nedeľa 10. februára 2013

Dreamfall Chapters


I'm over-excited! Few days back I got a message about a new game of The Longest journey series. Developers shared a post on kickstarter the 8th of february about the new project with an inicial budget od $850,000. And in a few days they've achieved over $500,000 so I'm looking forward to it!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redthread/dreamfall-chapters-the-longest-journey


Just in few words about this amazing game - The longest journey is an adventure (point and click) developed by a Norwegian studio Funcom. For me it will always be one of the most amazing games I've ever played. It was also one of the games of my "mature" childhood.


I've been into games since I can remember, having all kind of platforms, even the really old ones with a massive joystick where you could just jump with a frog and eat bugs all the time.. Then came Mario and so on.. But The Longest journey was a game I played in a time when I started to think like an adult and much more responsible. I wasn't a so called problem child, but my personality was changing constantly due to any problem which crossed my path. It could be anything - a bit of bullying in school, family problems and so on. My parents didn't have so much time for me because they had to work and I also have a younger sibling and I was kind of put aside. I don't blame them or anything but a kid can be sensitive and take it very personally.
Everybody deals with it differently - some kids starts smoking, drinking, become arrogant and ignorant.. I was a quiet child. I just shut myself into another world. I drew a lot, played by myself, I practically didn't need anybody. And when I think about it I don't even know. I've became very independent. But still my self-confidence was on a point of freezing (and it is until now). But instead of becoming a wreck some games taught me how to be pleased with myself and about real priorities in life. I bet I sound like an idiot but that's just how I feel. Of course my family and enviroment had a big part in it as well.


But The Longest Journey came in a great time. Me and my brother were spending a lot of time at grandparents house because our parents had to work. But except of my brother there were also another little children and I was once again cost aside. My grandpa is an (only) adventure player and it was him who showed me the game. He protested first because it's not a game for kids, but I was mature for my age, so he let me play it on his computer and I fell for the main character April, an art student (now it can sound kind of cliche, but for me as an artistic child she became an idol) restoring the balance between two universes - Arcadia and Stark, magic and science. And I can't forget Crow! Oh, good old crow.
But the most important thing for me in games is a story. It was so moving and beautiful and left deep emotions in my young heart that still remains there.


Sequel for TLJ was a Dreamfall. To be honest, I enjoyed it but it left things unfinished and I wasn't sure how should I feel about the end (don't want to spoiler). What dissappointed me a bit was "new" April. I can understand the change in her character and why is that but it changet my point of view a bit.
I hope in Dreamfall Chapters they'll bring back the good old feeling about the game and create an epic masterpiece.

 Maybe dreams will not fall but become true...

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