+.5 star for being the granddaddy of jrpgs

80% of the game is just running in circles in an area to be strong enough to access the next area. That said its simplicity was enjoyable and it wasn't particularly frustrating, I like how it doesn't overtly punish death and the process of finding and talking to npcs to figure out what to do next.

Sadly, the game just doesn't hold up unlike some nes games I've played.