Really Cool Ideas, but...

I was first turned on to this game by Game Maker's Toolkit and I wanted to experience it for myself. My single biggest complaint with the game is that it is far too short. My second biggest complaint with the game is that it is far too linear to justify its shortness. It would be ok if the game were short, but there were many branching paths to justify multiple play-throughs. This game, however, is less of a true game and more of an interactive story with some rudimentary puzzles sprinkled in. There are very few total puzzles and in some cases they're more tedious than anything. The ending is... flat. The story builds up to something pretty interesting and the final delivery of what actually happened is told with a matter-of-factness that lacks impact. This is an absolutely great idea - on paper, but this feels more like a prototype of a game than a game in itself.