was a weird character. Heard he was not in the original, and I cannot see exactly why he was added in the remake, but ah well.
I do like how Alm and Celica don't see eye to eye mid-way through the game and go their separate ways to save their continent.
I did not care for the 3D exploration/dungeon segments of the game. Wish it was not in it to begin with.