Dreamfall Chapters Book One: Reborn

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• PPolygon

  Megan Farokhmanesh · Nov 06, 2014

  8.0

  Dreamfall Chapters - Book 1: Reborn revels in the details. As the first act in a longer story to come, it rewards you with effective writing in the moment for taking your time and deliberating over the smallest decisions. It’s still too early to tell how satisfying the payoff for these divergences will be, but Book 1 isn’t about consequences. It’s a series of small, deliberate steps that efficiently clears the way for longer, more exciting strides.

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• HGHardcore Gamer

  Geoff Thew · Nov 05, 2014

  8.0

  On the whole the team at Red Thread Games has done an incredible job updating The Longest Journey for the modern era. ...But underneath those modern trappings lies the same foundation of smart, profound storytelling that made the series so great in the first place. Unfortunately, this first episode ends a little prematurely, and it feels like we’ve yet to reach the real meat of the experience.

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• TTechRaptor

  Don Parsons · Nov 02, 2014

  8.6

  Despite that the story is rich as is Europolis with a set of excellent characters. The idea of using thoughts to go with the dialogue wheel is a natural and excellent evolution that makes getting into the mind of the character much easier to do, mixing different methods of storytelling. While only Book 1 is available right now, purchasing it will get you access to all 5 of the books and if you like story rich games I heartily recommend it.

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• CCOGconnected

  Lou Sytsma · Nov 02, 2014

  8.5

  Dreamfall Chapters – Episode 1 does an excellent job of laying the groundwork for what is to be sure to be a helluva journey. The burning question now is – when we will get the movie version? And what of April Ryan? Is her story truly over? May the Balance be with you always.

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• GGameSpot

  Kevin VanOrd · Oct 30, 2014

  7.0

  The first episode's flat narrative structure may not be entirely satisfying, but Dreamfall Chapters' diverse and endearing cast, nuggets of political and personal tensions, and glimmers of the poignancy that made the previous Longest Journey games so memorable make me hopeful for the futures of Stark, Arcadia, and the Dreamtime, wherever those places might take me.

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• DDestructoid

  Alasdair Duncan · Oct 24, 2014

  7.5

  Dreamfall Chapters: Book One is a shaky first step for the series; it's in a difficult position of continuing the story of two previous games while introducing a standalone series. It doesn't do a good job of the latter. If you're a newcomer to the series, you'll be pulling together bits and pieces of the story as you find them. Even something as simple as an opening movie or cutscene would provide a good foundation for Dreamfall Chapters to carry on its story.

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