Quick Questions XIII: Answers Return

Anybody here played any of the Legends of Heroes games?
I’ve heard good things about the series and was thinking it might a good blue skies game to play on my daily commutes, but I’m concerned it might be too, uh, “old-school” for me in the year of our lord 2017, what with the plucky heroes and seemingly high difficulty necessitating grinding.
Is there something here that I am missing that will make it worth the time investment (i’m already grinding to buy leather boots like an hour into the game) or should I cut bait and just play through Suikoden 1 and 2 again?
(…Or SMT IV…?)

ETA: I just found @Drem thread on the game here. Looks like its not for me after all. To SMT IV!