It was a surprisingly bad game back then. Really, I was highly disappointed with the game when I bought it. I somehow expected an Underworld 3, but the cliché-ridden story, the linearity, the skillsystem, the protagonist, the characters, the leveldesign, the shallow backgroundstory, the stupid plot, the boring enemies and so on destroyed the experience for me. Atmosphere - well, ok. But gameplay and story? No.
No, it isn't. E.g., Ultima Underworld 1&2 have dialog-options. Don't insult these classics.