I restarted because I have no idea where I left off. I'm a Vulpix which is cool because I really like Ninetails. I have a lot of nostalgia for this game.
Feels a bit clunky atm but I'll get used to it. VA's are pretty good. Music is godlike. Sure looks nice.
I played for four hours but don't really feel like I accomplished anything much. It's such a large tutorial segment. Player-created character feels kind of lame and shoehorned in, probably would've been better if they just made Elma the main character tbh. I went with Commando after I realised that I could have changed class as soon as Drifter hit Lv10, which I got like immediately so RIP 3+ hours of ranking up.
I've read a bunch of people on reddit saying that you should read the manual to get a grasp on everything but I haven't been confused by anything so far so I'll go without it for now. I did change the camera's to move as fast as possible though, it was way too slow before.