If I could downvote this game on Steam I would. Figuring out the puzzles is easy. Pulling off the complex timing and repetitive reflex manuvers needed to solve them is maddening. Being forced to restart from the beginning of a puzzle because of one mistake is the work of the devil.
The art assests and level design are the very definition off cookie-cutter layouts, and the music is as bland as it is forgettable. John De Lancie phones this one in, but he can't take all the blame as the writing is as witless and dry as he portrays it to be.
I've actualy encountered game halting bugs while playing, where the game fails to keep track of objects being destroyed through the various dimensional shifts causing me to have to reload certain sections of the game in order to retry them.
I can't even recommend this game for kids as death is a constant factor in the game, which is handled poorly with one-liner throw-aways telling you of how bland and stale life is. Add to the fact that some zones that appear to be safe are infact instant death only makes this situation worse. In one area you can walk on metal plating and in another area it will kill you without rhyme nor reason.
If there was one word to describe this game, it would be "Bland." What made this game so annoying was that I was actually trying to enjoy it, but at almost every turn the crappy gameplay would just get in the way and punish me with death for a mis-step or force me to start an entire room over for a single mis-click.
I will attest to being a masocist for challenging games, but there was no hint of a reward that would make me want to pursue playing this game further. I can easily forgive bad gameplay if there was good writing, music or art to back it up But this game has none of those things going for it.
One afterword: This game was designed for consoles in mind and it shows. If that bothers you, well that's even more of a reason NOT to play it.
