I'd been looking forward to playing this game for years and was quite happy to see it appear on GOG.com.
Reading all the reviews I was prepared for quite a ride and one of the best adventure games ever made but having finished the game I can't help but feel disappointed.
The game's pace is too pedestrian, characters talk way too much - especially non-essential NPCs, puzzles either make no sense at all or are tedious logic solving games.
I wish the creators had focussed a bit more on fleshing out the game worlds (hello empty underwater "city") instead of giving fishermen and landlords a script the size of a phonebook.
The "unforgettable" story is in fact quite forgettable and the unnecesarily complex background history of the game world is too much to remember.
As for originality, the creators have borrowed heavily from Blade Runner, King's Quest, The Neverending Story, Star Wars and the Abyss, but an original game this does not make.
Voice acting got on my nerves but luckily there's an option to turn it off.
All in all while I'm glad I finally got to play The Longest Journey I can only recommend it to hardcore adventure fans.