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  1. There is a demo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative · on Funcom No Longer Making Offline Games

    The first link on the navigation bar on the official Dreamfall webpage says "free trial". You can supposedly download the game as a bittorrent, and if you decide to purchase it, you just need to unlock it. (I haven't tried. I'd really like to, but I don't have a computer with a good enough graphics card.)

  2. Re:A good start... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on LucasArts Reaffirms Commitment to All Consoles

    Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
    http://dreamfall.com

  3. Today's reality-Modern Talkies. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Interactive Fiction Then and Now

    "Brain hurts from too much reading. Must click graphics..."

    Then you'd hate this or this game then.

  4. Re:Adventure games by Drooling+Iguana · · Score: 1 · on 10 Next-Generation Franchise Comebacks

    Well, The Longest Journey is getting a http://dreamfall.com/sequel in a few months, although it looks to be more of an action/adventure hybrid than a true adventure game.

  5. Re:As an adventure gamer myself by Jakeypants · · Score: 1 · on A Critique of The State of Adventure Gaming

    I agree. All of those games you listed are great. I found myself recently playing through some other greats: The Longest Journey, Syberia 1 and 2, Shivers 2, Bioforge, and some others. I'm REALLY looking forward to Dreamfall (The Longest Journey 2).

    I've found that adventure games are the only games that really give me a feel for character development, and they're also the only games that can make female characters sexy to me (which is generally because they're the opposite of the huge-tittied Lara Croft types, and instead very human, well-developed characters).

  6. Are there ANY fans? by Anthony+Boyd · · Score: 4, Interesting · on Independent Adventure Gaming Gets June Update
    Wow. A single comment for this entire article/post? I guess the adventure gaming genre must really be uninteresting to many. Personally, I am looking forward to a (big) adventure game: Dreamfall. This is the sequel to The Longest Journey. In Dreamfall, you have visions of your world being destroyed, and have to track down April Ryan to help. April is the heroine from the first game.

    Of course, it's not an independent game -- it's by Funcom. But it's getting funded by the Norwegian Film Fund, so that's an interesting/artistic influence. And they are changing the game from "adventure" to "action-adventure." Every hardcore role-player knows that "action-RPG" typically means "dumbed-down for the masses." It's the difference between Planescape: Torment, and Diablo 2. But, in the case of adventure games, a little action will help pull me in. Some of the Zorks remain unsolved, still installed on my Win 98se computer -- partly because the puzzles are so puzzling. One of the advantages of Dreamfall's "action" influence appears to be multiple solutions to a puzzle, and the option to use force if you get stuck. If they do it right, this could be one of the first adventure games I finish without a cheatbook. I would really like that.

    In relation to some of the links in the original article, I would mention that A Case of the Crabs is great, I'm playing it now. Thanks for the pointer!

  7. Re:Woo and yay by ctellefsen · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Fan-made Maniac Mansion 256 Color Remake
    Luckily, there are still adventure games being made.

    Funcom is currently making the adventure game Dreamfall, which is the sequel to The Longest Journey.