It's a remake, great game too. I always enjoyed the battles, and the music is probably some of Sakuraba's best stuff. I always thought the story was very cool, and amazingly enough the voice acting is pretty spot on.
I stopped playing it and I think I know why. I have trouble with games with lots of optional content/characters because I want to get everything. This game is worse though because there is a set time when people are available (Day 3 of Ragnarok...enter this town, speak to this person *FIRST AND LAST TIME THIS IS POSSIBLE IN GAME*). It's probably better if I don't view walkthroughs for this game.