Well, it would have been a fairly short game if he hadn’t been rescued at the last minute…. The only problem is that there are troops on the street and Propast seems to be gradually turning into more and more of a police state. She has a low-paying tech job and is still in a relationship, albeit a slightly rocky one, with Reza. But, this aside, her life is going reasonably well. She is living in the neon-drenched European mega-city of Propast, still suffering from amnesia despite regular sessions with a psychologist. After rescuing a child from a nightmare, Zoe meets a mysterious old man who tells her that she needs to wake from her coma because she is needed elsewhere.Īfter waking up, Zoe’s story flashes forwards several months to the year 2200. The Storytime has become filled with people trapped in nightmares by WATI Corp’s dream-machines and it is up to Zoe to rescue them. In this dream-world, she has several powers that she didn’t have in the waking world and she needs them. Meanwhile, Zoe Castillo is trapped in the Storytime whilst her body remains in a coma. Then, in a small house, a man waits nervously outside a door whilst his wife gives birth to their daughter. The game begins directly after the events of “Dreamfall: The Longest Journey” with a short scene showing April Ryan’s body being cremated. Needless to say, this review may contain some mild SPOILERS for “Dreamfall Chapters” and will contain MAJOR SPOILERS for “Dreamfall: The Longest Journey”. So, play the trilogy in order!Īnyway, let’s take a look at “Dreamfall Chapters”. Although the game contains an optional recap video for the events of “Dreamfall: The Longest Journey”, certain important characters, important story events and at least one puzzle will make no sense whatsoever if you haven’t played “The Longest Journey” first. I should also point out that, unlike most game sequels, “Dreamfall Chapters” should only be played after you’ve played both “The Longest Journey” and “Dreamfall: The Longest Journey” ( in that order). So, the screenshots in this review don’t reflect how the game probably looks with a proper graphics card and/or using the default widescreen resolutions. However, I should probably point out that because my computer’s Intel HD 2500 integrated graphics were just below the minimum system requirements, I not only had to turn the graphics settings to minimum but also had to tweak the game’s registry entries to lower the resolution to 800 x 600 in order to get a playable framerate (which worked a bit like a resolution scaling does). And, when a DRM-free version of the 2017 “Final Cut” edition of “Dreamfall Chapters” was on special offer on GOG a few weeks later, the decision to get it was an absolute no-brainer. Then, a couple of months before preparing this review, I ended up getting a vaguely modern refurbished computer. The vintage mid-2000s computer I had back then couldn’t run “Dreamfall Chapters”. So, you can imagine my delight when I heard that this series would become a trilogy thanks to an episodic, crowdfunded third game called “Dreamfall Chapters” starting in 2014. These intelligent, profound, story-driven sci-fi/fantasy adventure games absolutely astonished me at the time. Well, since I’m still reading the next book I plan to review ( “The Damnation Game” by Clive Barker), I thought that I’d take the chance to review a game that I’ve wanted to play for literally years □īack in the early 2010s, I discovered both “The Longest Journey” (1999) and “Dreamfall: The Longest Journey” (2006).
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