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It's a love-letter to classic NES-era JRPGs. The Dev/studio behind this game is extremely nice and responsive on the discussion forums here, which is really cool to see. The graphics are great, especially the world map; it really feels like you're sitting in front of an NES game.
I will say this early - that this game is not difficult - if that's what you're looking for, maybe check out Crystal Project. This game is a callback to the classics, will give you boss tips at save points if you ask for them, etc. It's more about the feel/nostalgia, much less about being super challenging. Not everything has to be Dark Souls/Bloodborne/, I'm fine with this.
There aren't random encounters - it's similar to Earthbound where you see enemies on the map, and can avoid them if you want. Additionally, because you're in less fights than the average NES/SNES JRPG, the fights you do get in are more impactful - debuffs/buffs matter, you have to actually think a bit instead of just mashing "Attack".
The game is full of callbacks and references to other classics - it's never in-your-face about it, but I caught references to FF1, Earthbound, FF6, Chrono Trigger, and several others during my playthrough. The dev clearly has played classic JRPGs a lot and it shows.
The only complaints I have, and they're minor, is that there is no instant text dialogue option (I know there's a thousand requests for this already Mr. Dev, I'm sorry to bring it up again). I was ok with it at first, but towards the end of the game it got a bit annoying. I'm a pretty fast reader, so it might've bothered me more than it would others. Which plays into my other (minor) complaint - I think a few of the story cutscenes go on a bit too long and could be shaved down/be more concise. The issue is - as I type this, I'm not sure if they really need to be shaved down that much, or if it's because the text speed is slow that it ended up bothering me a bit.

Anyway, minor complaints aside, this is a really cool game. Worth the money.