Honestly man I will remain a FFII defender. The story is such a step up, and yeah its kinda just Star Wars but so is a surprisingly large amount of these games. The leveling of this version specifically I find pretty playable which lets the cool story live on its own.

A huge step up from the first game. So many staples of the series started here, most importantly Chocobos. This game actually ruled.

Combat system is boring asf,the narrative feels sluggish while trying to piece together where to go is really stupid & tedious

if i had to compare it to anything, it's like room temperature water that may or may not have been left out in the sun.