Is "Dreamfall: The Longest Journey" a game?

**Soulforged** · 07-06-2007, 19:45

I played the sequel to "The Longest Journey" and finished it today. Perhaps you've played it too. Can you tell me then if you think it's really a game? And please post your reasons for your answer.

This is not only about Dreamfall, but I think that many people are confused on the topic of gaming and what makes a thing a game, particularily a video game.

**Cronos Impera** · 07-07-2007, 08:41

If it quacks like a duck and it eats like a duck, than its probably a duck/

**Soulforged** · 07-07-2007, 14:20

Originally Posted by Cronos Impera

If it quacks like a duck and it eats like a duck, than its probably a duck/

This is really funny. Many people have entered and voted without exposing any reasons and the first one who does so well, let's see...

If I said to you that a supposed game is a series of animated sequences in wich your only interaction consists on moving an object from point A to B, with no serious obstacles between those points, and even more, that those animated sequences are a % 90 of the whole affair and that your interaction during those sequences has no bearing on the outcome. Would you call that a game? Or maybe an interactive movie?

**Navaros** · 07-07-2007, 14:39

I heard that Dreamfall is infested with Starforce.

Therefore no, it is not a game. It's malware.

**Bijo** · 07-07-2007, 17:04

Dreamfall. From what I read it appears to be a game. I have never played it, however.

**Geoffrey S** · 07-07-2007, 19:27

That's because you can't play it, you watch it.

**Whacker** · 07-08-2007, 06:51

Originally Posted by Navaros

I heard that Dreamfall is infested with Starforce.

Therefore no, it is not a game. It's malware.

Emphasis mine.

This is all that need be stated.

**Ronin** · 07-11-2007, 16:50

Originally Posted by Navaros

I heard that Dreamfall is infested with Starforce.

Therefore no, it is not a game. It's malware.

agreed....

Starforce is like pure evil condensed and put into a software format......that crap isn´t coming anywhere near my computer ever again!

**Whacker** · 07-12-2007, 09:38

Originally Posted by Ronin

agreed....

Starforce is like pure evil condensed and put into a software format......that crap isn´t coming anywhere near my computer ever again!

Indeed, I found out the hard way. My burner is on it's last legs... only makes coasters now, and there are some DVDs that it can't read anymore that it used to read fine. I even swapped it out into another "clean" PC to see if that'd help, it sure didn't. Bleh.