The first 6 hours are absolutely magical. The middle part of the game introduces several boring and tedious gameplay mechanics by pouring a bucket of new characters all over your lap. If you can ignore that and push through to The Big Turning Point of the game, you'll be rewarded immensely. A beautiful game about hope in a hopeless world. A game made by a massive team of 30-some-odd people in the early 90s. Lotta good in this guy!