Dreamfall

ghoohg

Has anybody heard Anything about the Dreamfall series of games? The two games that I know about (dreamfall for PC and dreamfall the longest journey for pc and xbox) were awesome but they came out a long time ago and there was a huge cliffhanger at the end of the second one. Can anyone help me find info on any new games in the series?

muninn

There were promises of episodic content, but to date nothing concrete came out about it.

Blackjack

Those are the same game, dude.

The two games in the series are The Longest Journey, and Dreamfall. There aren't any other games for the series so far.

Wicked Uncle Ernie

The Longest Journey is perpetually installed on my computer, but I've never finished it. It is quite interesting, and I'd like to finish it off, but i can't get the gfx to letterbox properly on my monitor and the stretched everything drives me nuts.

Legba

I loved Dreamfall, but the cliffhanger was a pain in the ass. The only thing I know of sequel-wise is the aforementioned episodic stuff, which so far is vaporware. FunCom are working on another MMO called The Secret World at the moment. Maybe they'll do a sequel once that's out; I wouldn't expect anything before then.

Elitistb

"Stop! Hands up! Do the monkey!"

ghoohg

well, heres hoping they work on doing more on this series it was great (I am still creeped out sometimes when I hear the girl say "find april ryan, save april ryan") maybe we should sign a petition or something


@ blackjack
sorry, It had said dreamfall so on the link and i hit copy link location without looking
@ Elitistb STFU MORON

JRosey

I want to play Dreamfall with my girly lady. Can we start from there or will we be confuzled without playing the first one?

freakish light

Legba wrote: »

I loved Dreamfall, but the cliffhanger was a pain in the ass. The only thing I know of sequel-wise is the aforementioned episodic stuff, which so far is vaporware. FunCom are working on another MMO called The Secret World at the moment. Maybe they'll do a sequel once that's out; I wouldn't expect anything before then.

That's what we said when they were developing Age of Conan. It doesn't appear to have worked.

freakish light

JRosey wrote: »

I want to play Dreamfall with my girly lady. Can we start from there or will we be confuzled without playing the first one?

Well, actually it starts from the perspective of someone new and only tangentially touches on parts of the old story, but you really want the context of revisiting those old locations and seeing what happens to all of the characters.

Why not just play Longest Journey first?

cj iwakura

I liked Dreamfall way more than Longest Journey, and it's also aged better, but TLJ is still good and you really should play it first.

Mr Fuzzbutt

It's a pity TLJ had that puzzle with the rubber duck and the clamp. Most of the puzzles actually made some degree of sense, but that's the one that everyone remembers.

FireWeasel

Mr Fuzzbutt wrote: »

It's a pity TLJ had that puzzle with the rubber duck and the clamp. Most of the puzzles actually made some degree of sense, but that's the one that everyone remembers.

Ironically, I don't remember that at all. And I loved TLJ though to be fair I played it upon its European release.

Addendum: I didn't much care for Dreamfall.

Blackjack

Dreamfall would have been so much better without the retarded stealth and combat sections.

I mean, it wasn't bad and I liked it more than a lot of people, but holy shit did those parts suck.

Rucio

freakish light wrote: »

Legba wrote: »

I loved Dreamfall, but the cliffhanger was a pain in the ass. The only thing I know of sequel-wise is the aforementioned episodic stuff, which so far is vaporware. FunCom are working on another MMO called The Secret World at the moment. Maybe they'll do a sequel once that's out; I wouldn't expect anything before then.

That's what we said when they were developing Age of Conan. It doesn't appear to have worked.

And I am spiteful for this. There needs to be some rule about cliffhanger endings in games. Only if the sequels are already picked up for publishing, or some such thing.

Santa Claustrophobia

Rucio wrote: »

freakish light wrote: »

Legba wrote: »

I loved Dreamfall, but the cliffhanger was a pain in the ass. The only thing I know of sequel-wise is the aforementioned episodic stuff, which so far is vaporware. FunCom are working on another MMO called The Secret World at the moment. Maybe they'll do a sequel once that's out; I wouldn't expect anything before then.

That's what we said when they were developing Age of Conan. It doesn't appear to have worked.

And I am spiteful for this. There needs to be some rule about cliffhanger endings in games. Only if the sequels are already picked up for publishing, or some such thing.

The rule should be that developers should never implement something without a guarantee that the game will merit the idea. The two biggest offenders are usually cliffhanger endings and multiplayer achievements.

Also, if you do create something which people look forward to a follow-up, then don't focus your resources on some other project.

Denis Dyack never wrote:

Oh, hey! People liked Eternal Darkness! Alright, we'll do a follow up.

