Personally, i love this game a hellish lot
Having had experience from the PS1 version, i actually found the game to be quite fun and exciting... Assuming you're willing to work on it.
The fun part (To me) is power-levelling at the early parts of the games. I literally spammed my levels to the extent that the storyline enemies could barely touch me. But of course, that requires a lot of work, and patience too, battles can take up to roughly 5mins at minimum.
The storyline wise...
So there, have fun!