The main appeal to this is the tactical combat, which is rich in choices and allows for several different approaches. Character builds are interesting and fun.
The writing and worldbuilding are tough to judge. The game is pitched at a very intense tone, with worldbuilding and atmospherics that should appeal to "metal album cover" fans. But the quest line is so convoluted, and the writing so limp, (it doesn't help that the comic elements are haphazardly thrown in the most incogrous places) that I found it hard to invest any energy in following it.
I played this multiplayer with a friend abroad and we had a good time, but mainly because we shared with the game the common language of 90s CRPGs.