> The 3D games at the time let you go anywhere, view anything.
In 1993? I don’t remember any full freedom games back then. Certainly nothing could begin to approach the visuals for a very long time.
Cholo was open world 3D in 1986:
Wolfenstein 3D came out in 1992
I remember a fully 3d game from quite a bit earlier than then! Spectre for Macintosh, from 1991: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_(1991_video_game) , and some gameplay at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-F3XISR3ME