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I just finished playing through the game and found this review in an attempt to check via googling that I am not the only person completely dissatisfied with the ending.

I would give a better rating nonetheless. Up until the ending I had a lot of fun with the game, although I'm generally not the biggest fan of adventure games. I really enjoyed the diversity of settings the game put me into. It feels a bit as if I had just watched half of a really good movie: altough I didn't get any resolution I really got involved in the settings and story.

Hi there,

I was wondering if you could help me out with a problem. I trying to "PLAY" a secret melody to go over next level, but Im contantly entering wrong melody. There is 3 options, you know what imean ? Which one shall I choose ?

Best regards

Mahaan.

Ok i just completed this about five minutes ago, and up untill the end chapter or two i was really enjoying this. Nothing that i'd worked for throughout the game actually got resolved, only something that was made apparent ten minutes before the plot closed. There was so much potential there with the worlds and seperate characters, and i feel cheated that nothing was expanded, apart from the endless chatter. Great plot. Terrible ending, absolutely terrible.

Another thing that Zoe failed at, was pursuring a relationship with Damien. He said he'd be heading to Russia if he got away ok, but obviously he didn't reach his destination as it was all there for Zoe to find. I wonder what happened to him? We never even got a hint.

I just finished this so called game. I don't like reading reviews on a game because I never feel they are how I will feel about a game, and I hate writing reviews on a game because I don't want to change peoples mind about a game, but this game is total BS. I just finished it about ten minutes ago and as I saw where it was going my wife had to remind me the computer cannot defend itself. Well thankfully neither can a CD. The game was so much fun to play and I was totally enthralled with the game, but that ending was such crap. I am always one wishing the bad guys would win in the movies, but after the hard work I put into this game I WANTED TO WIN!!! Not even a hint of a sequel to fix everything. In fact with April and her cohorts getting killed, the Apostle being arrested, and a woman who I figure is most likely Zoe's own mother putting her into a coma, well they pretty much sealed any chance for a sequel. Long story short...GREAT GAME CONCEPT DESTROYED BY HORRIBLE ENDING!!!!

I finished the game yesterday and I don't understand the other reviews. I loved every second of the game - the fighting was yes pointless and the puzzles easy - but the story was amazing!

In regards to the ending I was slightly displaced - it wasn't bad - I just wanted more, wanted closure! It's like watching Lost actually.

Makes me want a sequel, lets just hope it doesn't take as long this time. I think that's where the stories will be tied up.

I played both games and loved them. In fact, I replayed TLJ after Dreamfall and enjoyed just as much. I noticed that TLJ had a fantasy element that Dreamfall seemed to lack, though the world of Stark was more interesting this time round.

I understand the need for a sequel (bet April wasn't really killed) and am saddened to read that that Dreamfall didn't do as well as was hoped and is unlikely to get funding for the final installment.

I took my kids to David Copperfield's show "GRAND ILLUSION" in Boise and had the EXACT experience as the person who wrote the original comment on this web site. We only paid $42.75 per ticket and I wouldn't pay $25.00 to see it again. I couldn't have been more dissatisfied. It was obvious to me that he had audience participants who were paid or volunteer actors. It was an extremely low budget show and I was so bummed because I had been looking forward to this show for months. His "tricks" or "magic" were things my kids could do, but I have to admit, the illusions (all 3 or 4 of them) were pretty cool although somewhat low budget as well. We had the opportunity to meet David C. and he was rude, rushed and could care less about his "fans". We asked for an autogtaph and all 5 of us got different scribbles which resembles a scribble a 3 year old would do. He is completely into himself and it shows. I would NEVER see him again. It's a waste of time and money.............

Please tell me why we are not all demanding our money back from that scam artist David Copperfield. I saw him in Dallas last night, front row, 52.00- it was awful! He groped and goggled every young girl he could and that video crap was just nauseating. Isn't live .....uh.....suppose to be live? Can you imagine the arrogance? Like going to see the Eagles and they play you a video of themselves years back doing a really great show....to make up for the fact that you're getting a lame one. CRAZY!

