This game is so much better than I thought and also exactly as bad I remembered it. (I watched a friend play through the original before)
Any time a Crisis Core character was on screen I'd tune out cause I simply do not care. It still has cringey dialogue and awkward pauses but it's excusable. The Nibelheim part was great though, and the ending is executed perfectly.
Zack's voice is a little iffy at times but I think his voice fits the character after hearing it the whole game.
Also gameplay was really good. It's not that deep but you can have fun with it. Not fun enough to do 300 missions though...