GRIS is short, running about five hours from start to finish, but in that time there's so much visual bang for your buck. It truly feels like a watercolor painting that has come to life.
The animation is smooth and every single frame tells a story. There's no spoken dialogue in GRIS. It's just music and visuals but the emotional story it tells about loss with those limited tools is deeply felt. Screenshots do not do GRIS justice and neither does video. The visuals have a magical quality all their own when the player is put in control.

The short length of GRIS might be too much (or too little) for some players. GRIS isn't a full price title but it can (and should) be beaten in one sitting. Similarly priced games can last much longer. There's no real replay value either to make a second jaunt in its colorful world worth it. GRIS is best experienced as single-sitting five-hour adventure and after that there's nothing more to do really do with the game. The puzzles are a lot less engaging on repeat and the world is very linear. In every other aspect though GRIS is a masterpiece in visualization and atmospheric storytelling.