The Longest Journey

This is rated among one of the top adventure games ever made. Interesting, funny, relateable protagonist, incredible adventure, deep story with a engaging plot. Unforgettable gaming experience... Thought provoking dialogues. Incredible 3D animation for its time. An old 2000s adventure game that somehow manages a cinematic feel. Then game the sequels where very little was scared. They feel more like spin offs, they assinate April Ryan's character, take away huge proportions of her soul and with that the series is left completely changed with new protagnoists that take it in an entirely new direction...it's no longer April Ryan's story... she becomes less and less relevant... She becomes a secondary character that becomes incredibly depressed, broken.... It's increidbly easy to fall in love with this adventure game and it's protagonist but you should stop with this game and see it as a stand alone, use your own imagination how April Ryan moves on with her life. The ending however less than entirely cheerful didn't have to open itself to the complete self destruction of the protagonist... it left itself perfectly open for a "come back" or " challenging fate" sort of sequel... Instead we got a bizzare, spin off like sequel that made the protagonist "fated to doom and gloom" and a random new protagonist is shuved down our throats... This game has it all, a wonderful story, humor, a great protagonist, everything... and you should only seek to play this one if you fall in love with all of it as I did because the sequels seek to destroy and unravel basically all of it... The sequels didn't have to go in that direction but they do... TLJ is one of the greatest adventure games ever and April Ryan is one of the best protagonists...save yourself the heart ache and skil the spin off sequels...

A quintessential adventure game that everyone who is a fan of the genre should play - it's pretty much required playing in my opinion. The game's characters and depth really get you sucked in though some of the puzzles are pull-you-hair-out nonsense that will most likely require you to refer to a walkthrough. The art design, music and voice acting are all top notch and when you finish, you'll definitely want more...which you can find in the game's sequel: Dreamfall. Highly recommended.

This is one of the best point and click adventure games made. Some of the puzzles are a bit tough, especially the underwater rotating disc puzzle but outside of the it is one of the most satisfying experiences to date. The game combines CGI backgrounds and beautiful graphics to create a really atmospheric world. You can't help but be drawn into it. This game is also 100% voice acted and voice acted very well so you will not have to read through hundreds of dialogue bubbles. (Not that there is anything wrong with reading lots of text). The game takes place in an unspecified future earth with high technology and flying cars. The game gets the ball rolling when suddenly she enters through a portal into a mystical land filled with magical creatures and medieval architecture. You will enjoy unraveling the mystery as you go between the technological world and the magical world. I can't recommend this game enough for adventure game fans.

There simply is no game that gets closer to perfect than this. All they could have done was give us more of the same (and for that see Dreamfall and Dreamfall Chapters). The characters are realistic, deep and engaging offering consistency and surprise in the measure we would expect from a great novel rather than a computer game. The setting is immersive and comprehensive, with the feeling that there is more around every corner and that the developers have given thought to areas of the world considerably beyond the borders of the story. The plot is epic and appropriately so to the genre, characters and story. Often with such epic plots, character gets lost or trivialised but not so here. In TLJ - the plot is epic as much because of the characters rather than despite them and they soar with it without losing any of their believability or subtle vulnerability. The puzzles are, almost exclusively, logical and well thought out. And thus we avoid the all-too-often problem with the genre's addiction to challenging you through gaps of logic in the chain of a puzzle's solution. The voice acting is second to none, full of depth and emotion but devoid of melodrama. And the animation, for a game of its time, is fantastic. The vistas of the worlds you explore draw you in with curiosity and fascination, making you want to explore every nook and corner. I just wish all games were like this...

Definitely a masterpiece which would stay in my heart forever, but unfortunately is not too playable for modern gamers. Plot: the strongest point of the game! Without too much details, you should know that to truly enjoy TLJ you have to appreciate a great story. If you choose to be distracted by other 'flaws' in the game like dated graphics and long conversations, move ahead, you'll not enjoy this one. The game's setting is very well thought and detailed,giving you a wonderful world(s) to explore. The characters are deep and memorable, the writing is amazing voice acting is outstanding. Gameplay: TLJ has a classic point-n'-click interface. The puzzles are interesting, not too ordinary and yet I found most of them quiet logical (except for that rubber ducky puzzle in the beginning!) Graphics: The graphics are generally beautiful, the game uses 3d models which move over 2d backgrounds, and while the models are usually ugly the backgrounds are amazingly beautiful and nice to watch and observe. Still, the game runs in a pretty low resolution and therefore today it doesn't look impressive at all. Sounds and music:TLJ features a beautiful soundtrack. Still, unfortunately, I felt the game lacks music. The game's soundtrack lasts about a hour, and was used in the game only occasionally for short bits. It's nothing critical though, because there are great sound effects which always correspond greatly to your surroundings, so the soundtrack is still done pretty well. Test of Time: Unfortunately, the game is not as approachable as it was on its release. Many modern gamers would stay away from it, as it greatly centers on dialogues and story. TLJ requires a lot of your time, attention and patience. In short, this game is almost perfect, but is unfortunately not for the impatience or seekers of quick-paced action, as this one takes its time. If you only let it, it would tell you one of the most wonderful tales told in the video-gaming world in the last two decades.