i got it in the interplay deal, so all i paid for it was 99 cents or whatever. but i agree with you almost entirely, I found the whole idea of a scene playing out in cartoon form, then the game pausing and you have to click on the screen on an item or person to see another scene and either collect an item or hear important dialog, or you can choose to use an item in your bag. I like that aspect of the game, but it was so poorly executed like you said. I probably wont spend more then a couple minutes on it, becuase after a couple of minutes i get tired of it, and i feel no compelling reason to push through the game and reach the end.