Well, I caved and I bought it. I like the script chaanges and the music isn't as bad as I heard it was. The normal battle theme kind of weirded me out at first, but I am getting used to it. I like the added portraits, like the other FFAdvances, especially portraits of characters that you didn't see in the original. I remember hearing that Kefka's laugh was bad, but I think it's fine. I don't know, I expected music and sound effects to be dumbed down, so that's why I don't really care.

The edited torture scene kind of disappoints me, but since someone here explained why they did it, I understand very much. It's not like it was a key plot point or something anyway. Overall, I am happy with what I see so far!