Aimed for mediocrity, succeeded easily.
The game is set in today's India, even though the scenery and people make it look like how it was a few hundred years ago. You're there to rescue your fiance from the clutches of a bunch of thugs and some evil cult dedicated to sacrificing victims for their evil goddess.
The intricate plot is all there really is. The graphics and sounds are nice but not top-notch. You'll spend most of your time looking around in empty streets for hints and keys. Yes, empty streets in India, all the time. In fact, to avoid making the game too complicated, the creators of the game made it impossible for you to go to populated areas (trying to do so leads in a brief cutscene where your character seems afraid of ppl and goes back to his empty alleys).
An interesting aspect of the gameplay is that you're either walking around in real life or you're in your dreams (because you're asleep or unconscious). It makes a nice change but it's not enough to call it innovative.
In overall, a short game made only for short entertainment. If you're looking for something more challenging, go look in the Myst series.