Posted April 13, 2015

But I always hear so much good things about them and perhaps I would like them now after such a long time.

No clue on that, I always play the series vanilla.
The party management is also the same, unless you build a party with less characters, which spikes the difficulty.
Given your issues with those things, I'd definitely try the original before spending more money on a game that'll still have things you disliked before.