The Longest Journey and its sequel Dreamfall are some of my favorite games. Dreamfall Chapters continues the rich lore and storyworld first established in its predecessors and strives to provide that same level of storycraft and immersion.

That said, I am not sure if a newbie to the franchise would get much out of Chapters. So much of it, including the characters and settings, are direct continuations of Dreamfall (and The Longest Journey) that I don't think it would be very "new user friendly".

Also, I would say it is more helpful to think of this as an interactive story or comic book on par with Telltale Game's offerings rather than a full-on video game. In that sense, Chapters is a good successor to the point and click adventure, but it is much different than most other games today. People looking for continuous action, open world exploration, or a handholding tutorial will be disappointed greatly as the game does one thing--narrative--and it does it well, often at the sake of other game play features.

The graphics are also somewhat dated, but still quite nice. The people look a little plastic, but the voice acting makes up for that and then some.

So, all and all, I would definitely recommend Dreamfall Chapters, with the cavet that you should plan on playing The Longest Journey and Dreamfall as well or you will miss out big time. I hope that Chapters is successful and inspires more entries in the franchise, as this is a very unique world that bears much more exploration.

The Longest Journey and its sequel Dreamfall are some of my favorite games. Dreamfall Chapters continues the rich lore and storyworld first established in its predecessors and strives to provide that same level of storycraft and immersion. That said, I am not sure if a newbie to the franchise would get much out of Chapters. So much of it, including the characters and settings, are direct continuations of Dreamfall (and The Longest Journey) that I don't think it would be very "new user friendly". Also, I would say it is more helpful to think of this as an interactive story or comic book on par with Telltale Game's offerings rather than a full-on video game. In that sense, Chapters is a good successor to the point and click adventure, but it is much different than most other games today. People looking for continuous action, open world exploration, or a handholding tutorial will be disappointed greatly as the game does one thing--narrative--and it does it well, often at the sake of other game play features. The graphics are also somewhat dated, but still quite nice. The people look a little plastic, but the voice acting makes up for that and then some. So, all and all, I would definitely recommend Dreamfall Chapters, with the cavet that you should plan on playing The Longest Journey and Dreamfall as well or you will miss out big time. I hope that Chapters is successful and inspires more entries in the franchise, as this is a very unique world that bears much more exploration.