Go, purchase, enjoy.
I'll agree that it gets a little repetitive after a while. But believe me[and I'm playing through it now again], once you're done with it, it won't take but more than a month or so till you wanna



Also, the second time through I found things that I hadn't noticed before and so managed to try them in a different manner, which sometimes made for even better gameplay than the first time round.

Oh, the animation is by the guys who worked on 'Prince of Persia' so you can guess that part.

Yes, the ending IS somewhat disappointing, but in all honesty, most, not all, but most of the games nowadays aren't really too sharp on that end [excuse the pun].