Despite the frustrations I had with this game's sharp difficulty spike and checkpoint system (or lack thereof), I couldn't help but fall in love with this weird-ass, Dreamcast-ass, Y2K-ass game. Somehow both aged surprisingly gracefully and is a major product of its time. The Area X segment was also utterly sublime, and I want an entire game just like that yesterday, please and thank you.

The Lost Area can burn in hell, though.