What Gamespot Users have to say about The Longest Journey
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Rating:9.7
An amazing game that will slowly draw you in until you can't escape.
The Longest Journey is one of the games that will slowly draw you in until you can't escape. The beginning of the game starts off a little slow. You are put in the body of Aprii Ryan, an 18 year old art student without d... Read Full Review
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Rating:8
It could have been a great balance between a movie and a video game. But in the reality, it wasn’t exactly it.
The Longest Journey really had good premises with its stunning graphics and story in its demo. And even though the interactivity was limited, it could have been a great balance between a movie and a videogame. But in the... Read Full Review
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Rating:9.3
Great Story, that gets you into it.
Great story is the main source of pleasure what adventure game can give you. And The Longest Journey has it. Very good graphics for its releasing year (2000), best of all are the backgrounds. First chapters were certain... Read Full Review
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Rating:7.5
Undeniable masterpiece, albeit a flawed one.
To begin with, I've heard that TLJ was originally meant to be a platformer, and its setting - complete with two worlds, one of magic, the other of science, and the Guardian that makes sure they do not interfere with eac... Read Full Review
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Rating:8.8
The longest journey shows how the adventures should be made. Like LucasArts great titles it has a good and long story.
The longest journey is a very nice adventure game, probably the best after LucasArts's great titles and before Syberia. I wonder why, for years, developers and publishers have thought that the adventures were a died gam... Read Full Review
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Rating:7.3
If it wasn´t for the game´s superb voice acting and memorable characters, I probably wouldn´t have finished it.
In the wake of it´s successors release, I thought I should give this one a try. As it has such a high GS score. And although I must admit beforehand that I´m no real adventure fan, I was somewhat disappointed afterwards.... Read Full Review
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Rating:9.7
one of best point-and-click adventure games ever made
Simply put, the longest journey ranks among the top adventure games ever, with a incredibly complex and well developed storyline and colourful characters. The voice acting is superb and the dialogues range from the laug... Read Full Review
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Rating:8.3
A hard game, some of the puzzles are really not intutive but amazing story.
I just started playing this game and it is fun to watch the story unfold but the puzzles are really tough to crack and require a lot and I do mean a lot of thinking. Some of the puzzles span across more than one chapte... Read Full Review
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Rating:9.4
A leading Adventure game that exceeds all others!
The Longest Journey is still one of the few games that has me going back time and time again to exprience it's magical and futuristic journey that made adventure games so engaging. In a time where adventure games are r... Read Full Review
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Rating:7.5
Very promising game, but WAY TOO DIFFICULT for a regular "Monkey Island" fan.
THE LONGEST JOURNEY (2000) Gameplay: 5/10 Graphics: 7/10 Sound: 7/10 ---------------- Moral Values: 6/7 Fun Element: 6/7 Camera: 6/7 Tradicionality: 6/7 Atmosphere: 5/7 MPAA Rating: 6/7 Plot: 6/7 Music: 5/... Read Full Review
2 of 3 users found the following review helpful
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