It is a game that captures the attention in the very first minutes. Even when compared to games I consider masterpieces in the genre such as Dragon Quest III and Phantasy Star, at the time of release, FF II brought something else to the table. It's a shame that the interesting premise does not develop into something more interesting. It ends up being a very run of the mill early 90s JRPG, but it still showed what to expect from the series.