Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5112 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: XPLOSIV
• Released on: 2006-10-27
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: Windows XP

Manufacturer's Description

For thousands of years the balance between Stark and Arcadia has weighed the scales of the cosmos evenly, ensuring harmony between science, magic, order and chaos. Now chaos threatens to tip the scales and bring terrifying dreams to life. And the fate of everything lies in the hands of one person. Her name is April Ryan. She is a Shifter. The power to walk between worlds is within her grasp and her destiny is foretold in a hundred tales. The journey ahead is treacherous, winding and shrouded in mystery, this is the longest journey of them all.

- An epic futuristic tale of adventure, magic and intrigue.
- Become immersed in an exciting and original story-line, featuring over fifty unique characters.
- Explore over 150 beautifully detailed locations.
- Solve a huge variety of story-oriented puzzles.
- Over 50 hours gameplay.

Customer Reviews

An Excellent Game, Four and a Half
The Longest Journey is a long, interesting and beautifully designed 'point and click' adventure with an absorbing story and great characters. It's not a shoot 'em up or action game, and all the better for it.

There's a lot of dialogue, but it's central to the story and you can skip it if you wish via the 'esc' button. However, if you do, you may miss some clues.

The graphics and rendered backgrounds are excellent, although character mvement is a little stilted at times. The only minus of this game is that a very few of the puzzles and tasks are really quite illogical and may have you consulting a walkthrough.

The 'Explosiv' DVD release is XP compatible, whereas the original isn't. It seems to work fine on XP with the occasional crash if you double-click on the mouse (which makes the character run) too much.

This is actually a far better game than its sequel (Dreamfall) and is great value.

A wonderful journey
Let me first start by saying that until I played this game, I really wasn't into point-and-click adventure. I saw a review in PCGamer about Dreamfall - the sequel to The Longest Journey - and really liked the look of it. Having the mindset that I do, I had to own TLJ first, as I cannot bear missing parts of a story. I took the (for me) slightly hesitant step of hunting it down on eBay, and was not disappointed.

The story of TLJ is absolutely brilliant - I won't go into it here, as that's what the manufacturer's description is for. It is enough to say that from beginning to end, I was hooked, even to the point where I was playing quite late at night, which I don't often do. You really get a feel for the worlds you are in, and all of your actions feel like they have a purpose.

The graphics are very good for their time, and the voice-acting suits the characters really well. The cinematics and conversations are consistent and really help the story along. My only gripe with this game was that a couple of the puzzles felt slightly awkward and didn't seem to have a logical thought-process to work out the solution (the scenario where you either resort to looking at a guide or trying to use every object with something on the screen until it works). However, these are very minor, and did not affect my opinion of the game.

I would recommend this game to anyone who likes a good story and who likes to feel a part of it. It is a very long game, but it is by no means too long - I would have liked a little more! Also, if you enjoy this, look at Dreamfall - it isn't as good as TLJ, but it continues the story.

a brilliant game
I really, really loved this game. I found the story fascinating, charming and at times witty and funny. The game is excellent value for money, it is not called the longest journey for nothing and it takes a while to get through the thirteen chapters. If you like a cassic point and click adventure game you will really enjoy this game it has a charming story, stunning scenery and puzzles of a ranging difficulty.