I've played this game back then before animated cgs and I'm glad that I decided to came back. Since I've always been a fan of grind, I totally enjoy this. Although the stats growth might seems less rewarding at first, it actually kinda balanced with how battle calculation works. HOWEVER, you still can, get blessed upon such misfortune that will make you miss your hits 3 turns in a row giving you the most frustating death. So, just to be safe, I would personally suggest to save your progress regularly especially after every battle you won. Aside from that, all character models are also gorgeous, absolutely worth seeing.
Victoria is just as smoking hot as ever.
Note : I've just started over again, currently sitting at my 6ish hours of gameplay and kinda holding back a bit to progress (hell yeah, rpg grinding supremacy XD)
Anyway, happy nuts for ya'll