While not the strongest game in the Megami Tensei super series in gameplay, it's still very solid there and in a game that really rocks its atmosphere and themes. The "honest" 90s cyberpunk setting, not using it as a vehicle to write more modern political tracts, is a fun setting.
The 3DS version is probably the last Atlus remake that didn't just completely ruin the original with some new girl that breaks the plot and changed mechanics for the worse (often trivializing the game). One of my favorite touches was the new dialog that reinforced that the game was set in the Heisei era (ended 2019, and even at the remake's release obviously on its way out by before we got anywhere close to the setting's tech). A shame that excelent remake never made it past the 3DS. Also a shame the sequel was just so completely MEH from all the own goals inflicted by bad corporate practices.