Illusion of Gaia is many things. The short version is that it's a blend of a puzzle game and an RPG, where you run through various landmarks of the world in search of six macguffins. The long version is....well, let's just say this is a game with layers upon layers. But I didn't write this to describe the game, but rather to deliver my judgement on it. So, let me get this out of the way: it is, in simple terms, a Good Game, with certain really big caveats. Chief among them is the inconsistent quality of dungeons, where some dungeons are decently imaginative while others rely on moon logic or excessive backtracking, and make you want to tear your hair out. There is exactly one Great level in this game, the Sky Gardens, while Mu and Mt. Temple are aggravatingly padded out dungeons, not helped in the slightest by their selection of enemies. So what makes it Good, then? Well, the game does try its hand at a rather intriguing premise. It genuinely captures the spirit of advent...