I saw David Copperfield in Salt Lake City March 3, 2007. It was absolutely WONDERFUL! I go to Vegas twice a year and have seen many, many shows. Seems to me most of you missed the point of the distractions and stories. They are distractions, while they are setting up the illusions. Grand illusions probably take a few minutes to set up I imagine. You missed the point about the story of his grandfather, which was foreshadowing of the license plates and the lottery numbers.

None of the assistants were paid participants or pre-planned, as I was one of them! I was SO amazed to be on stage at the end and participate up close and still not be able to figure out how things happened. Salt Lake City is a small venue as I imagine Boise is, thus there is limited capacity for what they can do. That's also why the tickets are HALF the price of Vegas. I paid $120 to see Sigfried and Roy about 7 years ago which was also spectacular, but at $50 in a smaller town that is not an unreasonable price. As just a regular gal who went to David Copperfield's show at the last minute, I thought it was EXCELLENT and have never seen him before. Stop being so jealous that you aren't as rich and famous as he is.

I just finish this game just now...I got it over 2 weeks ago and waited to play it, on my b-day (a few hours ago)... I loved it until it fell apart (tears)...Why did they do this to us (pouts)... I don't think I will ever buy a game made by anyone that backed this game. To screw over people who pay good money... to give us such a trash ending.

Dreamfall - Incredible. Had a lot of fun playing this game. Thought the creators were trying to make a statement. The problems of increasing technology. The evil of blind faith. Helplessness against the media. Anything. And the game had to potential to say any of these things. The only thing it DID manage to say was, "we ran out of money to finish this one," or perhaps, "funny eh, we wrote half a story." It's like I just read the first harry potter but JK Rowling got tired.

By the way I played Dreamfall on xbox and did not know about "The Longest Journey" with April Ryan. Is it any good?

And a couple more things, other than the obvious ones that I've read and agreed with above -

*the game actually starts with a suspendered-fellow in tibet, Brian Westhouse? *after the excruciatingly long credits, there is a scene with westhouse & .. chavez? What?

I don't know what these writers were thinking. So many teasers of mystery and plot to come, and then, poof, credits. I couldn't believe it.

Hello, I need help.

How can past or kill the monster in the caves?

hi, if there are alternate endings, what are they? and you have to sneak past the monsters by hiding behind things and yes, they are doing a sequel. i hope it will give more closure and what exactly is the white dragon's story?

I loved the games, very nice story but it leave too many damn loose ends if there gonna finish a game why the hell do you make the ending so poor, i played this game alot but the puzzles were to easy in my opinion, i was very dissapointed that the end of the game both the main charactors from The longest journey and dreamfall die =/

How true! I saw David Copperfield in Vegas and thought his show sucked. The first 45 minutes were his videos and the grandfather video. he performed for 45 minutes and could not care less about the audience. He is over rated and out of sync with his audience.

Get over it. Most of the criticism of the game is based on the ending. Some of the best literature in the world has a crappy ending - Faust and most Hemingway novels for example. If you enjoyed playing the game, then you enjoyed playing the game even if everything isn't tied into a nice bow at the end. I enjoyed the game greatly, was enthralled by the environments, and liked the fractured storyline. I hope adventure video game designers don't start writing 3d sitcoms.

If you want to buy a happy ending, go to a massage parlor. What's all this about being "screwed over" or the game being a "waste of money" just because the ending was a bit melancholy? Yeesh - why must a story be happy and uplifting to be good? If it moved you, if it affected you or gave you something to think about, then hey, it must have resonated at least a bit. Enjoy the sensation - even sadness can be sweet (especially when it's not really yours).

