The Longest Journey

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Summary: Simply Amazing
Review: I don't write reviews very often. This game had me enthralled in a way not many adventure games do (my favorite genra). From start to finish I couldn't put the mouse down.

If you liked games like Grim Fandango or Black Dahlia, Curse of Monkey Island, you simply have no choice but to buy this game. It's been a very long time since a game of this caliber came out. In fact, I think I'd have to go back to Grim Fandango to think of a game that was this good. But I think this was better.

Maybe it's because this game had a year to stew before the US got its hands on it, but I had absolutely no problems with bugs. I didn't need a patch. The voices can be choppy at times, but not horribly so...and the game more than makes up for this problem.

The voice acting was incredible. The graphics were extremely well done. And the story...oh the story. There is a lot of dialogue, which I normally don't care for. But the lines are interesting, well acted, and made you care for all the characters, April especially. There is a humanness to all the characters, even non human.

If you are an adventure fan and can only buy one game in the next two months, let it be The Longest Journey.

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Summary: The Greatest Journey
Review: One word: Wow.

Get this game. Get it for yourself, get it for your neighbors, get it for every person on your Christmas list. If they don't have a computer buy them one just to play this.

One more word: Buy.

Rating:
Summary: Flawed, but buy it anyway.
Review: I had problems with it when I compared it to the best games in the genre, and when I just looked at it for its own sake, but I found it to be far more entertaining than the average modern adventure/puzzle game. Though I was critical of it, I have found 99% of people who have played it tell me that they enjoyed it. I do suggest that if you like fantasy, adventure, or playing as a female heroine who'sdown-to-earth, that you buy it...

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Summary: The Best Adventure Game in a long time.
Review: This is quite an amazing game. The dialogue is intelligent, if somewhat overkill. The graphics are beautiful, the music sets the mood. The puzzles are not wholly innovative but not entirely derivative either.

Solid gameplay combined with intelligence and imagination makes this a perfect game for the teen to thirtysomething crowd. It gives me hope that Funcom will do a good job on Anarchy Online as well!

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Summary: I love you, April.
Review: I lack a social life. I'm just thankfull that April's always there to take me on an adventure when I'm bored. April's my dream date: smart, artistic, funny, and rather attractive...and what's a more romantic date than one that involves saving the world together? Kidding aside, this game seriously rejuvinates the adventure game genre. I dread the day I finish this adventure because its so engrossing I just don't want it to go away. Pick up a copy and enjoy!

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Summary: Should I spell my thoughts as "amazing" or as "mindblowing"?
Review: I just browsed through the games rack when this box caught my eye. The description on the back was promising and so it wasn't long before my bank account was emptier and I was siting before my little silverscreen and enjoying the first scenes of this breath-takingly beautiful and absolutely mesmerizing story.

The begining informs us that we are going to hear a story that ends where it begins, as all good stories do, and so we are introduced (well, not exactly) to the Guardian of Balance and a little bit later to Ms. Ryan and her weird dreamworld. The quality of movies, areas, and overall graphics is very good and that is one of the things that makes you want to follow the story, to see more of the (un)real worlds. But soon you understand that the story that you are playing/watching/living has swallowed you so completely that it is hard to get away from it even for a few minutes. Yes, it is THAT good and it gets better with every step you take (literally) and every word you say.

Two of my friends have played it and they said that it was the best came they had ever played, and I'm afraid that I have to say the same. For first, there has never been a game so emotional: I'm the type of guy who will soon download a walkthrough if he gets stuck but this game was different - I got stuck sometimes for 2-3 hours but I never downloaded the ticket to freedom because it wouldn't have been fair, wouldn't have been real. Secondly comes the environment; the visuals, the audio, the little details... everything is right. And last, but not least, is the story that is one of the best I've ever experienced. In the end, when you almost only watch the screen and listen to the dialogues, you don't mind the fact that you can't be the one who wins the game, because the game shows you what happens in the end, tells you the story's grand finale.

So, there is nothing bad to say about this game (and that deffinitely is a good sign) and very many good things. I'll only tell you this: if you don't play it, you'll loose the longest and the greatest experience of your life.

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Summary: The Longest Journey
Review: I ordered The Longest Journey from Britain several months ago. The only bad thing about the game is that it spoiled me. No other game I've played since comes close to this one. I hope the company comes out with others in this line.

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Summary: The real adventure game is back
Review: If anyone is reading this right now, looking for a good adventure game and lamenting the demise of the good old-fashioned adventure game that is so hard to find nowadays as they always seem to want to throw something else in such as an arcade sequence that requires fast reflexes, then keep reading this review and then order this game, because your wish has come true. A long, deep, involving, classic adventure game is what you will find with the Longest Journey. And better yet, the game designers have left out all of the things that annoy me the most in an adventure game: There are no irritating mazes, and it is not a game where death approaches at any moment and you will have to reload. What they have given us here is a great game with a great story, interesting characters, and puzzles that are neither frustratingly difficult or ridiculously easy, and most are logical as well. Imagine that! I have been playing adventure games since 1982 and this is definitely in my top 10. You are going to have a blast--order it now!

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Summary: Sophisticated and Fun
Review: I have played many adventure games and I personally like the ones with character interaction such as the Monkey Island series, Tex Murphy series and Gabriel Knight series. This game is the most outstanding of all. I laughed, I got teary eyed and I appreciated the adult spin that Funcom put into this game. There is adult language but it makes the story very real. The puzzles are of medium difficulty and make sense, there are no sliding tile puzzles or mazes. In this climate of fast paced, twitchy games... take time out, have a glass of wine and get lost in the world of Arcadia.

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Summary: Great Game - so much joy and happiness
Review: Had an absolutely brilliant time playing this game.

Such a clever mix between fantasy and science fiction. Beautiful graphics, clever puzzles. I didn't like the voice over of the main character though - a small point in what was a great experience.

I would highly recommend that you play it with the walkthrough thought (easily found via... - not because it's too difficult - just that that it gets you through those difficult moments smiling.

Please play this game