I really can't be TOO harsh on this game, since most of my criticisms on it can be boiled down to the fact that this do in fact be the first game in the series and also it do be an extremely early RPG so like expectations should be curbed. This game is basically the most basic retro JRPG you can really get. Explore the world, grab the mcguffins, deal with a morbidly high random encounter rate, all the bells and whistles. This game is cool in that you get to create your own team right out the gate, so you really do grow an attatchment to your characters personally. The NES version of this game is broken to high heck n back so if you like funny jank then that's definitely the way to go. Otherwise, if you have played literally any other 8-bit RPG, congrats, you've played this one too without even knowing it.