The game is superb. I was approaching it from a highly critical standpoint, between the choice of a new story in the same setting, and overall rather poor track

The game is superb. I was approaching it from a highly critical standpoint, between the choice of a new story in the same setting, and overall rather poor track of Lem adaptations to other media than books, which I felt either didn't try to be faithful, didn't have any budget, or both. But the game won me over near instantly. Its pacing, presentation, and writing are top notch. Overall I feel that it's worth a try whether you know the original story or not. Knowing the book will spoil a lot of the, let's call them twists, very quickly, but will also provide interesting context for things shown before the protagonist finds things out on her own.