Yes ,story leaves you wanting more...
I really enjoy these kind of story-driven stories filled with puzzles and weird and wonderful characters (like with all good RPG´s - the Adventure games closest cousin). Once upon a time it was "Kings Quest" that made me wanna play games on the PC.
Well it is now about 11 years since I´ve last played King´s... Are there still hopes for this genre?
My first impression of this game was not a good one. The damn camera! Why is it swinging around like that? It made the first hour of the game a really frustrating experience. Later on, I learned to just use the movement of the character to controll the camera and the issue was resolved.
But now to what is really important - story and characters;
It takes place in the future - hundreds of years from now - after something called "the big collapse"...
The main character of the game is an young (16?) girl named Zoe, who lives at home with her dad and seems bored and tired with everything in life. After a while you get to know that Zoe now has a purpose in her life - to save someone called "April Ryan" (who apparently was the main charater of the first game). Zoe will learn how to travel between her world (called Stark) and an sort of medieval-looking sub-world called Arcadia. In both worlds there are puzzles to be solved, adventures to be had (and long - often a little bit nutty - conversations to be listening through) to take you through the longest journey part 2.
Most of the time I love the ride - good voice-acting makes the characters feel "real" and you tend to like them. But sometimes it just feels like you are watching an interactive movie, that you can´t really be a part of. You want to be able to make more personal choices - and I would have liked a little more problem-solving too.
And all the loose threads just hanging in the air...
But, for some reason, the game caught me and it was sure damn worth the lousy 6 (!) bucks it costed me getting it.
But the ending... :(
A sequel is apparently on it´s way... and I am in fact anxious to play (see) through it.
Until then, sweet dreams sweet Zoe...