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zabrak · 06-06-2010, 05:38 PM

I consider myself a fan of the genre, so I was surprised to discover that I had never heard of The Longest Journey before flipping through the Steam catalog today. The reviews I've read are nearly universally glowing, though every once in a while I find one that's fairly negative. So I downloaded the demo (seems to be a chapter from the middle, on the boat with the oncoming Chaos Storm), and I have to say I was pretty unimpressed. The negative reviews seemed to be fairly on-point regarding sloppy puzzle design, slow conversational pacing, and general aimlessness.

But I can't get over how many reviews describe this as one of the best games ever, and a quick perusal of these forums makes it seem like it's held in high regards here, too.

So since reviews in a vacuum seem not to be helping, I was hoping y'all could provide comparisons of TLJ to two of my favorites from the genre, Monkey Island 2 and Gabriel Knight 1. I think that'll help me peg where this game's at a lot better.

Thanks in advance.

06-06-2010, 05:38 PM	#1
zabrak Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 1	Longest Journey comparisons I consider myself a fan of the genre, so I was surprised to discover that I had never heard of The Longest Journey before flipping through the Steam catalog today. The reviews I've read are nearly universally glowing, though every once in a while I find one that's fairly negative. So I downloaded the demo (seems to be a chapter from the middle, on the boat with the oncoming Chaos Storm), and I have to say I was pretty unimpressed. The negative reviews seemed to be fairly on-point regarding sloppy puzzle design, slow conversational pacing, and general aimlessness. But I can't get over how many reviews describe this as one of the best games ever, and a quick perusal of these forums makes it seem like it's held in high regards here, too. So since reviews in a vacuum seem not to be helping, I was hoping y'all could provide comparisons of TLJ to two of my favorites from the genre, Monkey Island 2 and Gabriel Knight 1. I think that'll help me peg where this game's at a lot better. Thanks in advance.