i never actually played it myself, but back in like 95' or 96' my i had a good buddy who happened to be my next store neighbor who's name was jeff and being the super good pal he was, renamed one of the characters to chris, and i'd go over and watch him play. i was probably the annoying friend who sits behind you and says shit like omg you missed that item, OH SHIT DUDE MORTAL WOUND, hit that alien!, etc.
the one thing i remember the most though is that you get like.. a teleport skill or something from an asian guy, and my friend could not figure out how to use it so he was like

this you play, so i figured it out, it was something stupid like a second page of abilities or the ability was at the end of a list that you had to scroll to the bottom of. good times.
so now, i'm playing through it myself.
its strange though, maybe its just the age group, but back then it didn't seem strange at all to just head over to his house in the morning, just walk right in, say hi to the family then head upstairs to wake his ass up or join him for breakfast or whatever. now i just don't see that happening.