I recently read your review on David Copperfield's live act and just came back from seeing it at the MGM Grand tonight. The main thing you gripe about is the seemingly pointless filler video and stories he tells. I also get the lame grandfather story along with a completely random out of the blue 5minute video of one of his older more famous tricks. However, did it ever occur to you that the reason he is doing this is to bide time to setup the tricks that follow the stories? The grandfather story preceded a trick where he made a car appear from under a sheet on a small stage no more than 30 yards long. I came into the show expecting these filler segments that all the reviews I've read were complaining about. However, I also noticed that everytime Copperfield does it, the trick that follows is always one that either would seemingly require complex backstage preparation or involve very large objects such as the car.

I saw David Copperfield on February 1, 2008 at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, MS ($60 ticket). I would give the show a 6 out of 10 rating. This is the second time I've seen him perform live. The first time was the "Dreams and Nightmares" show in the same city 10 years prior. I came away 10 years ago totally amazed. As hard as it is for me to admit...I wasn't thrilled with this latest presentation "An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion". Sadly, it lacked heart and showmanship from Copperfield. His illusions were great but he rambled through them and came across as being extremely bored at performing them. His patter was given at break-neck speed and at times almost unintelligible. His attempt to be funny with the "volunteers" was a bit sarcastic at times. I know he's done this show a "bazillion" times but if he's not going to give us 100% then he can't expect another ticket purchase from me....Sorry David.

I pretty much agree with the first comment, Leo, and I want to add that if you let the credits run, it shows Brian Westhouse from the Journeyman before he went to Arcadia doing something completely irrelevant with someone named Chavez. Is it a hint to the sequel? And in the cave with the melody, I was confused on what the pebbles are for.

We just saw his first show of a three-day stop here in Atlanta. I agree that most of the time he seemed like he was on auto pilot with his delivery. The several illusions he did were good and my kids, both under 10, enjoyed the show. But that taped opening montage of how great he is was unnecessary. (a little modesty would go a long way.) We paid $55 for the seats.....tickets were priced at $45 and $55. The video trickery illusion was interesting, although I had read about it on line, which makes me wonder why he said "you can come to my show on another night and it'll be a different person who's dream I make come true." The glaring error in the "live feed" from Perth was that it was around 7:45 AM (5:45 PM in Atlanta) when he first showed the shot, just 45 minutes after sunrise in Perth and the shadows were relatively short. Th sun can't rise that fast! OOPS!

That Chavez is from the first sequel. He was helping April to shift.

I loved this mov...err...game. Yes, the ending was a little disappointing, but you know there's going to be a sequel. Dreamfall itself was a sequel - to The Longest Journey (which I haven't watch...err...played).

TJ: the black blob was the Undreaming, which is what I think the sequel is going to be about - Brian Westhouse fighting to stop the Undreaming. I think most of your other questions will be answered in the sequel. If they don't make it, I'm coming after them. And yea, I agree with you. Faith was the only thing preventing Waticorp from releasing Dreamtime. I'm actually yelling at the screen "Don't do it! It's a trick!" I thought Zoe was smarter than that.

How is this for a theory? The thing Eingana is growing in is the top of the Azadi tower. Remember the storm around it at the end? The two worlds are connected there and that's how dreams are leaking from Stark to Arcadia.

Oh my god guys you really don't know how a good game must be played ? It is obivusly why Helena Chang killed Zoe , she saved her she was affraid that Wati Corp could've make tests on her to she beeing Faith's sister. And what ? you preffered to be an oridinary ending ? To see Zoe healthy and Reza back April alive and so on ? OMG woudlve been so ordinary . They made a special game , and i don't agree that he doesn't recomands the game it's verry good the game , it's not ordinary.I played both games and the game have sense ending to of course . It was a good game and perfect ending (the one with the weird guy and the "plane fo dreaming " had to be last but doesn't matters) the game was PERFECT but PERFECT i don't know why everyone disagrees i reapeat how woudlve you feel if wouldve end like all games :Zoe healthy , Reza back , April alive ?This is what they were thinking : they didn't want an ordinary ending , they wanted something special and by the way i think Helena Chang was the "white lady ";).Best games i ever played(The Longest Journey and Dreamfall)