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Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey |OT| Book One: Reborn
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Green Yoshi
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Hopefully it will be playable before E3.
zer0blivion
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In case you're only making fun of me for my "Hopefully we'll get a release date soon" post. Well played.
Morgan Blackhand
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Who died?
BlueSummers
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Is this ever coming to consoles? OP says 2015 and here we are almost halfway into 2016.
TyphoonStruggle
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I don't know...
I adored TLJ and found Dreamfall to be enjoyable. Dreamfall Chapters, however, has been a disappointment. I couldn't make myself to continue to play the game. I had to resort to watching Lets Plays and skipping to the interesting parts.
zer0blivion
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I imagine it is still coming to PS4, but probably not until sometime after episode 5 releases on PC. I haven't been able to find anything recent on that though.
It was meant to after episode 2, but it runs like crap so they had to port it to Unity 5.
So it'll probably land there eventually, just after the game is finished and polished, because even after the port it doesn't run the best.
This whole thing has been a clusterfuck.
Hard for me to feel sorry for them when they choose to release a game that follows the expensive telltale formula rather than a more simple adventure game with a focus on puzzles like TLJ was.
It doesn't help that the story has been very bad. Zoe part especially are a clusterfuck of bad pacing and "what the fuck is going on? What was the point of that?".
Hard for me to feel sorry for them when they choose to release a game that follows the expensive telltale formula rather than a more simple adventure game with a focus on puzzles like TLJ was.
It doesn't help that the story has been very bad. Zoe part especially are a clusterfuck of bad pacing and "what the fuck is going on? What was the point of that?".
Sounds like it's a worthy sequel to Dreamfall. Honestly. I'm just looking for some closure on the story, not even to answer every question, just enough to get a basic idea on what the big picture is. Haven't played it so far, was waiting for Episode 5, so I guess I'll also see how much of the negativity is actually warranted. Probably very little, since Tornquist is an incredibly talented writer.
Humdinger
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Damn, that sounds disappointing.
I was a fan of the second game (played on 360), so I was looking forward to this, but it's dragging on too long. I guess I'll stop waiting.
Someone send up a flare when the game finally (if ever) arrives on console.
The first chapter was so promising. I love it love it love it.
Unfortunately, the rest of the game was hamstrung by budget shortfalls. I suppose they wanted to use revenue from the first chapter to build the rest of the game. Didn't really work out.
If you love Tornquist like I do, it's still worth playing. The voice acting and dialogue is mostly as good as anything in Dreamfall. The art design is excellent too.
Unfortunately, the rest of the game was hamstrung by budget shortfalls. I suppose they wanted to use revenue from the first chapter to build the rest of the game. Didn't really work out.
If you love Tornquist like I do, it's still worth playing. The voice acting and dialogue is mostly as good as anything in Dreamfall. The art design is excellent too.
zer0blivion
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I'm looking forward to finishing book 5 when it comes out and then immediately starting a new game. I'm not too sure about some of my choices, especially in book 4. Book 4 spoilers:
We'll see how it plays out though.
I don't know if trusting Brian Westhouse was the right thing to do.
I think I need to replay it start to finish when episode 5 comes out or shortly after. It's been coming out piecemeal so long that I barely remember most of the plot details, and it felt like episodes 2 and 3 didn't really go anywhere for the longest time, unfortunately.
Release date for Book 5 announced.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redthread/dreamfall-chapters-the-longest-journey/posts/1599648
It is hard to believe that it is almost over. The story felt like it was just beginning in the last episode.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redthread/dreamfall-chapters-the-longest-journey/posts/1599648
It is hard to believe that it is almost over. The story felt like it was just beginning in the last episode.
DOWN
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Does this mean a PS4 release is coming?
Dream_Journey
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Damn, can't wait for this! Only one week...
somesayyea
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oh shit, can't wait!
thelongestj
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Alright! Time to play Book 4 this weekend.
Basileus777
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It's June 17th btw for those that don't care to watch a youtube video to know.
arglebargle
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im looking forward to playing this chapter along with everyone else. i didnt really have a good gaming pc until recently so i had to catch up on the other chapters. at least that meant a lot of the bugs had been worked out by the time i got to them.
Man, I hope so. On the 2nd of this month their twitter said PS4 version news is coming soon. The PSN blog post announcing the PS4 version is about 22 months old at this point.
Hopefully Book5 is massive, because it has a lot to a) live up to and b)explain. Unless there's going to be more chapters.
I backed the physical copy and I haven't heard anything yet. They are supposed to be shipped after the game is complete. Hopefully they will address this soon after Book 5 has released.
NegativeCero
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I got the GOG free game reward of this game and I totally forgot I already have it in my Steam library. But it has gotten me to finally start up the first TLJ game and boy is it an adventure game. Pretty much have a guide tab on my phone for some of the item combining (
.) But I am enjoying it outdated graphics and all. The female lead is a really nice and interesting break from the norm.
duck clamp fishing is something I would've never figured out
I just started and I don't really remember much, if anything from the other games.... been too long and I only did them once
I mean, I can't suggest not playing through TLJ again, as it's awesome, but so far this has been Zoe's story, not April's.
AHA-Lambda
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Book 5 is out now
Jay Shadow
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It's being tested on Steam now, it's not live yet. But shouldn't take too much longer.
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Deleted member 30609
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=D yay! very excited.
â Narayan
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Just beat Book 5.
Awesome ending. Really enjoyed the journey. It's been a long time coming.
Awesome ending. Really enjoyed the journey. It's been a long time coming.
