While the skeleton of the gameplay system has potential it's sadly a clunky mess. And the fact that you can't 100% the HCG collection without going into NG+ is really bad.
While it feels dated, the puzzles and scares felt pretty good (with a couple hiccups here and there) Also until literally the end I didn't really what the story was going for but it tied up nicely in the finale.
While a lot of people's favourite I think I prefer Sengoku, probably since I played it first. Still really fun, and by far the best game from the old timeline.
Yeah this and its sister game are definitely my least favourite gameplay wise. but + half a star for a good story and some Athena 2.0 focus (goated character)
While extremely dated it has one of the more epic storylines in the old timeline, and probably the best place to start if you're considering playing the older games.