Disappointment. Too much boring and unecessary backtracking. Also, braindead combat, lack of QoLs and bad pacing. It is a game worse than the first and that one isn't some classic of the genre or anything. The visuals are still pretty for a GBA game and some dungeons are pretty fun to play but beyond that there isn't much interesting going on in this game.
The writing is pretty boring and bloated, also. So many infinite dialogues that could be better just going straight to the point.