The game has nothing in common gameplay wise with previous entries.

It has very uninspired world themes, mediocre level design, the music is decent tho.

It's "playable" to say the least

Very hard to recommend if you're not interested on the Mother series or old-school RPG's. The game is surprisingly open, it has some really memorable moments and fairly funny dialogue.

But besides that the combat is very basic, there's lot of random encounters, the dungeons are mediocre and a good chunk of the game you will be spending it on mindlessly grinding.

If you want to try out, try playing the Mother1+2 version of GBA because it has an item that makes grinding faster.