It runs pretty well and everything and I think will scratch the itch.
It’s just a very jarring throwback to the times.
The game was more built around being ran with a controller, so mouse and keyboard is a little janky - I pretty much solely use a keyboard.
Map/travel is very old school. Alt tabbing for maps/routes, boats, etc.
Making a player level to 20, and then immediately starting over to level again for a sub job is an incredibly sadistic thing to ask from an MMO.
I could go on. But it regularly sees 2k+ players online so there must be some subset of people that enjoy it.