Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (2006) (VG)

Director:

Ragnar Tørnquist

Writers:

Ragnar Tørnquist (written by) &
Dag Scheve (written by)

Release Date:

17 April 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

The Future Holds Secrets Only the Past Can Reveal

Plot:

Ten years past the inexplicable technological collapse of 2209, in a renewedly rallying future world, twenty-year-old Zoë must set out for a journey to help a friend expose an ultimate conspiracy that may be connected with the recurring visions she have been seeing lately. |

Plot Keywords:

Journey | Cat | Mystery Game

Cast

Ellie Conrad-Leigh	...	Zoë Castillo (voice)
Sarah Hamilton	...	April Ryan (voice)
Gavin O'Connor	...	Kian (voice)
Ralph Byers	...	Brian Westhouse / Roper Klacks (voice)
Jonathan Dow	...	Peats / Warden Murron / Dark People (voice)
Kwesi Ameyaw	...	Chawan (voice)
Matthew Keenan	...	Brynn (voice)
Mary Healy	...	Olivia DeMarco (voice)
Darryl Alan Reed	...	Charlie (voice) (as Daryl Alan Reed)
Jack Angel	...	Wonkers the Watilla (voice)
Wes Parker	...	The Chinaman (voice)
Brian Bloom	...	Marcus Crozier / The Guardian / Kenji (voice)
André Sogliuzzo	...	Blind Bob (voice)
Hadeel Alwash	...	Na'ane (voice)
Anna Savva	...	Kara / WATI Computer Voice (voice)

Also Known As:

Den lengste reisen: Drømmefall (Norway) (dubbed version)
Drømmefall: Den lengste reisen (Norway) (PC version)
Journey's Crossing (Norway) (working title)
The Longest Journey: Static (Norway) (working title)

Country:

Norway

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:M | Austria:16 | Belgium:16 | Netherlands:16 | France:-16 | Norway:16 (PEGI)

Company:

Funcom

Movie Connections:

References The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Best game in a long time

To begin with, this game started from excellent material, that of the setup provided by The Longest Journey. On top of that, it benefited from one of the businesses best writer/directors, Ragnar Tornquist. If that isn't excellent pedigree, i don't know what is. In any even, the story revolves around Zoe Castillo, and her quest for answers that winds up bringing her face to face with April Ryan, the first games heroine. The graphics are spectacular, frankly, they are smooth, crisp, and beautiful, more so than any other engine could do, the shark engine powering dreamfall's graphics truly gives one a sense of the wonder that is both stark and arcadia. Other engines would be lost trying to represent the pre-rendered backgrounds, and that is why i am glad the shark was chosen. Gameplay could use a bit of work, the camera can suck, and fighting does suck, but i've found it much easier to play the game solely with the keyboard. doing so gives the gamer a very good camera, and for those moments when it's necessary, you can manipulate the camera to see what you want to see. Audio, is, well, it's hard to describe. The audio would make and audiophile such as myself weep tears of joy. It's spectacular. A full orchestra with some excellently composed music works wonders on a game's audio. When the soundtrack is released, i for one, am snapping it up. All in all, this game is well worth the purchase. The presentation, both of the audio and visual well make up for the horrid controls, and the story just is in a category of it's own. It's like playing a novel.