Right after we finish up this super-duper awesometastic trilogy of games! And fuck those who don't like it.

ghoohg

I think the worst part about the cliffhanger is

wondering if they are both still alive, I mean one of them gets stabbed if I remember correctly and the other is off in some creepy place telling storys to a weird guy...

so yeah, if a publisher does a cliffhanger they should drop evrything theyre doing and GET WORKING ON THE NEXT GAME

Eight Rooks

Dreamfall was a terrible, terrible game and would have worked better as an interactive picturebook. Godawful combat, terrible stealth sections, horribly easy puzzles... and the story really wasn't anything like as deep and intelligent as Funcom repeatedly made it out to be. Still, I do admire Ragnar Tornqvist. Anyone trying to push honest-to-God storytelling in videogames is worth cheering in my book, and it's a shame his games aren't that great because they do have some absolutely stunning setpieces every now and then and take some fairly daring narrative risks. Which is generally enough to keep me playing, so, eh... it just about balances out, I suppose.

Igort

Wicked Uncle Ernie wrote: »

The Longest Journey is perpetually installed on my computer, but I've never finished it. It is quite interesting, and I'd like to finish it off, but i can't get the gfx to letterbox properly on my monitor and the stretched everything drives me nuts.

Yeah, this is the postion I'm in. It's on my PC, I just need to get the willpower to play it through. I bought the box set they released with both games, as well as an art book and OST for Dreamfall purely because it was cheap, and a friend said it was pretty good. Hoping that wasn't too bad a decision.

GuyMontag

Dreamfall's mechanics were pretty awful, but it's important to remember that it was an adventure game first and foremost. The story was intriguing, and that's generally why it received high ratings.

And funcom made it? That makes me sad. I was hoping for the cliffhanger actually being concluded.

Cherrn

I loved Dreamfall. The fact that I hardly even remember the combat/stealth is at least an attribute to the fact that I didn't consider it terrible enough to have ruined the game. Which is something, I suppose.

I still think it is one of the most visually astonishing adventure games out there. But if you consider how that game played out, I think it's a miracle it even existed. Hence why making the next "chapters" is such a challenge. Man, they should just ship Ragnar over to Telltale and get cracking on it.

Cade

Does this game play better with a game pad then without on the PC because trying to do so without one was clumsy at best.

PolloDiablo

I loved those games. It's a shame funcom would rather go balls deep in shitty mmos than continue a good series.

Cliffhangers should be outlawed in video games. They work better on something where there isn't a few years and $60 between finding out what happens. I defy anyone to point out an example of a good cliffhanger in a video game.

Fuck funcom, fuck Tornquist.

Cherrn

PolloDiablo wrote: »

I defy anyone to point out an example of a good cliffhanger in a video game.

I really like Half-Life 2's ending, though I suppose I'm in the minority there.

Erm... Soul Reaver?

PolloDiablo

I'm not sure if I'd consider HL2 a cliffhanger or not. It just ended badly.

I've never played Soul Reaver, though, so maybe it was good and I just missed it.

Blackjack

I don't consider it a cliffhanger ending, really. I mean, I know it is, technically, but since we may never see another game, just think of it as:

Everyone dies, badguys win, world ends.

Santa Claustrophobia

ghoohg wrote: »

I think the worst part about the cliffhanger is

wondering if they are both still alive, I mean one of them gets stabbed if I remember correctly and the other is off in some creepy place telling storys to a weird guy...

so yeah, if a publisher does a cliffhanger they should drop evrything theyre doing and GET WORKING ON THE NEXT GAME

No, that's pretty much how it ended.

Though, I think...

...given that Dreamfall didn't pick up squarely where TLJ ended, I wouldn't expect a DF sequel to be so convenient. If anything, it would probably focus on the warrior dude since the game had so little to do with him.

Dreamfall ended in a good spot. The developer? Not so much.

Legba

freakish light wrote: »

Legba wrote: »

I loved Dreamfall, but the cliffhanger was a pain in the ass. The only thing I know of sequel-wise is the aforementioned episodic stuff, which so far is vaporware. FunCom are working on another MMO called The Secret World at the moment. Maybe they'll do a sequel once that's out; I wouldn't expect anything before then.

That's what we said when they were developing Age of Conan. It doesn't appear to have worked.

I don't have my hopes up specifically so that when FunCom announce the sequel, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

Vegan

Cade wrote: »

Does this game play better with a game pad then without on the PC because trying to do so without one was clumsy at best.

Yes, it's pretty apparent that it was made with the Xbox controller in mind.

Blackjack

I thought it controlled pretty well on the PC. Maybe it was my magical left handed setup.