I wasn't a big fan of the box art, but I remember being more disappointed in the game itself. Got it for christmas - and I have this tradition of trying to get a good game to play during the holidays, and it usually works (SWTOR is going to be the one for this year).
It was AD&D, it was the Infinity Engine, and people were saying it was the best CRPG in several years.
When I discovered that I couldn't create my own character, and that it was basically an interactive novel with a crappy implementation of the rules - I couldn't go on. Didn't help that I don't like the Planescape setting and the needlessly obtuse writing either.
But I do understand that a lot of people weigh that kind of story, and the integration of "true" roleplaying in terms of C&C and stuff like abilities meaning a lot - higher than I do. I have friends who tell me I should play it for the story, it being so great.
But I haven't the stamina for all that reading. Besides, the "style" is not for me.