Definitely worth it to get the game if it's on sale. Otherwise, I wouldn't recommend paying full price.
It's a rather short HOG that wraps up its story fairly quickly. For a reasonable price, it's a nice game to play through because it's at *least* playable. But for $6, I wouldn't recommend it. It has its own little technical issues, like a black loading screen popping up every time you change locations, withdraw from a Hidden Object scene, etc. The cut to these is always sharp and lags the game play slightly. Sometimes the volume is out of control with the voices and background noises ([i]one scene has a REALLY LOUD creaking light that constantly repeats, and nearly every rusted door you open makes the same, loud groan[/i]). Not to mention how big the map gets as you progress through the game, and you are unable to jump locations. You physically have to travel room-by-room, and that can get exhausting with the loading screens.
Then there comes the issue with the Hidden Object scenes themselves - these are exceptionally hard to play because it includes finding very thin objects, like pins and tiny designs. Sometimes the lighting/coloring of the scenes make some things impossible to catch, and includes a million of various things lying about that get in the way of finding them. Definitely not something to play just for the Hidden Object scenes.
Otherwise, the game takes an interesting stab at [u]The Great Gatsby[/u] source. It wraps up the story of the novel fairly quickly, and it's an intriguing take to what Gatsby's mansion would've looked like. You visit locations that are callbacks to the book, and I'd say it does a decent job respecting the original story. However, I should mention the voice acting could've been performed much better - some lines are delivered without any emotion at all. But the art is actually very well-done, especially in the cutscenes. I wouldn't play the game for its story if you had already read the book, but possibly for how well the art is done.
Again, it has its technical issues that I wouldn't recommend paying full-price for, but at a discounted price, I think it's worth the 2-hour playtime. I'd very much prefer more realistic HOGs like these, that don't include magic or dragons or fairy tales. It's a great break from the typical 'fantasy' genre most HOGs are set in, but isn't anything groundbreaking.
