Minor additions aside, I didn't play anything in Book One that I hadn't already seen. Europolis, the neon hub of marketing and militant police that you'll spend the majority of this first episode exploring, is more heavily populated and some scenes have been altered to improve the flow of the story, or to provide pointers where objectives weren't entirely clear. It's around five hours long and I've written about most of the content already, although there have been some additions and tweaks since the preview build I played. The Chapters are now divided into Books and yesterday saw the release of the first. The Longest Journey began a decade and a half ago and Dreamfall Chapters marks the end of that journey.īut not yet. Parting is such sweet sorrow and all that, but it's beneficial to have some closure. And while Chapters is certainly not perfect, its above the average storytelling and cinematic feel gets the job done and takes your attention from anythings else, and The Longest Journey saga would probably remain my favorite within the video-gaming platform and possibly within any form of storytelling, as you don't encounter every day in a story whose plot and characters get so easily into your heart.When you spend so long hoping for the continuation and conclusion of a story that was part of your earlier life, it's a bittersweet relief to hear that the waiting is finally over. That's a shame because there WAS a potential for much more. But chapters awkwardly tries to incorporate puzzles and strange action elements to it, up to the very end of book five, and still somehow manages to become more and more of a walking simulator where you go from point A to point B to watch a cutscene. Seems like the developers insist on giving us an interactive movie rather than an actual game. At the beginning you'd get a review of almost ALL the decisions you've made throughout the game just to find out that they matter very little, if at all, in the grand scheme of things. Not that I expected multiple endings, but Redux had almost a complete lacking of any choice in it. What's the point of talking so much about choices when in the end they tell you that the story was already written and we can't change it? Slightly awkward as well. Moreover, all the choices and consequences lectures we've heard in the beginning of Chapters seem to disappear completely, as most of the consequences were presented in books 3 and 4. Dreamfall Chapters didn't end properly its very own story, but rather the one that was told on Dreamfall: The Longest Journey. All the answers and the conclusions are found in this fifth part, while previous ones contained mainly more riddles. Felt like all the long wait was solely for the very last part of this episodic game, as if the first four books were not much more the fillers. It provided a kicking-ass ending to Dreamfall, the predecessor. Dreamfall Chapters wasn't perfect or anything close to it, unfortunately. There are still some things I find it hard to ignore, which I mentioned earlier as my 'doubts'. I guess that for making me feel all that, the game does deserve a very high score. And indeed, throughout the entire book (which was also pretty long, mind you) I set tensed on my chair wanting more and more story, enjoying every moment, grinning at all the funny moments and holding my tears at all the heart-touching ones, and had such a powerful bittersweet satisfaction while the credits roll. The superb voice-overs of the characters and the revamped soundtrack which seemed to have taken a completely different direction in Redux are all added to this cinematic masterpiece. With the revisiting of old and familiar locations to the discoveries of some new ones, Chapters keeps on rocking with everything that regards good atmosphere and environment, and sights which are pleasant to the eye. With dramatic turns of events from the very beginning of book five up to its very end, all the big questions are finally answered, all knots are being tied together. What am I trying to say, really? Redux definitely 'delivers the package'. My feelings are very mixed towards book 5, and while I'm going to give it a score of 8 out of 10 points, it mainly represents my "impulsive" response to this part, possibly the righteous and one that Book Five deserves. It took a long, long time, and sometimes I felt like it wouldn't end at all. ![]() It took a long, long time, and I'm writing this review with a sigh, as it's a sign the journey I began so long ago had finally ended. I'm writing this review with a sigh, as it's a sign the journey I began so long ago had finally ended.
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