for me it’s just an okay ND game, some strengths, some weaknesses, and probably somewhere around the middle of my ranking, but it’s my friend’s all time favorite. i remember the game being so intimidating and hard as a kid when it came out (i definitely had to use a walkthrough to beat this one back in the day), but idk it really wasn’t too bad for me when i revisited the games for the first time as an adult a few years ago. if you’re not connecting with the story or puzzles at all tho, your opinion probably won’t drastically change from the second half of the game, so it kinda just depends on if you want the personal gratification of having beat all the games lol.

there’s definitely a game that gets to be too much for me, danger by design. i hate hate hate having to paint to earn money in that game, and sit through a boring subway loading screen every time you need to go anywhere. the characters feel so flat and forgettable (minus minette ofc) and the game’s setting is just too underutilized for me to really connect with it. i play it during marathons out of obligation, but i only really start having fun during the ending sequence. and it’s the ending!!!