The Positives

• If you love 90s style anime, this is up your alley, as there are a pretty sizable number of anime cutscenes throughout the story. They’re of high enough quality that you’ll start wishing for a full series by the end of the game.
• There’s also the very particular Working Designs sense of humor that some people love. It’s hard to pinpoint an exact analogue, but I guess it’s sort of similar to the type of humor in Rare games. Dated humor? In some instances.
• You have to play this one for the narrative and the general setting. It’s not a thrill-a-minute, but it’s quite clearly a traditional JRPG that has defied its age.

The Negatives

• Working Designs was known for its very uh… “perky” localization efforts.
• Working Designs also had a tendency to dicker around with the game mechanics. For this one, they made Lunar SSSC incredibly grindy. I didn’t overly mind it, but the game eventually became somewhat of a slog. I ended up loading a cheat code into the Polymega, as I felt I needed to move on (I had already beaten Lunar years ago).
• Speaking of cheat codes, there’s a certain one that will give your characters infinite hits. Watch out! Certain enemies take 0 damage on physical hits, so selecting a physical hit will create an infinite process.

Overall

This game is absolutely still worth going back to in the present day. If you want to play the most polished version of games, you might want to hold off until the upcoming remakes are released. Otherwise, just play this one.

Specifically, just go with the Playstation version. Yes, there’s the Sega CD original with its original charm. There are also a couple Sega Saturn JP-only versions. The Playstation version is perfectly fine, however. Simplicity is better, in this case.