Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

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Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, winner of multiple E3 awards as the best game in its genre, is the continuation of a saga that began in the award-winning The Longest Journey, considered to be one of the finest adventure games ever made. In Dreamfall, players are taken on an epic journey of exploration and adventure as they venture through a thrilling and emotional storyline. Dreamfall features a fully interactive world where beautiful music, stunning graphics, fascinating characters and unparalleled gameplay variety promises to bring the adventure genre into a new era. Prepare for a spiritual, fantastic and powerful gaming experience.

Gameplay

  • Unparalleled Gameplay Variety Never before has an adventure game brought this much gameplay variety! Use your brains or your brawn; sneak, fight or talk your way through the many challenges the game offers. Be polite or rude, threaten or sweet talk; in Dreamfall you make the choice, resulting in a game where you never quite know what to expect next.
  • Three Playable Characters Experience the story from three separate perspectives, and learn how their destinies blend together in an epic finale. Each character has unique abilities and world views, giving you constant gameplay variations.
  • Three Worlds Dreamfall spans three beautifully realized worlds, multiple chapters and a stunning amount of detailed locations. Travel across a futuristic version of our earth, journey into a magical fantasy realm and unravel the mysteries of the Winter.
  • Unique World Interaction Bridging the gap between the classic point and click adventure game, where you could click on any given point at the screen, and the action adventure, where you need to move up to an object to interact with it, Dreamfall introduces the brand new focus field feature. In this easy-to-use context-sensitive interface you can scan your entire visible environment as seen by the characters, and use it to get information on far away objects as well as triggering remote gameplay opportunities.
  • Mature "Thriller"-type Storyline Dreamfall delivers a mature and compelling storyline that mixes the futuristic, fantastic and spiritual with a tale of murder, deceit and a conspiracy threatening our very existence. Bringing the classic adventure game into the world of the modern action game, Dreamfall delivers a rare and special story experience.

Visuals and other features

  • Stunning Sounds and Soundtrack Listen to an emotional and epic soundtrack in 7.1 surround. Hear gripping voices as recorded by more than 50 professional actors, and enjoy soundscapes bringing players to the edge of their seats.
  • A game for everyone 50% of the players of the original The Longest Journey were women. With its cinematic approach, believable characters, mature storyline and easy-to- grasp interface, Dreamfall is a game that any teenager or adult can pick up and enjoy, regardless of their gaming background.

Release Date

Apr 16, 2006

Metacritic Score

75

Rating

Play Time

12 hours

Games in Series

2

ESRB

Mature 17+: Blood, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence

System Requirements

  • CPU: Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz or AMD Sempron 2800+ or higher required
  • RAM: 512 MB
  • GPU: 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 128 MB with latest drivers
  • HDD: 7 GB

Interesting Facts

  • The game is the sequel to Funcom’s The Longest Journey, released in 1999, and takes place ten years after the events of the first game.
  • The story focuses on three characters, Zoë Castillo, April Ryan, and Kian Alvane, who live in two parallel worlds: technologically advanced Stark and magical Arcadia.
  • Throughout the game, the player alternately controls four player characters from a third-person perspective to explore various locations, gather and combine items, and solve puzzles.
  • The game was set in 2209 and focused on April Ryan.
  • In Dreamfall, many characters refer to the catastrophic “Collapse”.
  • The story of Dreamfall is presented as a narration of Zoë Castillo, a 20-year-old resident of Casablanca in 2219, who lies in coma and recounts the events that left her in that state.

Mod Support

Yes

Contains Game/Battle Pass

Yes

Virtual Reality Support

Yes

Third/First Person

Third person

Platforms

PC Xbox Xbox 360

Genres

AdventurePoint and ClickRPG

Game Engine

Shark 3D

Protagonist sex

Female

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