I started playing this game about a week ago, and I have to say , it holds up pretty well to todays standards. The graphics are obviously a big issue for any game beyond a certain age, but with the widescreen patch and ini tweaks from the gog forums it easily beats all games from its era and a fair few which came later. Those voxels do a pretty good job. The mechanics are pretty awesome with lots of things you can do, an open world with side quests and a lot of genuine freedom. That being said freedom is an issue. There's little in the way of explanation and while the tutorial does the basics theres a lot you need to figure out for yourself. I suspect its the old school design philosophy of letting you work things out for yourself and I'm just too used to modern games holding your hand. But is it too much to ask for a labelled map? Or at least a map you can label yourself? You can set up teleports across the game, but then have to rely on remembering which teleport leads where (via shapes on the teleport item in your inventory). I suppose I should be able to, but after multiple trips across different "worlds" its easy to get mixed up. Similarly the Gamesaav is a nice fourth wall breaking touch, but it would be far faster and more convenient to just make a save menu item. The story and plot are... decent. A well realised world with empathetical characters do well to drive you through a generic tale of wormhole takes you to a random place and you need to find your way back. All in all a good game even by todays standards but I do think it could learn a few lessons from how gaming has evolved.
