I don't believe anyone has actually played Rance Quest to completion. There's no way. Anyone who says they played this game and didn't give up after a few hours is simply lying. I don't think I could design a worse RPG if I tried. How the fuck did this happen a few years after releasing the best jrpg of all time?
I think RQM is one of the better games in the series! (X and sengoku are a lot better, but it might be 3rd best)
There's a lot of variety in party composition, trying to get through combat without using all your actions is a fairly interesting optimization challenge and the writing is entertaining. I heartily recommend using the double xp mode to reduce grinding though.
I will also note that evenicle is RQM gameplay except with all the interesting bits sawed off, just like how 03 is 01 with all the best bits removed.