I find this game very interesting, on hand it's easily among the worst Final Fantasy Games, on the other the game tries a lot of ambitious things for being the second game in the franchise like the unique leveling system, and the constant rotation of party members... these two thing are for the worse btw, buffs can miss because how spells work, and the rotation means by the end of the game your main trio has vastly out scaled your final member, your most recent one of which having just caught up before he's removed for Soul of Rebirth. I must say as a port, this game is among the finest, adding a lot of QoL and improving the visuals magnificently, but that's not enough for me to ever recommend it. SoR is cool, but it's hardly worth beating this game for. The plots bare bones, but I assume it was interesting for its time. The grind to power level can be unbearable at times, but not necessary, however if you don't grind the game become a lot more tedious. I think this game is a treasure for it's historic value to the series, but I think this game is also a great example of what not to do in a RPG. Would never recommend it, but I'd say it's worth playing if you're trying to experience the franchise highs and lows. Also Emperor is based wish he had more screen time because I'd love to see more of his goofy evil ass.