If you're coming to this game from Ys VIII, you'll need to recalibrate your expectations a lot.
The traversal is pretty good, and was the only aspect of the game I considered properly fun.
The combat is very similar to VIII, which was a let down for me, but your mileage may vary.
The writing across the board is uncharacteristically bad for Falcom. I don't know what happened here but it's probably the worst story of theirs that I've played. Its only saving grace over Tokyo Xanadu in my eyes is that it didn't waste as much of my time.

All in all, I really don't feel like I can recommend this unless you're trying to finish all the Ys games or are just that interested in the traversal system. There's a unifying soul to its various aspects that this game feels like it's missing.