This game was hard to put down, so I guess it was okay that it's short. One bored Sunday and you're through this thing, so it's better to rent it first before shelling out the $30 - $40 to buy it. It takes a while before any story details are revealed, so for a while you're playing the game "just because." The puzzles were both challenging and fun, and they have good replay value. The graphics are excellent and show the PS/2 still has a while to go before being a dead console. The music was a bit dull though, and there wasn't much of it. As an anime fan who hates bad dubs, the subbing was a nice touch that I liked a lot.