alba is worth your time due to its palpable sense of place and its kindheartedness. the gameplay does feel lacking, in that alba's movement isn't particularly enjoyable. a more serious problem is that the gameplay involves mostly taking pictures (which is cool) and pressing A to do various things-- fixing benches, picking up trash, curing animals, but in the end it all just feels like pressing A. the game becomes a checklist of A button presses. despite all that, though, the game has incredible visuals and music, and it has a story to tell that is written and structured well. the final scenes also subvert some of the gameplay mechanics established in the previous parts, which was also cool.

i recommend it, though don't expect something particularly complex mechanically.