I am an ancient gamer. (in nerd years anyway)There are too may ways I can praise this game.
Even my only real complaint (That they put things close to hidden things to draw the player's attention to them) was blown out of the water once I explored here, on my own, etc...
There are things in the game that only bored experimentation seems to uncover.
My highest complement that I can give you is this...
You did not limit my experience of the game by limited by what you assumed that I would do with it. I *LOVE* the fact that I (in my inital exploration) had discovered keys (wheel key), gotten the sword&bow... long before Priest-Shopkeeper in city ever told me about them. (sorry I am horrid at names.) The main benefit of this is not limiting your longer-term players. (the only reason I don't play FinalFantasy-whatever more than once is what I call "being captured by the plot" )
Anyway, sorry for the babble, but I bought this game off the shelf way back when (nerd years again) and I still praise it to friends IRL.