Dreamfall Chapters | Book 2 coming 10th of March

The Watching Artist wrote:I hope Mocky finished it.

I did. It was fantastic. I couldn't really get into Dreamfall as it was quite a departure from TLJ. I just felt like I wanted it to be a 2D point and click again.

Mockmaster wrote:
The Watching Artist wrote:I hope Mocky finished it.

I did. It was fantastic. I couldn't really get into Dreamfall as it was quite a departure from TLJ. I just felt like I wanted it to be a 2D point and click again.

\o/

Did you finish Dreamfall?

I thought Dreamfall's story was great, but TLJ is still a much better game in pretty much every way. Chapters looks like a good compromise between the two though.

The Watching Artist wrote:
Mockmaster wrote:
The Watching Artist wrote:I hope Mocky finished it.

I did. It was fantastic. I couldn't really get into Dreamfall as it was quite a departure from TLJ. I just felt like I wanted it to be a 2D point and click again.

\o/

Did you finish Dreamfall?

Nope, I'm a few hours in. I plan to give it a renewed push in time for Chapters release.

Mockmaster wrote:
The Watching Artist wrote:
Mockmaster wrote:
The Watching Artist wrote:I hope Mocky finished it.

I did. It was fantastic. I couldn't really get into Dreamfall as it was quite a departure from TLJ. I just felt like I wanted it to be a 2D point and click again.

\o/

Did you finish Dreamfall?

Nope, I'm a few hours in. I plan to give it a renewed push in time for Chapters release.

Ok. I'll probably have to play them again before Chapters as well.

New trailer!

twitter.com/RedThreadGames/status/482554618090881025

Tad let down its going episodic as it means I'll probably end up waiting till all the eps have been released.

This is console exclusive on PS4. Wii U version shelved. :cry:

twitter.com/RedThreadGames/status/499256000407674880

Some 4K screens-

Okay, currently downloading this; hopefully I will get a chance to play some tomorrow. Any thoughts from those who have already played? Over all the previews have been pretty positive.

I am looking forward to hearing your impressions Meep. I can't start this until I have completed Shadow of Mordor.

I played through this a couple of days ago, and it's great to finally be back in Stark.

I'll get the bad points out of the way first though. The first is that you can tell the game wasn't intended to be released episodically in this iteration. It's paced like the start of a long story rather than an episode in a series, and just kind of ends without really resolving anything. This won't be a problem once all the episodes are out and you can play at your own pace, but it's a bit weird in the meantime.

The second issue is that it really doesn't do much to refresh your memory. It's been a long time since Dreamfall came out, and I've forgotten most of it beyond remembering that I really enjoyed it. The episode does refresh some of the broad strokes a little way in, but it also brings in old characters that you're kind of just expected to know. A couple of times I felt a bit uncomfortable making choices when I was so less informed than the character I was playing. On the other hand it's convinced me to start a new playthrough of TLJ and Dreamfall before the next episode comes out, which can't be a bad thing.

Finally it runs like a dog, despite not doing anything apparently technically demanding. It looks fantastic thanks to some superb art direction mind, but there's one location in particular that caused some pretty big framerate drops for me, and my PC is no slouch. Apparently lowering the graphics settings doesn't really help either. This isn't a huge issue seeing as it's not an action game though, but it's a little irritating.

But! It's a great start nontheless. Red Thread have mixed in a touch of Telltale's format into their own to great effect, ending up with a slower, more thoughtful implementation of their decision making stuff. So far there's no point where your pressed for an immediate response, and every option comes with a detailed internal monologue explaining the character's thoughts behind it. That means you're never in a situation where you do something you didn't mean because you misinterpreted a response. The decisions all feel significant too, often in the way they shape your character more than the grand story, which is rather interesting.

The music is excellent too, and I'm looking forward to hearing more. I'll be buying the soundtrack for sure.

It is very pretty. It ran well on my PC (i5 3.8 GHz / GTX760) although I could here it getting quite loud.

I will withhold judgement until I've played through the whole thing but at the moment my main gripe is that the controls are still wonky as hell; just as bad as Dreamfall. I would have thought they would have attuned things more to mouse and keyboard since they should have known that most people would be playing on PC (brought it back to the original LJ controls), but I actually ended up giving up on this half way through the first section and just started using my 360 pad; which works better but is still kind of finicky.

Also, I'm not sure I like Zoe's new voice actress. She is not bad but it's kind of weird hearing an established character change like that.

Last edited by Mogster on Sun Oct 26, 2014 2:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Yeah I switched to a pad quite quickly too. It all runs well enough until you get to Europolis, and then things start taking a dive in places. I've probably made it sound far worse than it really is, seeing as it has no effect on gameplay whatsoever. I have the same processor and a GTX780 incidentally.

EDIT: Videogamer's appraisal is rather good by the way. Maybe don't watch until after you've finished the episode to avoid some minor spoilers.

Thanks for your thoughts Mogster. :wub:

Sounds positive. I really want to play this but I cant do the waiting between eps thing. :lol:

Hopefully by the time the others are out they will have improved the performance a bit and it will give me time to go back and refresh my memory of TLJ and Dreamfall.

Disclaimer; I did actually play through TLJ and Dreamfall last month so I am well versed with the plot and not having a catch up does not bother me at all.

I am somewhat pissed off that both Damien and Olivia were killed off screen, as they were major characters in the last game. Hopefully they aren't really dead and are being held captive somewhere.

Also, regarding April Ryan, is she really actually dead? I have a problem with this, not only because I liked the character, but also because it creates a time paradox as one point in TLG April is helped out by what appears to be an older version of herself.

Can't believe this is finally out, it feels like forever since I played Dreamfall!

I will get it ASAP.

twitter.com/RagnarTornquist/status/526875178115276800

twitter.com/RagnarTornquist/status/527088234158129152

There's a quick official recap on YouTube now. It's really just a story recap so don't expect to get to know the characters better, but it's a good little primer.

Shame it doesn't have more of the original in it but it makes sense not to go overboard.

The Longest Journey reaches iOS- http://www.joystiq.com/2014/10/27/the-longest-journey-completes-its-trip-to-ios-tonight/

Be nice if it ends up on PC to.

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