Being the first entry into the series you obviously expect the game to be rather simple and bare bones when it comes to mechanics, but it's also just kinda strange, healers have to get into fights and not die to get experience and levels, not that they need any because staves are just incredibly strong either way, the low stats and growth rates mean that everyone is always at full strength when you recruit them so the only thing that matters is if they have more moevemnt to get the chapter done faster, and only have 4 songs that play for the majority of the game can start to send you a little insane.

While it's fun to look back at the start, you'll have seen everything you need to in the first 6 chapters or so, both remakes of this game make it a lot more enjoyable and make it a little redundant to play.