The game was mindblowing at the time because most gamers were new to FMVs and even then, there just weren't any that were that gorgeous and creative in games at that time. The pre-rendered backgrounds were also light years ahead of anything used for in-game graphics at that point, giving it the illusion of a crazy hardware/technical jump.

I still like it to this day because the combat is fast, fluid, and fun and I appreciate the creative juices that went into the music and art style even more today. On my latest play through a few weeks ago I gained an appreciation for a lot of the writing techniques like all the foreshadowing and early world building.