Honestly, I had a ton of trouble getting into Final Fantasy II. It is a very good game, but I had struggles going past the beginning of it. At the very beginning of the game you were all weak and then you suddenly had to walk all the way up the town of the people that attacked you at the beginning of the game. The overworld is a very ruthless place. Right outside is absolutely no problem because the enemies are all extremely weak, but then you go up a little bit. More than likely you end up going off of the direct path. Well, this is the bad part. If you go just a little bit, you'll run into enemies that you can't dream of combating at that level. I eventually gave up because it seemed that there was no way to get up there.
Eventually I turned it back on and attempted to play it again, but I had kind of the same problem. I got past the first part this time, but then I attempted to play through the rest of it. Without knowing the exact path to travel the game is extremely difficult, because if you venture off even a tiny bit you are horded by overpowered enemies for your level and end up dying very easily. It got to me and I just turned it off again.
Eventually I got past this, but it was a very hard to game to get into.