Even my soft spot for 90's edutainment games and FMV can't fully ignore how bad a bunch of the puzzles, game structure, and UI is. It's just a real clunky game despite having big quality of life features for the time. For example, there's an in-game hint system, but you're actually really going to need it in general just because how obtuse the game gets. The game also has a bunch of timed areas which are a pain even with a guide. The game autosaves before some of them, but it doesn't really fix the problem. The passion of bringing Istanbul and its history to life in this game is felt here and it is neat, but the game is seriously kneecapped by the gameplay.