The use of 3D was, as mentioned, because Delphine pretended to be "cd-rom quality", and things were rapidly evolving, so they had to present something "evolved" to match the new CD consoles (which I think they succeeded considering the time it was made).
But the important thing to remember is that the PC wasn't really planned,
hence you don't have the extras of the Sega CD or Fm Towns. I'm just saying that the company did some of the enhancements that the critique accuse it of missing, but for previous Cd console releases. Why did they throw a half-arsed PC version? Because at the time developers didn't really know on which platform cd-rom would succeed.
I had played the Cd-Rom at the time, and, nevermind the ending, those graphics were really astounding, so it really wasn't "oh no, another cinematic, they suck!", so considering how it was to be perceived at the time it deserves kudos.
Thanks,
Talkie
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