The Longest Journey

I played this game after enjoying Dreamfall and had a hard time adapting to how horribly aged both the graphics and the engine, full of bugs, if tried to be run on a modern system. Thankfully, nothing ResidualVM software can't fix. Also some puzzle are the most obtuse thing ever, operated on a moon logic, which was a standard level of challenge back when the game was released. Again, nothing a walkthrough can't fix and nobody feel ashamed of using those for the sake of keeping up the pace of the story. Luckily, both writing and voice actors' performance hasn't aged a bit and if you let yourself in, the story will slowly suck you into its magnificent reality and let you travel across the worlds, exploring them from the deepest bottoms of their oceans to the tallest mountains and buildings, hiding all the mystery, all the dark and sinister secrets that keep their worlds spinning. They should make a fantasy/sci-fi epic on a big screen out of it some day, "Lord of the Rings" style.

I really don't need to add to what has been said from clearly passionate players like myself, other than lose yourself in a pure classic story that was made by a bunch that loved games. Those were the days. 'Do the monkey'!!

Fantastic game that doesn't work. You have to use SCUMMVM to get it to work, at least on win11. Bad job, GOG.

While Ragnar Tørnquist's masterpiece, The Longest Journey, hasn't aged so well, it's still one of the best adventure games available now and easily the best at its time. That's top notch writing everywhere: the plot, the dialogues, the in-game texts, and items description which are narrated by the charismatic female protagonist, April Ryan. The game is full of pop culture references, and there's a lot of though put into characterization and mood. Some of the puzzles, specially at the beginning of the game might be a little too abstract and frustrating but GOG offers a great guide in the download section. The Voice acting is still one of my favorites of all time. Unfortunately, while the pre-rendered backgrounds look amazing, most polygonal modes are too simple and straight up ugly and expressionless, except for April's. But while the character faces won't properly convey feelings, the voice acting more than makes up for it. Brace yourself, for the Longest Journey is more than just the title. This is a very long adventure game, and while you might not love it in its entirety, when you finish and looked back at all the moments you spent, you'll be glad you did.

The Longest Journey is one of my all-time favorite games. The epic story, memorable characters, unique setting, and haunting soundtrack make this a must play. More than ten years after it's release, The Longest Journey is still a fantastic experience.