Yeah its fine. People give it a lot of crap for being simpler than the later games but as a remake of the first game, i'd say it mostly works to the game's benefit.
Everyday I thank the stars for aligning that caused Nintendo to sue Shouzou Kaga for ripping off Fire Emblem so much that it'd inevitably create one of the most uniquely made and well-crafted games in the entire SRPG genre