As a Port: The game runs kinda shoddily, even on a fairly decent computer (and let's be honest, you shouldn't even need 'fairly decent' for a PS1 game). I had a few crashes, notably one on the final boss fight.

The speed-up function was nice, but it was incredibly random. I could be on the same screen and it'd go from no speed-up at all then suddenly nyoom at like a 4x boost with no warning, it also did this during combat which could sometimes lead to hitting the wrong command.

Frankly it runs much better on an emulator. The cheats are nice if you want to use them I guess, for me the steam achievements just gave me an excuse to run through the game again.

As a game: It's honestly a broken mess, in terms of gameplay. I'm one of the few who likes the mess, and I only recommend the game if you also like breaking games. The junction system allows you to steamroll the entire game if you know what you're doing (hint: Cards) and the limit break system is horribly broken even if you DON'T know how to abuse it (Hint: Don't use a finisher for Zell). The leveling system for enemies pretty much punishes you for leveling up, though it's not like the game is hard even at level 99.

I only barely recommend it, I think I'm being influenced by nostalgia honestly.

As a Port: The game runs kinda shoddily, even on a fairly decent computer (and let's be honest, you shouldn't even need 'fairly decent' for a PS1 game). I had a few crashes, notably one on the final boss fight. The speed-up function was nice, but it was incredibly random. I could be on the same screen and it'd go from no speed-up at all then suddenly nyoom at like a 4x boost with no warning, it also did this during combat which could sometimes lead to hitting the wrong command. Frankly it runs much better on an emulator. The cheats are nice if you want to use them I guess, for me the steam achievements just gave me an excuse to run through the game again. As a game: It's honestly a broken mess, in terms of gameplay. I'm one of the few who likes the mess, and I only recommend the game if you also like breaking games. The junction system allows you to steamroll the entire game if you know what you're doing (hint: Cards) and the limit break system is horribly broken even if you DON'T know how to abuse it (Hint: Don't use a finisher for Zell). The leveling system for enemies pretty much punishes you for leveling up, though it's not like the game is hard even at level 99. I only barely recommend it, I think I'm being influenced by nostalgia honestly.