The short story of the game is that you (one of 5 characters) have to help a professor save the world from impending doom.
You pick up things to use elsewhere, so if those sort of games are not your cup of tea, then stay away ;-) You are working against the clock, so be careful not to dilly-dally along the way.
Though the game has 5 characters, their individual "skill" only matters in one particular room (iIrc).
Pros:
Easy, humourous elements(flying around on a vacuum cleaner, using propaganda documents to fill a hot-air balloon, etc).
Cons:
Easy, once you've played through the game there is no reason to really play it again unless you want to beat your own time, and/or to see the different ways your character can die (strangled by snakes, using the wrong powder in the cannon, etc).
