Time Hollow-
Well. The story... is decent. The gameplay... is pretty much nonexistant.
The story is unfortunately far too short, not to mention filled with either inconsistencies or overcomplications. The concept in general is somewhat problematic; hollow pens can only be used at the locations of flashbacks, and flashbacks are caused by people using hollow pens. We have something of a chicken and egg problem here Konami, unless this is supposed to be a stylistic representation of Ethan's noviceness which isn't actually pointed at in the game at all. To say nothing of them being magical pens in the first place... To say even less about how the pen will only work in the first place if they currently have the ability to change something pertinent at the scene of the flashback. These pens seem to have a lot of intelligence ascribed to them.
How exactly does Irving take over the life of Jack anyway, and I would swear that it's stated later in the game that people which have been removed from the timestream can't use hollow pens, so how the heck does he get to keep using his.
As far as the gameplay is concerned, there is very very little in the way of interactivity, which consists mostly of an infinite loop of 'visit every area and speak to everyone'. On top of this you have a certain amount of 'time' in which to complete each chapter, but due to the ability to use the pen being restricted to the correct areas and only when you have the ability to make whatever changes are necessary, you never get anywhere near running out and on top of that you can randomly find recharges.
I went into the game again and got the secret ending. I think the most charitable thing I can say about it is that they must have reversed the positions of the normal ending and the secret ending somehow, because the secret ending is completely worthless while the normal ending can be interpreted in a way that makes it work with the path to the secret ending but not the regular game path. It can also easily be interpreted in other ways, however, so.
Generally disappointing all up.