I don't know about excellent gameplay in Lunar SSSC or EB, but everything else is fantastic. I try to ignore the painful battles. It's not that hard to do.

I prefer Lunar 2 to Lunar SSSC, although I think both are incredible. And I have to give proper credit to Working Designs for their incredible localization of the game. You just don't see care like that going in to many games coming in from Japan.

I also recommend you buy the official strategy guides for the games with the games. These are the best strategy guides ever made. Really, they are. Not because of the level of helpful content, but because of how fun they are to read.