Torrefaction

My favorite PC game of all time was The Longest Journey.  It came out several years ago, and I was completely immersed in it until it eventually ended.  It was one of the only games I'd played that really had "girl appeal" -- it followed the adventures of art student April Ryan as she travelled between two worlds, trying to save them both.  Complex plot, deep characterization, gorgeous visuals, not-too-challenging puzzles--loved it, loved it, loved it. 

After playing The Longest Journey, I kept hoping that there would be another game like it.  I hoped in vain. There are other adventure games out there, but nothing that hooked me the same way.  So imagine my delight years later when the very week I get my new PC, the sequel arrives!  I've been playing it while I recover from the icky cold I caught last week and it's fabulous.  This time you start off in the life of another young gal, but April Ryan's in this game as well.  If you've played the first game, the second one is that much cooler--right now I'm playing the part where Zoe, the heroine, is wandering around April's old stomping grounds in Newport, but everything's changed in the intervening 10 years.  At the moment, I'm trying to get into a locked room in a derelict hotel.  The first room I went into had a girl lying on the bed with a mechanical flower thingy attached to her face.  Now she's following me around in a daze, scaring the crap out of me, while I try to hide from the guard who's coming up the stairs.

Mere words cannot express how cool this game is!  Head over to www.dreamfall.com to check it out.