I was really happy playing this yesterday (directly after its release) and all the many details (if you go look for them) made this ending truly matter to me it intrigued me enough to make me want to play it again, to experience it in a slightly different manner. I mean, 17 years! Holy *beeeeep* – if there was a hall of fame for such things, this game would now be easily in it. In a (gaming) world all too often dominated by not having any endings or only typical lackluster ones, this could count as a singular event. This extreme amount of effort towards NOT sweeping stuff under the rug alone, makes this ending unforgettable to me. But they really went all out here, they jumped back to stuff, I was sure they would never touch again. Merely remembering all these bits is an accomplishment by itself. While I’m not necessarily even this impressed by many of the reveals and/or twists themselves (this ending offered), I’m completely blown away by the sheer amount of questions and story threads they answered and gave (at the very least some) closure to. It goes without saying that I’m very happy that they decided to give this a real ending and not drag things out even further, I mean SEVENTEEN YEARS. While this alone obviously is so unusual and so crazy, Dreamfall even tops that, because StarCraft’s story was never this complex anyway (and hardly the focus of that game). Overall, we have no complaints with any of the audio from Dreamfall Chapters, something a lot of adventure games falter with.In one single characteristic this game reminds me of StarCraft II – Dreamfall Chapters Book Five actually managed to resolve a story that was also begun 17 years ago. Thankfully even when the voice acting is at its weakest, the story isn’t affected much. Luckily, the new voice actresses Charlotte Ritchie, does a fine job. Fans of Dreamfall: The Longest Journey may be a bit disappointed that the original voice actresses for Zoe, Ellie Conrad- Leigh, was unable to reprise her role once again. While some tracks are better than others, the same can be said about some of the voice acting. In terms of the audio for Dreamfall Chapters, the music and voice acting are both solid. It isn’t a deal breaker by any means as overall Dreamfall Chapters is quite nice to look at for such a large adventure game.
While Zoe, Kain, and several others look solid, others sometimes fall flat in both the way they look and their movements as a whole. Dreamfall Chapters suffers in some of the character animations and designs.
The same can be said of the fantasy like areas that the player will have to go through such as the Storytime plane of existence and the Arcadia world. The world of 2220 looks futuristic all while having a unique spin to the concepts of the future. Graphically, Dreamfall Chapters isn’t bad to look at by any means. The conclusion will always be the same and that is really a shame as it makes choices feel meaningless in the end game, even when some of those choices lead to some huge altercations in the story. However, as clever as the narrative is and the cool effects the story gets from the choices the player makes, it never really amounts to much. There is even the ability to see what other players of Dreamfall Chapters choose to do in their respective games.
Players can talk to loads of characters and make choices that they feel are fitting to their style of play. Also if you’re new to The Longest Journey story, there is a nice story recap available in the extras menu that will catch you up to Zoe and Kian’s plot so far.Īnother issue with Dreamfall Chapters is the narrative moments. While anyone can easily play Dreamfall Chapters, those who want a little bit more meat with their navigation and exploration will find Dreamfall Chapters comes up a bit short unfortunately. Puzzles are usually very easy to solve only ever requiring players to search every nook and cranny to find items occasionally, but none of the puzzles ever felt unfair. While these mechanics work at a technical level, Dreamfall Chapters begins to wane thanks to the mechanics never changing even after several hours. Running around as the various playable characters, players will have to make use of in game items to solve puzzles and to navigate the various settings. Dreamfall Chapters is very much your typical third person adventure game and in many ways that is both the positive and negative aspect of it.
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