This is a really solid Point-and-Click Adventure that sets up a really good story, but doesn't go much of anywhere with it. The graphics and voice acting are spectacular, particularly with the main character. The puzzles are mostly logical, once you get used to combining clues in the notebook, and only once did I get stuck. I instantly liked Rosa; she's witty, sassy, and a bit sloppy without being a total trainwreck. She's a bit of a reluctant heroine, but by the end of the game, she starts to come into her own. Joey, the other main character, is a bit of an ass, but by the end, he started to grow on me. The story is about a woman who helps the dead come to grips with their own death and move on. It doesn't dare to guess what's on the other side, but I think it's better that it leaves that open to interpretation. The ghosts that you meet are interesting, and so are the live people, and it all winds around a mystery that's far greater than the pieces in front of you. It's like that first episode of a non-episodic TV show that hooks you, but can't become all that great, because it's too busy setting up the characters and the basic premise of the story. It does that well enough, though, and got me excited for the next game; I knew that something even better was on its way, and I was not disappointed, but that's another set of reviews altogether.
