Developer: Funcom
Publisher: Empire Interactive
For those of us, myself included, who think The Longest Journey is by far one of the best (if not THE best) adventure games of all time, Dreamfall has been a long-awaited and very longed-for sequel. Has the wait been worth it? Yes, definitely. ... Read review
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continuation of a saga that began in the award-winning The Longest Journey, considered to be one of the finest adventure games ever made. In Dreamfall, players are taken on an epic journey of exploration and adventure as they venture through a thrilling and emotional storyline.Dreamfall features a fully interactive world where beautiful music, stunning graphics, fascinating characters and unparalleled game play variety promises to bring the adventure genre into a new era. Never before has an adventure game brought this much game play variety!Using your brains or your brawn sneak, fight or talk your way through the many challenges the game offers. Be polite or rude, threaten or sweet talk. In Dreamfall you make the choice, resulting in a game where you never quite know what to expect next. Unparalleled game play variety with mature thriller-type storyline. Three Playable Characters. Experience the story from three separateperspectives. Three Worlds - Dreamfall spans three beautifully realized worlds, multiple chapters and a stunning amount of detailed locations. Travel across a futuristic version of our earth, journey into a magical fantasy realm and unravel the mysteries of the Winter World.In this easy-to-use context-sensitive interface you can scan your entire visible environment as seen by the characters.
continuation of a saga that began in the award-winning The Longest Journey, considered to be one of the finest adventure games ever made. In Dreamfall, players are taken on an epic journey of exploration and adventure as they venture through a thrilling and emotional storyline.Dreamfall features a fully interactive world where beautiful music, stunning graphics, fascinating characters and unparalleled game play variety promises to bring the adventure genre into a new era. Never before has an adventure game brought this much game play variety!Using your brains or your brawn sneak, fight or talk your way through the many challenges the game offers. Be polite or rude, threaten or sweet talk. In Dreamfall you make the choice, resulting in a game where you never quite know what to expect next. Unparalleled game play variety with mature thriller-type storyline. Three Playable Characters. Experience the story from three separateperspectives. Three Worlds - Dreamfall spans three beautifully realized worlds, multiple chapters and a stunning amount of detailed locations. Travel across a futuristic version of our earth, journey into a magical fantasy realm and unravel the mysteries of the Winter World.In this easy-to-use context-sensitive interface you can scan your entire visible environment as seen by the characters.
Advantages: Wow, the sequel to The Longest Journey! Disadvantages: A bit short compared to the original, puzzles may be too easy for some
Developer: Funcom
Publisher: Empire Interactive
For those of us, myself included, who think The Longest Journey is by far one of the best (if not THE best) adventure games of all time, Dreamfall has been a long-awaited and very longed-for sequel. Has the wait been worth it? Yes, definitely. But is it a patch on the original? Sadly, no. But then, very few (if any) sequels to great games are. BUT, it is still a very, very good game and if you were ... ...must-have. In this sequel, you play as a new heroine, Zoe Castillo. You also, however, play as various other characters at different points in the game as well, which is pretty strange and takes some getting used to. You in fact start out playing as Brian Westhouse, one of the characters from the previous game. Brian, who was a bitter and twisted drunk in the original game, is now clean and sober and undertaking personal growth as a more positive ...
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30.10.2006
Dreamfall Review ofDreamfall: The Longest Journey (PC)by
dsmith1984uk
Advantages: Top notch story, excellent graphics, good sound. Disadvantages: Poor combat system (lucky you don't use it much)
This game is awesome and I cannot believe that I had not heard about this game before. It goes down as one of the greatest games I have ever ever played.
The storyline is just brilliant and you just never want the game to end. You switch often between 3 different people and play out each ones story until it eventually sinks in and you realise how they are all linked. This game is mainly about solving puzzles (Broken Sword Style for those that remember ... ...are quite hard but you get a sense of real achievement and enjoyment every time you advance to the next part of the game.
The graphics are brilliant and the sound very good.
When it comes to action and you end up finding it pretty simple not many combinations but due to how enormous the rest of the game you tend not not care.
I have to urge you to buy this game because if you haven't played it you are missing out. This adventure truely is one ...
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