I finally got around to playing Final Fantasy II, but I didn't like it that much. The story has more to it than the first game, but it's still pretty simple and forgettable. That isn't even a problem though. The problem is the extremely grindy gameplay, and enemies that spawn way too often. It becomes a chore just to play through this game after a while. It was pretty fun at the start: magic and weapons level up as you use them, but in the later stages of the game, it takes forever for magic to level up. Also, you do a lot of the same stuff over and over again. Talk to the princess, walk to objective while fighting a bunch of enemies, navigate overly long and samey dungeons with way too many encounters, then return to the princess. It gets very repetitive. Still, the music and atmosphere are pretty good, but I would say this is probably my least favourite Final Fantasy out of those I've finished. I will give it a positive review though, because the Pixel Remaster makes it a lot better. You can turn of encounters if you feel like you've had enough for one area, you can speed up leveling and/or battles, and you can even switch to the original soundtrack if you want. For those reasons, it barely gets a nod from me.