Posted May 07, 2017
Dreamfall, The longest journey
One of the most disappointing games I have played. Vastly overrated by the fans of the original TLG.
It's basically an artsy cinematic experience, which in normal language means: style over substance.
The puzzles are poor, the combat is poor, the stealth is slow and bare-bones, lock-picking is ok but underutilized, it has one of the least interesting hacking minigames I have seen. The constant backtracking is annoying to say the least, the game allows you to skip story-crucial events and dialog, but is unwilling to allow the same for many other (mostly pointless) scenes and dialog.
And the story? Oh boy, where does one even start?
It utilizes every contrivance in the book, falls back on every cliche it can, spoils the puzzles for you and the fact that some characters are cryptic for no reason is even pointed out by April, TWICE.
I guess the thing that bugs me the most is that it isn't interested in telling a story, but to set up the third game instead. And that the multiple cliffhangers remained unresolved for eight years.
5/10
One of the most disappointing games I have played. Vastly overrated by the fans of the original TLG.
It's basically an artsy cinematic experience, which in normal language means: style over substance.
The puzzles are poor, the combat is poor, the stealth is slow and bare-bones, lock-picking is ok but underutilized, it has one of the least interesting hacking minigames I have seen. The constant backtracking is annoying to say the least, the game allows you to skip story-crucial events and dialog, but is unwilling to allow the same for many other (mostly pointless) scenes and dialog.
And the story? Oh boy, where does one even start?
It utilizes every contrivance in the book, falls back on every cliche it can, spoils the puzzles for you and the fact that some characters are cryptic for no reason is even pointed out by April, TWICE.
I guess the thing that bugs me the most is that it isn't interested in telling a story, but to set up the third game instead. And that the multiple cliffhangers remained unresolved for eight years.
5/10