They say that every story has a beginning and an end. That may be true in most cases, but sometimes, however, the two are one and the same. – Zoë Castillo

The Longest Journey (TLJ) was the first, and still the only, game I ever personally awarded with a grade of A+. It was a remarkable achievement bolstered by memorable characters, an epic storyline and - most amazing of all considering the puritanical nature of the adventure genre - lesbians and the liberal use of the ‘F’ word. In fact, Flipper Burns – a character whose every other utterance seemed to be the ‘F’ word – is now so closely associated with the four-letter word, that his name is substituted for such word when typed by members of the JA Forum. Worldwide sales for TLJ – while not spectacular in North America – still reached levels usually not associated with adventure games.

So why muck with success? Right? Right?!

Ragnar Tornquist – developer and creator of TLJ - during a presentation of its sequel, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey at the 2005 E3, described Dreamfall as a ‘spiritual successor’ to The Longest Journey and there is nothing wrong with wanting to take a sequel in a new direction. After all, haven’t we all been subjected to enough insipid game and movie sequels that do nothing but mirror the original?