Basileus777
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∀ Narayan;207549573 said:
How long was the episode? Was it paced well?
â Narayan
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The length is comparable to Book Four. Maybe a little longer. Definitely paced well.
EastOfEden
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Book 5 is out? Sweet! I was waiting for them all to be released to start. Excited 
Edit: Maybe someone should make a new thread so people like me know it's complete? (And also mention the Book 1 improvements.)
Edit: Maybe someone should make a new thread so people like me know it's complete? (And also mention the Book 1 improvements.)
Jay Shadow
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It was a pretty good ending for both Dreamfall and The Longest Journey. And still sets up Longest Journey Home. But if they don't get to that anytime soon with all the other projects they have, I'm still pretty satisfied with where the series was left.
Kinda wonder how the entire game holds together if you play it all at once. I'll probably try it sometime eventually, but not anytime soon.
The one downside is with all the people and locations they have to cover in the endings there's a lot of load screens, which I'm really not used to these days.
Kinda wonder how the entire game holds together if you play it all at once. I'll probably try it sometime eventually, but not anytime soon.
The one downside is with all the people and locations they have to cover in the endings there's a lot of load screens, which I'm really not used to these days.
Just beat Book 5, took me 3 - 4 hours.
Overall happy with the conclusion. Some stuff was weird, but still made sense.
Some of my thoughts, Book 5 spoilers:
The Longest Journey Home? Didn't realize they had another game planned, but there's definitely room for more stories to tell.
I actually just replayed The Longest Journey and Dreamfall this past March when I remembered that I backed Chapters and wanted to refresh myself to play it. Dreamfall is still awful from a gameplay PoV, but the story is still good. Almost just better to watch clips on Youtube than to suffer through the fetch quests and awful combat.
The Longest Journey holds up as well as you'd expect. Puzzles are still solid, though it could use a fresh coat of paint I enjoyed playing it again.
Overall happy with the conclusion. Some stuff was weird, but still made sense.
Some of my thoughts, Book 5 spoilers:
Really happy with the Lady Alvane explanation, but who are Saga's parents and what was their whole deal with the house? I felt a bit lost on that. The looping timelines thing is neat and works with the lore of the universe.
And who is the baby daddy for Zoe? It says "we will never tell" lol. If it were Reza they could just show him? Or perhaps there's an alternate path where she has a different partner and they just didn't want to have two different scenes.
Brian Westhouse being this big villain did seem like it was coming, but also felt like it may not have been planned during The Longest Journey. He never seemed evil there, could have had a bit better foreshadowing if they had it planned then, but it's been a long time.
And who is the baby daddy for Zoe? It says "we will never tell" lol. If it were Reza they could just show him? Or perhaps there's an alternate path where she has a different partner and they just didn't want to have two different scenes.
Brian Westhouse being this big villain did seem like it was coming, but also felt like it may not have been planned during The Longest Journey. He never seemed evil there, could have had a bit better foreshadowing if they had it planned then, but it's been a long time.
The Longest Journey Home? Didn't realize they had another game planned, but there's definitely room for more stories to tell.
I actually just replayed The Longest Journey and Dreamfall this past March when I remembered that I backed Chapters and wanted to refresh myself to play it. Dreamfall is still awful from a gameplay PoV, but the story is still good. Almost just better to watch clips on Youtube than to suffer through the fetch quests and awful combat.
The Longest Journey holds up as well as you'd expect. Puzzles are still solid, though it could use a fresh coat of paint I enjoyed playing it again.
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Deleted member 102362
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Nice to see the game got finished. Without going into specifics, Book 5 covered quite a bit of ground.
So, now we wait for TLJ Home Kickstarter? Or how's that working?
So, now we wait for TLJ Home Kickstarter? Or how's that working?
Jay Shadow
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One of the last stretch goals on their kickstarter was a second game called Longest Journey Home which would be a 2D follow up to April's story that's more in the style of the original game. They never reached that goal, but still plan to make it some day.
That's why the achievement when April and Crow walk away with each other is called The Longest Journey Home and says they're setting out for their final journey together.
In my case I think
it's because Zoe flirted with her psychiatrist but also never broke up with Reza.
Ah, gotcha.
I did the same as you. I'll have to check back at http://tlj.wikia.com/wiki/Choices_in_Dreamfall_Chapters when it gets fully updated
Not to depress fellow fans, but Ragnar has said within the past couple weeks not to hold your breath:
https://twitter.com/ragso/status/741008032528801794
http://redthreadgames.com/forum/top...social-media-news-discussion-thread/?p=128687
http://tlj.wikia.com/wiki/The_Longest_Journey_Home
"We dearly love this saga, and our fans, and wrapping up Chapters has been an emotional experience for all of us. It's satisfying but heartbreaking, and part of me would love to jump right into TLJH to tell a personal and soulful story about a character I care deeply about…but for many, many reasons I don't think it will happen."
https://twitter.com/ragso/status/741008032528801794
http://redthreadgames.com/forum/top...social-media-news-discussion-thread/?p=128687
http://tlj.wikia.com/wiki/The_Longest_Journey_Home
"We dearly love this saga, and our fans, and wrapping up Chapters has been an emotional experience for all of us. It's satisfying but heartbreaking, and part of me would love to jump right into TLJH to tell a personal and soulful story about a character I care deeply about…but for many, many reasons I don't think it will happen."
Basileus777
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Yeah. Dreamfall Chapters hasn't sold particularly well and probably went way way over budget.