90
This particular game is a joy and has a story that has a conclusion that is worth the time and effort. It might not please all fans of its prequels due to its obscure time-hopping scenes, but even they should love the final catch-all scene. It is an excellent entry to the universe and a fantastic addition to the PS4 catalogue, and will leave most hoping for another game in the future.
70
Dreamfall Chapters isn’t for everybody, but it’s a must for anyone who’s played the previous games, specifically Dreamfall. The story picks up where that left off, while concluding the tale The Longest Journey began decades ago. Ironically, though the plot itself is about balance, the game has difficulties balancing its gameplay style. Although modern third-person adventuring and old-school logic puzzles are both implemented, neither is particularly impressive. Luckily, the overall plot is exciting and deep enough to warrant its 25+ hour runtime. As long as you’re okay with jumping into a story in progress, it’s a worthy journey to take and a compelling dream to fall into.
76
Worth a look for fans of adventure games, with the caveat that the first few hours are a tad slow but, if you persevere, there’s a more than rewarding payoff waiting for you at the end.
9
I was impressed by Tørnquist's continuing ability to create living worlds with vibrant characters. He should work on his dialogue skills, I'll admit, but overall I sort of miss being part of that world whenI was playing. ("You should play it again!" You may say. True, but it's a long game.) A few things werea tad frustrating. The way the three story streams, Zoe's, Kian's, and Saga's only connect at the very end. I wanted to know more about Sage! As usual, Tørnquist overscoped and he has to minimize one branch of his story. Zoe was great, but a bit less amazing than in Dreamfall. Still, she was conflicted in ways that made me care about her. The one who blew me away was Kian. I just wanted, and still want, to tear him out of the screen and hope that he will marry me. His decisions are truly difficult ones. His identity is fascinating, and his voice is just so sexy! His "frenemy" Likho is one of the most wonderful characters I've seen in anything from any type of media. There's a whole section where Likho's presence is conditional on a player choice and I'm still glad that I got him to come along. The moment of that specific choice actually contains what I think is one of the most memorable dialogue exchanges in the whole game: "Curse you, Kian Alvane!" "Why?" "Because you give me no reason to hate you!" "How about the fact that I killed your father in front of you?" "Yes, apart from that." I'll admit that I want to tear Likho out of the screen Even more than I want to do it with Kian. I have a thing for very rugged, emotionally conflicted men. And on the matter of interesting men (and women), this is one of the most, if not THE most LGBTQ+-friendly game I can think of. Very close is the first game in the series, The Longest Journey.
5
I loved from the first part, I streamed it on my youtube To go back watching it like a series ️ ****/playlist?list=PL-e3JXbW4ZhMpp0kx0q5wxA6mXHmbUCgd
6
Very good game, the intertwined story is complex, and based on good solid ideas, the gameplay is good, and choices system is decent.
Dreamfall Chapters
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May 12, 2017
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Apr 30, 2018
90
This particular game is a joy and has a story that has a conclusion that is worth the time and effort. It might not please all fans of its prequels due to its obscure time-hopping scenes, but even they should love the final catch-all scene. It is an excellent entry to the universe and a fantastic addition to the PS4 catalogue, and will leave most hoping for another game in the future.
Jun 1, 2017
76
Worth a look for fans of adventure games, with the caveat that the first few hours are a tad slow but, if you persevere, there’s a more than rewarding payoff waiting for you at the end.
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Sep 22, 2020
10
Good story!!!!!!!
Gameplay is not good but is'nt bad either!
Give it a try you wont regret this
May 17, 2017
10
The story here is one of the best there is in gaming. Games like this prove that games are a credible medium of strong storytelling. Gameplay is nothing too special and graphics are normal but that's fine because the art direction and the aesthetic are top of the line. This is a re-release of the PC version and runs just about as well as that one. As great as this game is, it's a pretty hard sell for those who have already played it. However if you haven't played this game then I highly recommend it.
May 29, 2017
70
Although Dreamfall Chapters fills in the checklist for an adventure story game, it still leaves some room for improvement. The game is good overall, but just don't expect it to be a dream come true.
