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3 bad things about this game after 30 minutes of play

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 90
Date: November 12, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Instead of being called "The Longest Journey" it should be called "The Longest Install". This 4 disk program was the slowest to install game I've ever seen. It must have took 30 minutes to do a complete install.

Once I started playing, I was shocked at the profanity. It seemed so out of place. The profanity didn't add anything to the gameplay.

The third thing that I didn't like was the Lesbian land lord at the main character's apartment. I didn't want to hear how fulfilled she was with her female lover.

This game looks like just a nice adventure game but it's pushing a hidden agenda.

I've only played this game for about 30 minutes and it has already become obvious that this game is not appropriate for children.

It's too bad that you can't even play a computer game without the [...] agenda being slipped in.

The Longest Journal -- er, I mean Journey!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: September 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'll make this short: This game is BORING! It has nice graphics, a so-so storyline, lots of unnecessary cussing/VULGAR language, and WAY TOO MUCH DIALOG!!! I can't tell you what the ending is, because I'm only halfway done and ready to fall asleep. SAVE YOUR MONEY! (I only paid [...] and it's not worth that!)

Beware before you Buy - NOT WHOLESOME!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 12 / 69
Date: December 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This furturistic tale is neither uplifting nor reflecting of good values. I read previous reviews about it's graphics, which are good however the content is not. It has a lot of profantity and touts adult situations that do not reflect good christian values. If you are a parent don't get this software for your child since it is written as entertainment but is really a reflection of the writers morals, ethics and mindset. I bought this software thinking that it was a good adventure like the kinda kooky Syberia which was actually fun. This is not fun and doesn't reflect wholesomeness. I am offering this review for only those of you who like me would buy this software without knowing before hand that it is NOT for everyone and certainly not for children.

best game i have ever played.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: November 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this is the best game that i have ever played. it has a great story line. i would stay up unil 5am playing it because i couldnt get away from it. there is a great suprise ending. i cant wait for the sequel.

A wonderful game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: September 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

A very good game.
It's all about the good story.

Great for adults

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

"The Longest Journey" has a wonderfully engaging story, and characters you care a great deal about. I did almost nothing but play this game for weeks. However, there were times when I really needed to look up hints, because some puzzles were either too complex or obtuse to figure out. Also, the language can be quite strong at times. Still, I am looking forward to the sequel, whenever that comes out.

Addicting

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I absolutely love this game. The Longest Journey is by far one of the best games out there if you are into great graphics, puzzles and good dialog (sometimes profane and a bit too much). I am literally addicted to this game. You don't have to worry about dying therefore you can take your time to search around and enjoy the two worlds. I found this game to run smoothly without any graphic or audio hiccups. Other games I would recommend that follow this same style game play are Syberia and Beyond Atlantis. Don't pass this game up! You won't regret playing it; in fact you'll probably turn around and play it a couple times a year!

Some nice locations, but needs a good dialogue edit

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Adventure games are often criticised for being worlds which are beautiful but sterile, with little or no character interaction. In The Longest Journey, you visit many beautifully realised worlds - but although you're supposedly on an urgent quest to save the world, you spend hours - and I mean HOURS! - talking interminably to a whole slew of characters.

The basic story is fairly simple - you are April Ryan, and because of a special power you possess you can shift between Earth (or 'Stark'), a world where science prevails, and Arcadia, a world where magic prevails. These two worlds are in balance, but something is threatening that balance, and it is your job to save the world (or really, both worlds) from the forces of darkness.

On top of this base, however, are a number of crucial items to collect, and an enormous amount of backstory and lore. Someone has put an extraordinary amount of time constructing the story for this game, and it shows. Fortunately, key items of conversation are automatically recorded in a log which you can refer to rather than taking notes.

The size of the back story is compounded by the incredible amount of dialogue with non-player characters. Much of this is guff and waffle. A simple question from you can provoke a five minute diatribe, or a substantial exchange of meaningless banter. Much of this is put into the game to flesh out the characters, but after a while it becomes simply irritating.

Many of the puzzles are also contrived, although I found them to get easier and more straightforward as the game progressed. You amass a fairly substantial inventory during the game, although once an item has served its purpose it will usually disappear from the inventory. Making inventory management harder is the fact that some items contain important sub-items - like the eye of a doll - and some can only be used by combining two apparently unrelated inventory items and using them in a third location. The first few 'chapters' of the game involve a couple of really absurd puzzles that suffer in this way.

Another irritating aspect of the puzzles is that many tasks in the game must be accomplished in a certain order. You may already have worked out what you need to do, but won't be able to do it until you have talked to a certain person about it. For this reason you need to go through pretty much every conversation option with every character, just to ensure that you have triggered any necessary events. Where you have been visiting a series of locations looking for the way on, you may need to go back to the same location more than once in case, on the first occasion, you hadn't had a relevant conversation with someone somewhere else yet.

The game is divided into thirteen 'chapters', although some are extremely long and complicated whilst others are quite short. Nonetheless, the chapters help to break up the story and provide you with an impetus to take a much-needed break.

Graphics are reasonably good, although the animated avatars for April and the NPCs can look a bit chunky and unrealistic.

if only there were more games like this

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game was spectacular. april is a lovable funny, witty charecter. cut scenes are great. there is a bit of swearing in this game, but over all it's great. you meet many interesting charecters and creatures and the magical elements of the arcadia world was magnificent. i wish my brother would give it back to b\me so i could play it again! and crow..you'll see what i mean but he is the most loveable of all.

Even April fell asleep...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love adventure games and this one was recommended to me by another fan.

What I liked about it: the surroundings; imaginative and versatile. The voice acting; wonderful. The story; witty.

What I didn't care for: The yakking; really, they talked and talked and talked endlessly and unstoppably and to proceed you HAVE to listen to all of it. I nearly fell off my chair laughing when even the main character fell asleep at one point. The graphics; chunky and crude. The puzzles; please, give me at least SOME challenge. I am a simply person and I needed a walkthrough for all of the Myst games, but this one doesn't deserve to be called a game with "puzzles".

Overall, I'd say this is a nice game, if you can stand more talking than action, and if you don't mind some bad language. I recommend it to people who liked Syberia, for Myst fans it may not be what you are looking for.

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