No. This was one of my least favorites. It's not a bad game, but the Esper system requires way too much work for me to seriously enjoy the game.

Of course, this is from an overleveler's perspective: by the time I was done, everybody knew the following spells:

Cure, Cure2, Cure3, Life, Life2, Life3, Haste, Haste2, Fire 1-3, Bolt 1-3, Ice 1-3, Flare, Holy, Ultima, Vanish, Doom, X-zone

And nearly everything else. So I kind of overdid it on magic. I bet the cactuars still have nightmares about me.