There are many puzzles which are poorly translated (oddly enough, the translation puzzle falls into this category), which make perfect sense if you then check out the Japanese hint website, and only after consulting multiple translations.

Even the made-up language for the aural translation puzzles are deeply rooted in Japanese linguistic conventions (essentially Japanese gibberish, which again, will either take some time or a background in Japanese, which I luckily have).

Combined with the clunky speech-to-text narration, it's not all that immersive of a game.

The fun comes from puzzles which rely strictly on pattern recognition, problem-solving, and intuition- not those which necessitate endlessly translated hints.

So overall: a unique aesthetic and a fun game with a glaring caveat.

I cannot recommend this to native English speakers.

Probably my favorite game of all time. I revisit this game at least once a year, or whenever the memories of this game become sufficiently demyelinated.

The writing, the environment, the scoring, the sound-design, and goodness the overall premise.

A physics-spacial-puzzle game with subtly dry (and often dark) humor; what's not to love?

[UPDATE]

Lol yeah this game is still buggy as all ♥♥♥♥ but I guess there are mods to stabilize it.

Also I re-downloaded the game and it fixed my inability to load saves.

Other than that? Super immersive and a lot of fun. More fun than placing brown bricks in Minecraft.

Y'gotta love a good brain teaser, not to mention it's free.