The story was very good, the art is good, the music is good, but especially at the beginning I thought the game had hung because nothing was happening.... eventually something would happen.... a lot of very slow walking.... eventually something would happen again.... The game never did hang and the music, dialogue and action seemed to be in sync, but walking around was SO slow. I played it on an oldish little Acer notebook, so maybe that was the problem, but have played lots of other GOG games on this computer that are surely more demanding in terms of memory and the characters could actually trot along in those. ANYWAY, I would give this 5 stars if not for the speed issue, and I wouldn't even want it to be that much faster, as a slow pace helps give it atmosphere and suspense. I really ended up caring about the characters and worrying about the cats. The puzzles aren't really hard but because of the speed at which I was getting around, I did refer to a walkthrough a couple of times just because I wanted to find out what would happen next without staying up all night and missing work the next day.
This is a great game to play when you really just want to "play" something but don't feel like being challenged or frustrated. It's really more like an interactive book than a game, but it's certainly a page turner. I might just "read" it again!
