I'd rank it as being one of the worst from all of the ff games I've played. I feel like even 13 was better. I mostly have knowledge of ff from 6 through now except for 11. They should have cut out the towns and went full almost linear devil may cry/ FF14 style. What is even the point of leveling up if the monsters level up with you most of the time. i swear this game annoys me the more I think about it but on the other hand I did just have a very touching sidequests but unfortunately the character's facial animations are crap so they failed to properly convey the emotional impact of the scene.
My rankings from number 1 to worst would be 7,9,8,10,6,12,13,15, and 16. I'm not including 14 in it since I really only played the original version but I did love it but I also have no idea where I would rank it even though I've spent the most time playing that game versus all of the others. 13 and 15 should switch since I haven't finished 15 and I vaguely remember 6.