I am truly baffled by all the 5 star ratings for this game. Are we playing the same game? Take everything you like about your favorite games. The beauty of the Myst franchise, the quirky coolness of Syberia, the atmosphere of Dear Esther, and......chuck it all out the window. This game has none of that. The dialogue is ridiculous in the extreme. The puzzles are just....stupid. And the graphics are (very!) dated. I forgive the graphics, because it is an old game, but the rest is just craziness. What are you people talking about in your reviews? People talking about the dialogue being mature and intelligent? I could only see a pubescent 14 year old boy saying this dialogue is mature and intelligent. Seriously, if you're over 21 and don't think nearly everything they say is just moronic, you need to, shoot, I don't know, read more or something. It is the most cringe-worthy thing I've seen since I used to watch bad B-movies with my friends in College just to have something to laugh about. It's like a game of Mystery Science Theater 3000 without Joel, Tom Servo, and Crow down there to make fun of it. You know, that might not be a bad idea....... Seriously, guys, I've tried everything to get through this game. I have the walkthrough called up on my second monitor and I was just powering through so I didn't waste my $9, but I decided I would pay another $9 just to quit playing. I turned off the voices and just read the sub-titles because I just thought perhaps the awful voice-acting was ruining the story. Nope, it was just as bad reading it. Seriously, hop on YouTube and type in "Let's Play The Longest Journey". Watch some other poor yutz play it for an hour or so, and if you still think it's something you want to play, then I'm a big enough man to admit that you need therapy for masochism. I cannot recommend enough that you pass this howler by. Good luck!
