Pros:

* Small numbers
* Skills that deal damage to everyone at once / apply status effects to everyone at once, and these skills unlock quickly
* Poison and other status effects are shown while walking around the overworld, really nice
* You're given nothing at the start, but get a lot of money to gear up and buy items
* Because of the game's age, and the fact that not much content fits into it, the pacing stays really high throughout
* Music
* Graphics
* Interface
* Settings (in the remaster)
* Super simple controls but no tutorial
* Simple story
* There are skills to escape dungeons

Cons:

* No quest log — I personally forgot where to go sometimes
* Excessive backtracking that you can only start skipping around the midpoint of the game
* The Black Mage has a lot of banishment skills, and as usual they only work on very weak enemies, and even then not always

Debatable:
* Sparse descriptions - for example, classes aren't described in full detail, and there's nothing about it on the wiki either

Feelings:

I expected way less from this game, but in reality it puts a lot of modern titles to shame. Really enjoyed it, great pacing, nothing unnecessary - no grinding or other ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ distracting you into a void! Recommend it!