There are literally many dozens of reviews and comments spread across the internet and freely available to anyone with an internet connection.Since you do not even run T:ANE, and have not even tried T:ANE ... You have no voice in the matter of whether T:ANE works, or not ... You are relying on OPHS (OtherPeoplesHereSay).
It is not necessary to buy TANE in order to appreciate that a vast number of people are, at this time, dissatisfied with the product.
In this day and age anyone thinking of buying any software - game or application - has the greatest reference resource ever available. They don't have to buy in order to get an idea of what it is like.
By-the-way, the word is "hearsay", not "heresay".