Video Games : The Longest Journey

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: The Longest Journey

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Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years
Amazon Minimum Age: 204 months
Binding: DVD-ROM
Brand: Aspyr
EAN: 0618870114712
ESRB Age Rating: Mature
Format: DVD-ROM
Label: Aspyr Media
Manufacturer: Aspyr Media
Publisher: Aspyr Media
Release Date: September 07, 2006
Sales Rank: 6260
Studio: Aspyr Media

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This game is an epic futuristic tale of adventure, magic and intrigue. Now, an age of great turmoil and chaos threatens to tip the scales and bring terrifying dreams to life.



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Beware! Game crashes constantly. Expect no support from FUNCOM
Buyer beware! The game crashes constantly and locks-up my PC. I've tried it on two different PCs, and it crashes and locks-up both. Expect no support whatsoever from FUNCOM, the company that sells it. If you don't believe it, just try to contact the company. The forum is basically dead. You can post questions and requests for support, but expect no reply. Do a Google search for these words: funcom no support

See what you find. Don't say you were not warned.


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - so so game
I found this game to be a bit disappointing. There is a lot of dialogue to sit through and i found myself anxious to begin some game play. I also needed to download a patch in order for the game to stop locking up during play. In addition, there seems to be a glitch in loading a saved game. I need to start a new game and load from there.


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Appropriate, really.
The Longest Journey. Aptly named.

When I finished gameplay, I snapped the disc in two and tossed it. Not worth the $9.99 I payed for it.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - For it's age, definitely a great game
OK, I see how a lot of people are rating this game. Let me first say, I just finished it today, so it's fresh on my mind.

Let's get the reason I took a star off first. I ran the game with Windows XP, which according to everyone else and the game site, is prone to crashing. That's an understatement. At times, I had to exit every other program I was running and sign off of any internet activity to run the game. But it was a simple annoyance and had it's pros, such as turning me into an obsessive saver so as not to have to do too many things over again

Also, I didn't like how long things took. The only way to get around in any time was by running. Then there was the long times it took for the cut scenes with other characters walking around to end. Like in the library and it took ages to read all of the books. But this again, was a simple annoyance and did not deter me.

Now for all of the good. First off, for being made in 2000, this was great graphically. I have some games that were made after this one that had worse graphics so I am definitely not complaining. However, April was definitely not an attractive character, some looked much better up close. Also, I loved the actors' voices and their emotion throughout the story. However, at some points it got difficult to hear, but then again, that's what subtitles are for!

The story was just plain amazing. I love to play through a game with puzzles that has a good story line. What's the point otherwise? This one kept you in wonder, made you think, and was emotional. Actually, this is probably one of the best story lines I've played.

And last but not least, the controls were simple and intuitive. It took me only about 10 seconds of complete not knowing before I figured out what to do. It was very simple to learn the basic controls and that is so helpful, especially when the puzzles can be difficult without having to worry about difficult controls.

Overall, I say, get this game. However, it's not for everyone. It is very vulgar in language at times. It also has very little violence, if that's what you want to see. And it can also be very slow going at times. But if you are one who loves to run around and solve puzzles, then this is the game for you. I also think that if you enjoyed playing the Myst games, but longed for more human or otherwise interaction, this is definitely the game for you.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Brilliant Story in a Compelling Game
This is one of the few games I have played that leaves me remembering moments as if they had actually occurred in my own life. Part of remembering is learning in the type of manner where I can relate to the story and relate the story to other elements of life and lessons. This is a novel brought into the genre of interactive video games. The story, the characters, the dialog and humor, the imagery, the engaging narrative. I finished the game and was ready to play again. It is always a pleasure to find a game that truly maximizes the capabilities of a genre. Too often the industry cookie-cuts a money making formula while focusing on graphics, resulting in static, limited selection with uninspired creativity. The Longest Journey belongs to the action-adventure genre of video games that was pioneered by Sierra in the 1980s and declined to near non-existence these days.

Technical notes: There is one patch to install that fixes a crash at the police station. After that, play goes without a hitch.

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