Love the game.
Replayed it last year on PC and IMO it still holds up well.
The only thing I never liked and the one thing I'd like to see done differently if they ever make a sequel is how stats growth is tied to your current job. I never liked the concept of having to spend hours playing as a class I don't care about just so my characters gains the right stats for the class I actually want to play as eventually. I'd much rather just get a specific amount of stat points on every level up which I can then assign to whatever I want.
Thankfully on PC there's mods to alter stat growth. On my recent PC playthrough I had it set so I could start as a strider and then move on to a magic archer with good stats, which I found way more enjoyable than having to spend dozens of hours playing as a mage just to get the right stats for the magic archer
I got it solely for the Berserk content, haha. I personally didn't understand the game's praise, but I think it just wasn't for me is all, unfortunately. I never really got into Monster Hunter, and I can see a lot of comparisons here in a variety of ways. When I tried playing it nothing really gripped me and I just ended up putting it down. Maybe I'll give it another shot one of these days.
The game is mediocre, i suggest watching AngryJoe review of it to, he explains the core flaws very well, and they really bothered me, i dont really care about the combat too much in a rpg, when most other aspects are very poor.