An improved version of an already amazing game! While I find the new Future Connected story to be boring and unnecessary, I do think its cool that they restored the lost Bionis's Shoulder map from the beta builds of the original Wii game.
As for the remaster itself, it may not be perfect, but the visuals they did improve look absolutely amazing! They did attempt to streamline some of the problems the original game had, but the tedium of side quests mostly remains the same. The story is just as fantastic as ever and the new versions of music mostly elevate an already amazing soundtrack! I do dislike some of the new versions of the music, but thankfully there's a toggle for both cutscene music and field music.
Please give this game a chance if you haven't already!