Lukewarm jailbait.
Alyssa is an heir to the legacy of the Rooters. No, they are not legendary plumbers, but are magical women warriors who fight the forces of evil. Now when I say "fight," I use this term loosely. Fight for a rooter means "run through a level many times solving kindergaten-level puzzles while being chased by the boss." Occasionally you encounter an angry ghost, but these ghosts carry all the gripping fear of reading Turn of the Screw. Once you have dashed around like a ninny long enough, you get the pleasure of fighting the boss enemy. The bosses are pretty creepy, but they fail to be anything but annoying in battle. They will perform the same moves over and over, so all you really need to do is run in circles and shoot them with the right arrows at the right time. Sound like fun? Maybe for you...
Going along with the general lame gameplay system, you have the ability to hide from the monster bosses. Sounds like it would be helpful, exept that if your tension is too high, your hiding place is discovered an you get diced. Man, Alyssa is such a wimp. I've been a monster killer my whole life, and I can stay behind a curtain without screaming whilst a blood beast sniffs around my room! You also can trigger cutscenes of you outwitting the monsters. These never kill them, so the only point in doing this is to get the items that are revealed so you can complete the level. However, some of these clever moves really go beyond the ridiculous. So here you have an ancient evil spirit with a sledgehammer who wants your brains. Apparently thwacking him with a violin case and letting some items fall on him really takes the wind out of this foe. Weak.
For those of you who still list Lara Croft as a girlfriend, you have the opportunity to see our lead little lady's underwear when crawling around and climbing. Shame on you! She isn't even 18! In summation: You run around, eventually shoot things with arrows, go through a plot with characters nobody cares about, and are glad to finish the game. No scares, no fun.
Bah.