The story line is kinda nuts, the graphics are GameBoy Advance quality, and the sound is monotonous. But the greatest disappointment is that you can't even learn Spanish from this game.
It gives you one-to-one translations for the words, with no phrases or grammar points. And it doesn't even sort the words into "beginner" or "advanced." The difficulty settings make it a bit easier to solve puzzles at lower difficulties, but even at the easiest setting you're still expected to memorize words like "exemplify." Hangman is too hard at the beginner level; even though the game allows you to make nine mistakes, that's not enough when you're trying to guess a difficult Spanish word you've never seen before. The Word search at the beginner level is in English, and it flashes the Spanish translation after you find each word. Words are chosen at random from the game's extensive dictionary, with no regard for what words have appeared before, so you can't review words you've learned.
The best part of this game is the dictionary feature where you can look up words in Spanish or English, and listen to the Spanish pronunciation of many of the words.
If you're already fluent in Spanish, and you like playing hangman, memory games, and word searches over and over and over again, then you might enjoy this game. Otherwise, I recommend My Spanish Coach, which is a game from which you can actually learn Spanish.
