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6 years after the critically acclaimed modern adventure The Longest Journey was released comes the sequel Dreamfall. It will feature some
characters from TLJ, but will concentrate mostly on a new cast. The premise is that the Earth we know is actually only half the story of the
universe. Our scientific Earth's true name is Stark, and its reality is mirrored in another dimension by a magical Earth called Arcadia. The game
concerns a young woman named April Ryan who lives on Stark in the 23rd century. When a disaster throws the balance between the scientific and
magical Earths out of whack, it's up to April to step in and restore equilibrium between the two universes. Core to the story are three playable
characters: Zoƫ Castillo a twenty-year old young woman who lives with her grandfather; Kian an assassin who will begin to question his beliefs
and returning from TLJ, April Ryan who will discover that no matter how hard you try, you cannot escape the past. In what can best be described
as a modernized version of point-and-click, characters will have an innovative 'focus field' that allows you to interact with and scan the
environment. Instead of point-and-click, you sweep the area with the focus field to find interactive objects or inventory items. One of the
puzzles we were shown utilized the 'focus field' as your character had to light a torch and it does facilitate a smooth transition between
puzzle and game without interrupting the flow of the game. |