To my shame I never actually beat the NES original back in the day (that game is long as FUCK, bro, and hard!) but a literal lifetime later I've finally conquered Zoma & saved Alefgard n shit. And if you like JRPGs - yeah, the formula's all here. Recruit a party, towns, random battles, EXP, dungeons, learn spells, fight bosses, get your boat and flight device, all that. And I like that shit! They should have done a proper boss theme though even if the NES version just used the one battle tune.