FFV to me feels underappreciated even though it's the title where the franchise started getting really, really good and sprinted ahead into being the frontrunner for JRPGs. The class system in this game is phenomenal and the story is genuinely pretty fun - still one of my favorites to this day. It's not a perfect game by any means, and is honestly pretty difficult in the back half, but it's very sincerely worth the time it asks you to invest into its grind.

The main failings of this game are in the story; the villain could be stronger in terms of writing and the character journeys aren't totally notable, though done well enough. Overall one of my favorite games in the franchise that feels incredibly overshadowed by FFVI (for fair enough reason, I guess).