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Old 05-10-2008, 06:58 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by kitkatrpn View Post
Unfortunately I lost interest after that cause I'm too lame to get passed them
That part was the worst, but it was not unbearable. I just saved often, and reloaded as soon as I was spotted. Ah, I think I used a walkthrough too, with no regrets.

About this "series": I think TLJ had some great elements in it, despite its many flaws. These flaws are, btw, shared by many AGs, that's why I think TLJ is more popular among hard-core AGamers.

Dreamfall has a much better story, and is a better game overall, great imho. But it departed from standard AGs, in some ways that were sometimes not well implemented (e.g. fights). That made it more unpopular among AGamers, but probably a newcomer would like it better than TLJ.

In short: I think TLJ is good, Dreamfall is great --- beacuse of the story. BTW, I have a rule of thumb to decide whether a game has good writing or not. Take a part of it that reduces to "pure" story. The stories April reads or is told in Arcadia: rubbish! Dreamfall's Faith log entries: ok! (A good example: Torment's side stories: amazing!)
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