Trace Memory is a mystery too and another optional mystery in tandem with that. It's more modern day, girl tries to find her lost dad out on this island and he was working on this project. You come across this ghost named D you can converse with, and if you play the game right and get all the clues you can find out why the kid died.

Game is like 1/4 the time it takes to get through Hotel Dusk but the writing is good and the game is fun to do, also has more interesting use of puzzles and system (closing system shut to stamp a sheet for instance) that keep it interesting. The true flaw really is that it just is short. Some people just like being asses and trashing on it as the plot wasn't their thing, but the gameplay is the same as Hotel Dusk and if the plot would appear interesting to you, you'll enjoy it.