May 23, 2017
70
Dreamfall Chapters´ episodic storyline have some great moments, but gameplay is too simple and puzzles are not well balanced. Technical aspects (except for the main character models) are poor.
May 5, 2017
70
Dreamfall Chapter is a complete collection ported on Ps4 and Xbox One of the episodic adventures published on Pc starting from 2014, set in the marvelous world of the Longest Journey saga. The nice adventure game is supported by amazing storytelling and top notch art direction, but unfortunately is technically mediocre, and this fact is made more evident due to a not so great console porting. If you loved April Ryan and Zoë Castillo journeys, you need, no, you actually MUST play this game, but if it’s your first travel in the reigns of Stark and Arcadia, well… this is not the right chapter to start from.
May 11, 2017
40
Dreamfall Chapters stays true to the adventure genre it embraced in 1999, but sticking to the same approach in 2017 means it feels a little past its prime.
Apr 28, 2024
9
I was impressed by Tørnquist's continuing ability to create living worlds with vibrant characters. He should work on his dialogue skills, I'll admit, but overall I sort of miss being part of that world whenI was playing. ("You should play it again!" You may say. True, but it's a long game.) A few things werea tad frustrating. The way the three story streams, Zoe's, Kian's, and Saga's only connect at the very end. I wanted to know more about Sage! As usual, Tørnquist overscoped and he has to minimize one branch of his story. Zoe was great, but a bit less amazing than in Dreamfall. Still, she was conflicted in ways that made me care about her. The one who blew me away was Kian. I just wanted, and still want, to tear him out of the screen and hope that he will marry me. His decisions are truly difficult ones. His identity is fascinating, and his voice is just so sexy! His "frenemy" Likho is one of the most wonderful characters I've seen in anything from any type of media. There's a whole section where Likho's presence is conditional on a player choice and I'm still glad that I got him to come along. The moment of that specific choice actually contains what I think is one of the most memorable dialogue exchanges in the whole game: "Curse you, Kian Alvane!" "Why?" "Because you give me no reason to hate you!" "How about the fact that I killed your father in front of you?" "Yes, apart from that." I'll admit that I want to tear Likho out of the screen Even more than I want to do it with Kian. I have a thing for very rugged, emotionally conflicted men. And on the matter of interesting men (and women), this is one of the most, if not THE most LGBTQ+-friendly game I can think of. Very close is the first game in the series, The Longest Journey.
Dec 23, 2019
7
Art can be very much about entertaining ideas without embracing them. Shadowrun intentionally is a cesspool of criminality and gross politics and this Dreamfall kind of reminds me of that in some ways. The playable characters have deep serious character flaws and personality defects. The optimization and performance is crap. With a very low frame rate compounded by the camera movement that is almost vomit inducing. The art style is nice, but the game play and puzzles was nothing really challenging while being fairly generic. The story, writing, characters just unsophisticated stereotypical positions on low brow new age political trash talking points. This could of been almost good with a bit more balanced writing.
Jul 7, 2019
7
The story is great to get through and the game has a nice length. Each Book is fairly long so you get your money's worth. Your choices also matter quite a bit (unlike with telltale games). My only criticisms are that there's some SJW influence here that seems very forced by the developers. The graphics are also mixed. Sometimes they're absolutely amazing, especially with Zoe. But there are some character models that look awful. One character with red hair has POORLY done hair. It' not even 3D! From the side it's just flat. When you see it you'll understand. I get that this was crowdfunded but poorly animated stuff like that makes some characters out of place in this game.
Dec 4, 2020
6
Very good game, the intertwined story is complex, and based on good solid ideas, the gameplay is good, and choices system is decent.
May 13, 2018
0
Your choices seemingly don't matter much, cringeworthy/confusing dialogues quite often, and a SJW agenda storyline. You don't need to tell me how being gay is acceptable 400 times in the game and how genocide is bad 400 times in the game, I'm aware. Focus more on the storyline and actual choices instead of shoehorning politics the whole game, thanks. If you're a fan of the whole game being about: teenage lesbians, women empowerment, and racism/bigotry is bad m'kay... this is the game for you.
SummaryDreamfall Chapters continues and concludes the gripping story of Zoe Castillo, the Dreamer.
