Do you mean the Japanese FF2 that was on the NES/Famicom, or the American FF2 that is better known as FF4?
If it’s the American FF2/FF4, then I’ll agree with you entirely, since I love everything about the game.
If it’s the Japanese FF2, then I digress. I’ve played about 40% of the game on a translated ROM, and it’s not bad by any means…but it’s my least favorite of the early games. I like it…just not as much as FF4 or even FF1 or FF3, per se.