The Longest Journey 2 announced!

[A Black Falcon]

The sad thing is, I made this thread three years ago, and that statement 'best adventure game in the past four years' is now 'best in the last seven years'...

But worry not, we are saved: Dreamfall: The Longest Journey finally came out. And Gamespy gave it a very impressive score... my expectations were somewhat low (the 3d engine is lacking... and action scenes in adventure games can be done badly too easily...), but other than the iffy 3d, it looks great. There is still nothing that compares with Lucasarts' 1985-2001 adventure game production period, of course, but even just one great adventure game is better than none... and none is what we've had since the last The Longest Journey came out.

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/dreamfall/702029p1.html

A lower score from Gamespot, but similar praise for the story...

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/lon...id=6147844

I just wonder if we'll have to wait another 5 1/2 years until we get the next adventure game of this quality. It is unfortunate that the game is easier and shorter than TLJ (30 hours versus 10 hours is what I've heard...), but even so, it looks great.