Just now getting around to this remaster.

I'm only a couple hours in, but really enjoying it so far. There isn't much I can say that hasn't already been said about the quality of life improvements, but I really enjoy the overlay map.

I never did beat the original on PS2 but I played a good amount of it. I've generally avoided the fast forward feature, since this is my first playthrough in so many years I just want to take everything in. But that being said, I have turned it on to get to fetch quests faster. Otherwise, I've left it off for general exploration.

I made a second Reks save file in case I wanted to use some RNG manipulation on chests, but I might not even worry about that.

The best visual improvement by a country mile was getting rid of Vaan's nightmarish chest armor.