After finishing it for the first time 2 days ago and deciding it was my favourite game of all time, and i immediately replayed it and got the prophet ending which only took 3 1/2 hours after that i replayed it again this time fully to get the dream epilogue ending which took 8 hours and now i'm gonna talk mostly about the bonus dungeons that were added in the ds and steam ports:
I have very negative opinions on these but i recognize that they were not a part of the original game so it doesn't affect my opinion of it at all this part is just me talkign about how much the new bonus dungeons suck, so first of all i didn't even do the lost sanctum because i heard it was shit so i only did the dimensional vortex for this ending and even that was almost unbearable like these had easily some of the worst dungeon and boss designs i've ever played most of these dungeons consist of you fighting annoying enemies which drain your MP or are just fodder and that are badly placed and are just annoying and when you're done fighting some of the worst enemies in the game you arrive at some fork in the road where you have to guess where to go to with options ranging from 2 to like 6 doors or teleporters and if you go into the wrong one you have to do it again, and even worse if you're playing the 2300AD dimensional vortex you eventualy get trapped and have to fight with the party members that aren't in your party but ofcourse they suck even in new game plus because ofcourse you put your best equipment on your favourite party members so now you have to fight everything again but it's way harder and even more annoying.
So yeah this is my favourite game of all time and replaying it made me appreciate it even more and only took about 6 hours but i really don't recommend doing these stupid ass bonus dungeons that were added in later ports because they are just simply atrocious.
I have very negative opinions on these but i recognize that they were not a part of the original game so it doesn't affect my opinion of it at all this part is just me talkign about how much the new bonus dungeons suck, so first of all i didn't even do the lost sanctum because i heard it was shit so i only did the dimensional vortex for this ending and even that was almost unbearable like these had easily some of the worst dungeon and boss designs i've ever played most of these dungeons consist of you fighting annoying enemies which drain your MP or are just fodder and that are badly placed and are just annoying and when you're done fighting some of the worst enemies in the game you arrive at some fork in the road where you have to guess where to go to with options ranging from 2 to like 6 doors or teleporters and if you go into the wrong one you have to do it again, and even worse if you're playing the 2300AD dimensional vortex you eventualy get trapped and have to fight with the party members that aren't in your party but ofcourse they suck even in new game plus because ofcourse you put your best equipment on your favourite party members so now you have to fight everything again but it's way harder and even more annoying.
So yeah this is my favourite game of all time and replaying it made me appreciate it even more and only took about 6 hours but i really don't recommend doing these stupid ass bonus dungeons that were added in later ports because they are just simply atrocious.