Make no mistake: the story is fabulous, well-written and completely believable. Despite the short time that you spend with the characters, every moment that you have to go through their stories, you feel for them. They're realistic and have their own subtle flaws, not thrown in your face, which makes them all the more likeable. Gameplay-wise though, the game might have done better being a visual novel. As other reviews mentioned, stealth is sub-par, even laughable at times because it doesn't feel as though you're going to be caught out anyway, combat feels like a gimmick and is not even used effectively, and the environments offer too little to the gamer. Lastly of course, the ending. It's great in a sense, really riling you up to ask for more, but... the problem is, there ISN'T a sequel, even after 6 years. If there was a next game in the series this ending would surely have caused its sales to spike, but with none on the horizon, you aren't likely to like it. So - buy it if you're in games for the story, and can handle boring gameplay. Otherwise watch a walkthrough or something on YouTube - it might just make you like Dreamfall more.
