At the time it came out, true CRPG throwbacks were still a pretty rare sight, and the few that did come out after Baldur’s Gate 2 and Fallout had low production values, like Geneforge. Neverwinter Nights and to a greater extent Dragon Age were also big departures from the traditional CRPG mold.
Getting to see a new CRPG with modern graphics and lots of voice acing, but still be isometric, was really exciting. I know it’s why I bought it.
But I never finished it. The intro sequence at the farm with the killer rabbits was so unbalanced, the hardest part of the game, and poorly done. It was cool that you could have different characters do dialogue and be a hardass or a smartass or a kissass, they did all feel like different flavors if the same outcome. And the game was just too long, so after putting 40 hours into it and still not being close to done, I put the game down.
Someday I’ll definitely try Wasteland 3, since HowLongToBeat says it’s shorter.
Presumably, there would be no dirt, since water cleans dirt off of foxes.