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Piece of art I think this game is a small gem, if a bit outdated in terms of resolution, the graphics are very nice and polished, as well as the music. I love the old Lucas Arts games, but in this case the mix of beautiful backgrounds and pixelated blocky April was a bit shocking. The game was easy, save for Monkey Island 4, I think this is the only commercial adventure game that I've finished in less than par time. Having just finished Gabriel Knight 3, this journey didn't seem so long. The game was a bit unstable on Windows XP, as saving at some scenes crashed the game (not too many, fortunately) and using the Windows 9x compatibility mode after having played in "native mode" made saving games silently fail. It took me an hour to figure out what the problem was. Also, it might be my laptop, but despite being far above the suggested specs, many actions had short but noticeable loading times, even in the middle of dialogs, that ruined the atmosphere from time to time. In overall, I enjoyed the game, but was left a bit disappointed at the end. I agree with other reviewers in that the ending isn't quite open as lacking. I'm looking forward to other games by the team. I hope Dreamfall (not a sequel but based on the uninverse presented in TLJ) overcomes the small annoyances and doesn't turn to be too action oriented.