If I remember correctly I might have gotten this one for free with a graphics card back in the day. Honestly if you played this trash all the way through you are either a saint or a very dedicated goon (which in case shame on you filthy mcnasty).

Pros
-Beautiful for a 13 year old game
-Run great and super stable for a 13 year old game. I only experienced one bug but then again for a 13 year old game to have any bugs not worked out is very telling.
-The combat system as a fast passed hack and slash is almost ok
-The puzzles are creative even though wonky af

Cons
- Trash story that doesn't grip you out the gate
-The voice acting is garbage.
- The game play is wonky. The game is clearly a puzzle based hack and slash at its core but also tries to be a third person shooter and fails pitifully.
-This games biggest cardinal sin that drags is down are puzzles that don't work the way they are supposed to.

Conclusion
One of the things I'm coming around to understanding about developers and their lack of creativity is that its birthed out of fear. The fear of making games like this. I love what they were trying to do but I wish they would have tried to polish the time mechanic much more. Maybe fleshed out the combat system a little more. I really wanted to enjoy what they were going for and see the game to the end but I just cant. The story is not enough to convince me to hang in and the game play just doesn't do it for me. Had the time mechanics been on point the puzzles would have kept me. One other reviewer called the game jank nah its janky af. Complete dog water stay far away unless you got it for free or close to.

Ayumi shall drain my life force

does not hold up well. not even mediocre. by modern standards, a kinda bad game. it does work fine with modern hardware though (ultrawide aspect ratio, fluid frame rate, no crashes, UI scales fine etc.)