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Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox, Xbox 360 • 2007

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Quick resume

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, winner of multiple E3 awards as the best game in its genre, is the continuation of a saga that began in the award-winning The Longest Journey, considered to be one of the finest adventure games ever made.

Global score

84/100

Genres

Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Puzzle

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    Pros

    • Engaging and complex story
    • Rich character development
    • Immersive fantasy and sci-fi worlds
    • Excellent voice acting and music
    • Multiple playable characters with intersecting narratives

    Cons

    • Clunky and unintuitive controls
    • Poorly implemented combat and stealth
    • Linear and sometimes tedious gameplay
    • Lack of puzzle challenge
    • Unfinished story with cliffhanger ending

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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      "The puzzles are simple and easy, providing some light challenge but mostly straightforward gameplay."

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    • Competition

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      "The game focuses entirely on personal story and self-discovery without any competitive elements."

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    • Continuation

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      "Players often engage in long sessions to absorb story and atmosphere, though pacing is slow and some find it tedious."

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    • Cooperation

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      "Single-player experience focused on individual narrative without multiplayer or cooperative gameplay."

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    • Creativity

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      "Players can explore and uncover story elements in different ways; however, gameplay follows a linear structure with limited creative input."

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    • Domination

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      "Interactions are cooperative and story-driven with no emphasis on dominance or superiority over others."

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      "Interactions are balanced and story-driven with no emphasis on exerting control or superiority over others."

    • Escapism

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      5

      "Strong escapism through immersive sci-fi story, emotional engagement, and character-driven narrative."

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      "Strong escapism through immersive storytelling, fantasy and sci-fi worlds, and emotional narrative."

    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily driven by interest in story and characters, not obligation or external pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Some exploration of secrets and character voices, but gameplay largely follows established routines."

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    • Exploration

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      "Players explore multiple distinct areas, revisit locations, find secrets and lore; world is large but somewhat linear"

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    • Expression

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      "Limited character customization; focus is on narrative and environment rather than self-expression."

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    • Fantasy

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      "Strong fantasy and sci-fi elements with imaginative characters, magic, and settings."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Primarily a solitary experience with minimal social interaction or community involvement."

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    • Growth

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      "Players experience character development and story progression, learning more about the narrative and characters."

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      "Players experience character development and story progression, learning about the world and its lore."

    • Health

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      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or health-related features."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention on story, combat, and exploration; not designed for casual or background play."

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      "Requires focused attention on story and exploration; not designed for casual or background play."

    • Intimacy

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      "Emotional connection to characters and story, though no social or relationship mechanics."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players follow scripted narratives and character arcs without leading or managing others."

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    • Progression

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      "Progression is narrative-based with some item collection and story advancement, not resource or power accumulation."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Generally a calm, atmospheric experience with moments of tension in story."

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    • Sensation

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      2

      "Visual and auditory elements create a pleasant atmosphere but sensory stimulation is moderate and subtle."

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    • Status

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      "No social status or recognition systems; focus is on individual story experience."

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    • Story

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      5

      "Highly narrative-driven with deep lore, character development, and interconnected plotlines across multiple games."

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      "Central to the game; rich, complex narrative with multiple characters and intertwining plots."

    • Strategy

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      -2

      "Minimal strategic or problem-solving demands; puzzles are simple and gameplay straightforward."

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    • Thrill

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      "Some suspense and emotional tension in story, but overall controlled and predictable emotional flow."

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Intimacy, Survival, Violence, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Experimenting, Fellowship.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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