I just finished the SE and am kicking myself for not buying the CE. What a great game! A decent plot (usually the plots in this genre (not MCF) are stupid), no wizards, evil kings, dragons. The game has gorgeous graphics, fun HOs and MGs. The narration was great, I even paused my game play to listen! I was even able to tolerate the music. A little on the short side. Unlike nadaze2da, I was able to complete all the three-part puzzles without use of the WT and found the instructions 100% adequate.
Been a while since I played a BCA game, but they haven't changed much over the years. Enjoyed the MGs between scenes, but wish there had been more scenes. Things got repetitive. My main gripe: You'd think a game based in CHINA would have "yin-yang" spelled correctly.