The game starts off with promise however fails to hold attention due to repetitive nature of the quests and dungeon crawling elements. The side missions are quite creative and believable and environments are visually quite interesting and interactive during exploration. Unfortunately, gameplay becomes monotonous when navigating your way through Venice undergoing petty tasks to progress the storyline. Venice itself is the main location of game and once there most of the games missions are based within the city itself. Sadly, there is simply not enough variety to keep the player captivated on a long term basis. I have played this game in multiple bursts and each time i did not necessarily feel excited about jumping back into it and eventually giving up completely and playing other games which offer more playability and fun in the long run.
This game is very creative and immersive for its time, and there are not many games which have been able to tell this type of story and recreate such an interesting concept world for players to explore since. The game story is told as such like a thriller sitcom, some may not like this design but i feel it works great for story building and keeps things simple if not a little cheesy at times. The main protagonist is relatable to many young adults and there is some good character development throughout the journey for players who are invested in the storyline. Luckily, the story is intriguing and has many interesting twists and turns, I also feel the length of the main campaign is perfect, however, as others would have mentioned, the ending is a little too ambiguous and open for interpretation. I actually enjoyed the world design more in this game over the Longest journey, however, I do wish the longest journey was remade with modern graphics to get a reimagining and grander scale of the fantasy environments. Overall i definitely recommend this title.
The game world is interesting and full of side characters and places to visit, however, you will find yourself all to often on fetch quests and walking multiple times throughout the same environments, tirelessly walking down the same corridors and streets with repetitive missions. The gameplay is simply dated and does not hold up as a fun and immersive title to play.
The game has great atmosphere, design and sound effects considering its age, i actually remember playing this on the original dreamcast back in the day and was very impressed by the overally presentation and suspenseful gameplay. However, playing this today there are just a bit too many frustrating design choices within the puzzles which hold the game back from being truly a must play title, one of which is the library section of the game which was pretty much near impossible to figure out without a walkthrough, game design like this is not fun or creative it is just a cheap way to pad out the length of the game without justifiable reason and breaks the games immersion and playability. I do overall recommend playing this game however the difficulty of puzzles means you will likely get frustrating and enjoy this more with a walkthrough on hand.
Honestly the gameplay is completely stiff and redundant, the idea of using point of click in 3D fast combat environments is absolutely horrible, not only this but the world itself is dark and depressing and the characters are unlikable and all very typical fantasy stereotypes, how this game is being called creative and innovative completely begs to question, and whilst some may find interest in the fantasy lore and setting, there are far better ways to spend your time than playing this game, do not buy this game even out of curiosity for cheap, opt for a better fantasy game such as Gothic, Diablo, Baldurs gate etc
Great game on console but they have seriosuly messed up this PC version which is poorly optimised for modern machines and somehow will barely run properly despite most basic modern pc's being easily capable of doing so. Do not give your money to this company and ruin your expectations or nostalgia for this game, you will regret the waste of money annd time.
The games themselves are really fun to play but unfortunately, they are not all working properly. Number 1 is glitchy, Number 2 works perfectly, and number 3 is working properly but is only subtitled in English and is a voiced in foreign language, this is disappointing as the games are actually very good but there is a difficulty in trying to play them all.
Good game overall , The problem i have with this game is the general pacing as others have mentioned in previous reviews . I played Dreamfall before coming to this and read many public reviews which recommend the longest journey strongly over dreamfall but both games suffer from the same issues and feel just like a continuation with better graphics . The game leaves you in many situations where you are just wondering back and forward talking to the same people multiple times sometimes requiring to say the same thing multiple times before proceeding , The problem is this slows the game down terribly because when it seems you have found the solution or you are certain there is something else you go wondering around looking to find another solution when the solution was right there in the first place , How are you supposed to know to say the same line multiple times for an answer ? It's just annoying in the end and wastes too much time. The game is definitely aiming at life from a female perspective , I enjoy some of the dialogue from the world characters however most of april and friends dialogue is straight out of a dysfunctional teenage female coming of age flick , April the main character is forever sarcastic and seemingly hopeless and complaining about the majority of things going on and it starts to become annoying and unnecessary after a while . Style wise the game achieves a perfect vision of a fantasy and future world , It has many great things to see , Interesting and colorful folks to meet and is always exciting to wonder into the new areas and explore however the game surprisingly isn't very interactive in terms of doing unique things and going into sub areas for a seemingly large world , The story and locations are mainly on a linear path . Overall i would say it's worth a play but the 5 star reviews are being won over by the world not the gameplay , Style over substance . 3 out of 5 .
Waste of money for me in honesty , The game is complex and full of immersion however all of this doesn't amount to the game being fun and enjoyable for any long period of time , Whilst i applaud the developers for doing something truly different at the time games are supposed to be fun to play and this is where this game falls short , All the people calling it a classic are right for the right reasons but fail to mention why the game is wrong for many types of gamers . I wouldn't waste money if you just want to jump straight in and enjoy a lot of action .
