The old fortresses were well made - the dragon-part at least. The landed-part made the impression it wasn't really done.
DKS fixed that somewhat, it makes a much better impression now. But the claim they were rushed and obviously not done in ED seems to be a very valid claim.
The fights were still fun, though. But the FF also were obviously not finished. The remastered FF are also nice because they offer some pretty interesting hard fights.
