100%
Syndicate and especially Syndicate Wars were so ahead of their time. Besides the amazing dystopian cyberpunk athmosphere, artstlye, godlike soundtrack, awesome top down action gameplay, it also featured a semi open world (with cool and interesting missions - way before GTA) and fully destructable environments (which opened up different ways to play the missions) + you could play 2 very different Syndiates (story-wise) in Syndicate Wars.
The PS1 version has improved lighting and transparency effects, which also helped visibility a lot. It also had multiplayer on PS1. In single player you controlled all 4 agents/protagonists at the same time, and in multiplayer the other agents could be friends (up to 4 player CO-OP).
PS1 version has support for the PS1 mouse, too.
It's kinda hard to find good quality footage that also gives a good glimpse of the "feel" of game in action on youtube, but I think I have found two videos (one is even co-op).
Syndicate Wars PS1 Co-op 2Player
Syndicate Wars PS1 1Player (4 agents)
Syndicate/Syndicate Wars is still one of the best Cyberpunk (dystopian Cyberpunk a la Blade Runner) games TO DATE.