I loathed this game upon release. But much like a hairworm in the skull of it's zombified host, you just gotta let it take over and then all of the colour just starts spilling in.
Something about this game just didn't feel right. Some people say it's the limited dialogue options, others say it's just getting older, I've already forgotten because I was not at all immersed.
It's all well and good to be a game that inspires generations of subsequent games, but it's another thing entirely to still be a riot to play some 20 years later.