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Topia!: Games: Video Games: Adventure: Graphical Adventures: Longest Journey, The: Reviews and Previews (19)
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IGN PC Preview - "The writing in The Longest Journey is a cut above normal gaming fare." Adrenaline Vault Preview - Previewed by Bob Mandel. "There is no forthcoming adventure title I know of that I am anticipating as much as this one." PIB Review - Review of the game split into description, game play hints, gripes, and conclusion. "This is a must have for anyone serious about adventure games." Review by David Tanguay - Rated +5 on -5 to +5 scale. "Everything, including the challenges, works to further the story." Metacritic.com: The Longest Journey - Contains quotes from and links to a variety of game reviews and gives the game an overall score [91/100]. Adrenaline Vault Review - Rated 4.5/5 by Nick Stewart. "It is utterly rife with quality in all areas, as the graphics, sound, music and gameplay all mesh in near-perfect unison to create one of the single most immersive and addictive adventure offerings, ever." Cosmo3D Review - Rated 8/10 by Anders Steinlein. "This is a very good game. It combines a complex, yet very exciting story with excellent graphics and sound." Games Domain Review - Rated 5/5 by Cliff Dagle. "The story is the best I've experienced, the plot is deep and original, and the characters complex and real. The lush backgrounds, lighting and sound complete the package beautifully." EuroGamer Review - "The Longest Journey is an engrossing and highly entertaining adventure game with characters that you can care about, an involving storyline to keep you hooked, and settings and characters that are both beautiful and bizarre." Womengamers Review - Rated 10/10 by Annette Bechamp. Minor puzzle spoilers. "TLJ is fresh right down to the smallest detail, captivating the player in a world that is paradoxically realistic and fantastical at the same time." Quandary Review - Review by Len Green. "TLJ is a masterpiece and one of the best Adventures to be released during the past few years." Strange Horizons Review: The Reluctant Heroine - Review by R Michael Harman. "The Longest Journey may be just the thing to give you hours of entertainment, mystery, and maybe just a little bit of inspiration." Just Adventure Review - Rated A+ by Randy Sluganski. "It is a breakaway game that would be equally effective as a novel on the order of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy or a live-action, special effects-laden Hollywood blockbuster." UHS Review - Rated 5/5 by Jason Strautman. "Easily one of the better adventure games published, bringing together good puzzles, graphics, and story." Stratos Group Review - [4.7/5] "The Longest Journey is hands-down the best adventure game I've played since the glory days of Sierra and LucasArts, and is maybe even better than those." IGN PC Review - Rated 9.3/10. "The Longest Journey delivers a mature, intelligent and amazing adventure." Review by Andrew "Zarf" Plotkin - "If I hadn't spent so much time wincing at the dialogue, muttering about the puzzles, and flat-out bored with the game, I would have said 'Nice game. Large and detailed. Nothing brilliant in there, but entertaining.'" GameSpot Review - Rated 9.3/10 by Ron Dulin. "The Longest Journey is one of the best adventure games in years." 29 screen shots. Reader reviews.
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