Honestly, I started to play this game as sort of joke at first. But the more I had played this game the more I got sucked in, and started to enjoy the mechanics that the game has. For starters, the dungeon crawling is the meat and potatoes of this game. While it is very basic, as it is just walking down corridors looking for the exit, I really like the environments that these dungeons take place in along with the music that plays within them. The battle system is also something that gets a lot of heat, and I personally think that it is interesting. I like the idea of having to set up your party in a way, so that most or all of their attacks can hit the enemy. While it is fun, to figure out the battle system, once the configuration for the party is found, there really is no reason to change it again. I really like the story in this game, as it is a lot more darker than that of games later in the series. While the characters are nothing deep, they service the story very well.