If it wasn't for the lame voice acting, this would be one of the best adventure games to come out in a long time.
Dreamfall is one of those games that despite several noticeable flaws, can still keep you playing for hours at a time. You play as two main characters: Zoë Castillo, a young girl living with her father in Casablanca, and April Ryan, the heroine from the first game. The game uses these two characters to seamlessly blend the two worlds together. You see, Dreamfall is based in two alternate universes. One would be Zoë's world, our universe except many years in the future. The other one is Arcadia, a magical world where April lives full of strange creatures. You start out the game as Zoë, who is searching for her friend Reza, an investigative reporter who mysteriously disappeared while researching a story about a giant corporation. I don't want to spoil the game, but let's say that Zoë and April will eventually meet and that the sh*t just may hit the fan.
The story in Dreamfall is obviously its finest point. As you play through the game, you may think that you're watching a movie or a Hollywood adaption of a best-selling novel. Despite that, I still have one problem with the game: the voice acting. Even though you may try your hardest at times to take the game seriously, the awful voice acting can keep you from enjoying the game to its full potential. Don't get me wrong, it's not all bad. There are characters who are portrayed quite well. Even the bad ones have their time to shine. I just feel that it could've been better. I find it hard to play a game with a story such as this and still have to listen to Zoë's fake British accent.
Overall, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey will be appealing to wide audience with its wonderful story and well-developed characters. On the other hand, if it wasn't for the voice-acting, I just might have given this a 10.