The Longest Journey

Ragnar Tørnquists masterpiece of an adventure game is storytelling at its best, with a pleasant yet steadily progressing pace. The story follows April Ryan, a struggling art student who lives in Newport - an authoritarian city in Stark where the cops clamp down hard on any loitering. During her summer days she's whisked away to the magical world of Arcadia and soon learns that there are parallel worlds out there that rely on a balance - and that balance is in danger. This leads to an epic journey through Worlds and Time in true adventure fashion with fantastic settings, well-written story and characters and wonderous backdrops. To me, the game's ideal to play in Summer, because that's when I first played it and the game's setting also takes place during Summer. Beware though: The GoG version does not have the original Norwegian voices, so you need to copy those over yourself from your own physical copy. Additionally, do yourself a favour and install the HD mod (https://tljhd.github.io/) for vastly improved visuals. Here's a playthrough with the HD mod and original Norwegian voices installed, for those wanting to see the difference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6bZr1VHdMo

Ask most people what they think of this game and you will get an uncomprehending look as they ask you what you are talking about. Their loss!!! If you are a classic adventure fan then this is MUST have for your collection.

Starts slow, but picks up around the third or fourth chapter. Great game with excellent writing and voice acting. Also liked the sequel, which is called Dreamfall: The Longest Journey. Hopefully they will hurry up and hop on the episodic bandwagon.

I discovered this game while bored and looking at the very tiny articles in the back of PC Gamer around the time the game came out. They had a very small blurb about it, but gave it a very high score, so I gave it a shot. Boy were they right about that game. The story was fascinating, the environments creative and intriguing. The puzzles ranged from simple to complex. Also, if it hasnt been noted. This is made by the same guys who did Anarchy Online and the Conan mmo. I dont know why they did that switch. Then the second game for this came out and I wasnt happy with it. I would say this is the best product Funcom ever put out. Its really good if you are into classic adventures.

This is really one of the most beautiful classic point-and-click adventures of all time and one of the first 2.5D games I think, where background was 2D and characters 3D. Also, together with Siberia it was the reborn of point-and-click adventures in the 21. century. I remember that this was one of the strongest gaming experiences I’ve ever had on PC. So how it feels after the long 10 years? Well, still brilliant! If the The Longest Journey was released in 2010 (with better graphics of course) it would be an outstanding game. The story is quite simple and not very original (saving the world(s), the journey of the chosen one) but still quite interesting, especially with the idea of the two worlds. The design of all the worlds and environments and creatures is so wonderful and quite original. There are not too many characters to speak with but each one of them is unique and memorable. Also there is a brilliant voice casting for each charter. And speaking of characters, one is particularly memorable – the Crow! Of course there are also some cons. The game has the typical vice of all point-and-click adventures - overcomplicated and preposterous item-related puzzles – just remember all the incredible things you have to do to get to the cinema! Some of the dialogs could be a bit shorter and less repetitive (“Your are the chosen one -> Tell me more -> I can’t“). And at the end of the game you can quite feel that the creators were running out of time or ideas (or both) – you got some critical items quite easily and for free compared with what you had to do to get similar items at earlier part of the game. Nevertheless, this is an amazing game and must-play for all the adventurers!