As fun as the old locations were, the new locations and streets added much depth to the fantastical city. There’s even the south docks, where I very much hoped to see my old friend Captain Nebevay (that might have been a bit too much to hope for of course). There’s the home of Abnaxus, the Venar who aided April. There’s the Enclave, where April Ryan forged the disc of the Balance. Like I said…dark.įor fans of the series, being able to visit some old favourite locations up close is nothing short of thrilling. Visiting the magical market, a delightful activity in games past, is marred now by the ever present Azadi banning all magical items and the magicals themselves looking worriedly around for fear of being arrested. Cut to Chapters, where you find out that not only were the Banda wiped out, but that the sole survivor is now an embittered crime lord living in Marcuria.
They were a gentle folk and I was instantly enchanted by. But Chapters, and especially rebels, seems to go that extra mile. I remember in Longest Journey meeting the Banda, a group of “mole people” who dug tunnels by singing to the soil. Longest Journey had its grim moments, certainly. The tone of Chapters has quickly established itself as far darker than previous installments. At the same time, with 6-12 hours of gameplay the episode is clearly comfortable putting up its feet and taking its sweet time exploring the vast worlds introduced in Book 1. Now that the set-up and introduction of Book 1 is out of the way, Rebels wastes no time in moving the story and characters along. Rebels is a far meatier installment than its predecessor. If that sounds like a lot to take in, don’t feel alone. Then of course there is the Dreamer, the entertainment phenomenon brought to the world by WatiCorp, which only seems to be growing in popularity and addiction.īecause a mask like object has never had any negative repercussions in any piece of fiction ever… But all is not as it seems: the Eye (the police force for Europolis) seem to be everywhere now, riots are only growing in intensity and there is something very sinister going on in the political battle for leadership.
Doing so could gain her favour with Queenie, an influential higher up who could significantly help the political campaign Zoe is working for. She must also try to find a young street girl who may be in trouble. Meanwhile in Stark, Zoe is still having trouble with her incredibly boring boyfriend, Reza (seriously…why is she still with him?).
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For the “magicals” living in the city it’s a grim life full of raids and arrests to anyone who dares object to the Azadi rule. Alone and with little choice, he chooses to join the rebel magicals to drive the Azadi from Marcuria, who seem to have some nefarious scheme cooked up for the once thriving city. On the Arcadia side we have Kian who managed to just barely survive his gunshot wound after being rescued by the rebels. Things are looking pretty tense in both the worlds of Stark and Arcadia. Dreamfall Book 2, named Rebels, starts off a few days after Book 1 left off. Zoe is still looking as stylish as one can look in a dystopian future.īut I’m getting ahead of myself. In fact, they were downright difficult, marking Dreamfall Chapters as my favourite game so far of the year! The choices I was presented with later on though were far from obvious. I prepared myself for an episode full of these illusions. The choice to do nothing is still indeed a choice, and they showed the player the consequence of that choice.Ĭhoice may have been an obvious illusion in this case. And I have to say, kudos to the developers. Why bother giving me the choice at all? But then I thought about for a few minutes. But it seems I had to do it if I wanted the full story.
I was not in the mood for the “fight with some rebels for a cause the character clearly has no investment in” plot. Choose any path other than the one the game clearly wants you to take and you are immediately presented with a “Game Over” screen.Īt first I was miffed with this development. Kian is given a choice: join the rebels who rescued him but who are very much strangers to him or refuse to join their movement in which he has no interest. And indeed they seem to ring true at first. These words are spoken by Kian Alvane early in Book 2 of Dreamfall Chapters which was recently released by Redthread Games. If you wish to play Book 1, you can see the review for it here. Spoiler warning: Plot points from Book 1 will be discussed in this review.