I absolutely love point-and-click adventure games, as the story and puzzles tend to be on the forefront. That being said, I thought this one had a great story, but was bogged down by gameplay. It took me a while to actually become interested in the story, as the first few days are all about research and interrogation more than action, but once I got past the third day, it really started to pick up the pace and become more enjoyable. As for gameplay, I thought that there were too many controls to use objects / talk to people, (you can look, open, operate, pick up, move, talk, and interrogate) leaving you trying every action on every object just to make sure it doesn't do anything extra. It became tedious after awhile. If you get stuck, (which happened to me quite often) you start showing all of your inventory objects to everyone until someone actually knows about it. As in every adventure game, there are points where the plot has a disconnect, and this happens quite a bit in this game. You have managed to find the objects that are important, but don't know where to use them, who to give them to, or what to do with them. Unless you are an absolute intellectual master (unlike me!) I recommend looking up a walkthrough on Google and keeping it handy (perhaps on your phone) , as it will save you time and frustration. I used one after I exhausted all other options that I could think of, so that I could see what I had missed. NOTE: This game is hard (at least to me) and does not hold your hand like most point-and-click games today. There is no hint button. There is quite a bit of "pixel hunting," especially with today's monitors, as you may have not realized that you could actually pick up that blob that is supposed to be hair gel (and yes, that is something you have to pick up). Everything blends in, and the actions don't always make sense! As an aside, I thought it was amusing that Tim Curry (voice of Gabriel) sounded like the vampire Bill Compton from True Blood!
