One of the best, and most memorable adventure games of all time.
First and foremost, this is an adventure game through and through. So if you'd rather be shooting something, this game is not for you. In the traditional adventure game framework, the story is advanced by solving puzzles, and just making sense of chaos in general. In this game you are transported to an alien world... so needless to say, there are intricate puzzles abound. Some of which can be very difficult. This game has also stood out in my mind, as the hardest adventure game I ever played. Perhaps thats why the gamespot reviewer gave it the review he did... sheer frusteration. Frusteration though, is not anything new to the adventure gamer... just know, this game is probably harder than other games of its type (except maybe Myst/Riven). But hey... walkthroughs are easy to get anyway, for when you get stuck.
We all know that the true shining moment of an adventure game is the story. Sometimes the story of a game is so good, you almost dont care how you get through it... and this is one of those games. Thats not to say the gameplay is bad, just that the driving force behind it is definately the plot advancement. Its very good, at some points you may feel as though your reading a novel... or watching a Don Bluth flick during the cutscenes. This game has a lot of character.. and if you fancy yourself an old school adventure gamer, you'd do well in playing this game.