If something it's old, doesn't mean it's not good, i used to play this back in the days it was released, but sadly wasn't able to complete the entire story, now i finally did it, and i must say i missed out lots of nice things, join April on her longest journey, meet many strange people and creatures that you can't even immagine, in a fantasy world, this game is filled with fun, it's worth to be bought and played.

Upon completing the Longest Journey, I wasn't surprised it constantly gets ranked in top PC game lists.

Clocking in at a solid 25 hours, it will keep you entertained for quite a while. You do have to put yourself into the Click and Point Adventure mindset however, as it is by no means, a fast paced game. It's more like an interactive book.

The game for me shined the most in its dialogue. Nearly every character has an incredibly natural enunciation rarely found in games. It gives you a stronger connection with them, and helps you believe every word.

The next best parts of the Longest Journey was its story and variety of characters. It takes place in the 23rd century Venice, and gives a fascinating perspective of the past, present, and future. With a story as interesting as this, that's all I can really say without spoiling anything.
The characters feature a wide range of tallent and personallity, which makes them so interesting to talk to. By the first sentence someone utters, you already know what kind of person he/she is, and how he/she is going to treat you, it really is that detailed.

For a game stuck in 640x480 resolution, it is full of very detailed and beautiful scenery. 3D objects are pretty pixelated and jaggy, and are probably the thing that aged the worst. Some up-resing would benefit The Longest Journey pretty well, but I quickly became lost in everything else it had to offer, that the quality rarely bothered me.

The puzzles as well can be pretty cryptic. I had to look up a guild many times to figure out what to do next. That didn't bother me too much either, but it would have been nice if the main character gave hits on what to do.

I am currently working through the sequel, Dreamfall, which early on already has reoccuring characters and locations, and because it came out 6 years after the first, it's nice to see things in better detail.

If you want a less action oriented experience that feels like a mix of an interactive painting and a best selling novel, I highly recommend picking up the double pack. With a promising 3rd installment in the works, how can you go wrong?

One of the best games I have ever played.

I know many people consider this game a classic. And I can absolutely see why. The game is very story-heavy, it is a point and click, so it does mean you have to find certain objects/ click on certain things for your character to know what to do, etc etc - which can be sometimes a bit of a pain in the ♥♥♥, but that's like that in all PnC's. I do not think it's a bad thing to look up what to do in a point and click, if you get stuck. I see the story as the most valuable thing in games like this, however it is rewarding to solve the "problems" by yourself of course, sometimes you may just have forgotten what to do, and you find yourself running around looking everywhere, because you forgot that you told some guy that you were going to meet him at some place at that time. I have not yet completed the game in the writing of this, I'm only half way through, if I play it in the most general phase. The game is supposed to be around 20 hours long, and I'm around 10 hours into it right now, so, yeah. Anyway, I feel like writing it now, because it would avoid potential spoilers, and I'm loving the game "already".

As already mentioned, it is pretty long, I prefer the 4 hour long games before the 20 hour ones, even if it may be worth it sometimes, that's juat a general way of speaking, that I like 4 hour long games more. This game is absolutely marvelous, and the solutions to the "problems" are most of the time logical and not so stupid that you won't understand what to do at all, most of the time atleast. As said before, I don't think it's a bad thing to check walkthroughs if you get stuck in agame like this. The story is AMAZING! And I may not be s cuker for fantasy and all what this game now is (Not going to spoil anything... but the store page does have a screenshot of the first area you are in, which has a dragon in it...) but the story, and everything, is gloriously great.

The graphics are horrible to say the least, and francly, it lags pretty much (Or maybe, games were like this 13 years ago) all the time in cutscenes, and you do have black bars, and the steam overlay doesn't work, so if you want to chat, you have to alt - tab out of the game, and when you renenter the game is completely black, and you have to click on something (like the options screen) and reenter to make everything work again.

But any cons that it has, is just because it's an old game, and I can say, that well. It's all worth it, the story, is glorious. And since it's this old, it's very CHEAP, and you should probably pick the Longest Journey: Dreamfall up too, do it on some sale, get both of them in that pack, it will be very cheap, and very much worth it. I will play dreamfall when I'm done with this one, I'm sure it will be just as great, I've only heard great things about both of them.

UPDATE (after completion of the game): Graphical lag or animation lag seems to not be a problem anymore, either it went away, or I got used to it. It doesn't matter. The story was good, but the game was a bit long, a bit too long for my persoanl preferance. The ending was not very great if you ask me... But it wasn't that bad either. It's definately worth playing, if you haven't already. THe puzzles are very hard, and I cheated/ checked a walkthrough on most of them, simply because I don't care for the puzzles, I only care for the story. A big con was however the very long animations, for example just watch a dude walk over the entire screen for 2 minutes....... That animation could have been a bit quicker don't hyou think? Well, that's just a minor downside, which should not make you not play it. GO PLAY IT!

With more than 25+ hours of adventure, The Longest Journey certainly lives up to its title--man this game is long winded. Overall, this is a fantastic fantasy point-and-click adventure, although the beginning doesn't really do a good job at being captivating so I'm sure a lot of players quit prematurely never actually giving it a chance. I also got a little fatigued near the end as well, but by that time there was no way I was bailing out. Now I'm actually getting excited to play the sequel and also to learn about the upcoming 3rd episode due in 2014.

The one sad part is the game can only be played at 640x480 resolution and the graphics and animations did not age well making for some serious sore eyes. Thankfully, the story more than made up for it--absolutely classic.