I think the game achieved its goal because the last trial truly filled me with despair because of how long it got. Every time I thought the game was over it just kept going. I'd play it again tho, amazing game.

Very atmospheric. Loved it :)

I had the PS2 version but for some reason my game would never save my progress on the memory card so if I wanted to finish it I had to do it in one go. I always died at very last boss battle at the last stage so I was never able to 'truly complete' it lol. But I got there so I'm counting it as a "yes".