Bought this game after reading the rave reviews here on GOG and because it was on sale. While it is a very decent game with excellent atmosphere, most of the reviews here seem to miss some major problems: This game is linear. Very, very linear. There is an alternate ending, but it adds a couple of lines of dialogue and nothing else. There are never two ways of solving a given problem, and there are no big choices to be made with significant ramifications later on. Another thing is the script, I felt the dialogue in the game was often artificial, stilted and forced. People would launch into philosophical monologues at strange times or say "What" randomly during a conversation. Of minor problems should be mentioned that the game is a little buggy. I would often get screen corruption when loading save games and at one point, the game became completely unresponsive after I attempted an action just as an in-game event triggered. Also, my companions became invisible at one point after I accidentally left an area in the wrong direction and then went back. Another minor issue is that the game is short and rather easy. Despite what I wrote here, I still happily rate it at 3.5 stars and round that up to 4: the game is addictive, the soundtrack is good, graphics are evocative and the story and setting are both interesting. And at the current price of €2.23 it is an excellent bargain. Just remember that this is not Primordia, it is a precursor and there were lessons to be learned before the formula was perfected ;-)
