Baldur's Gate 2: Shadows of Amn can be absolutely brutal to newbies, especially if they're not familiar with D&D. Plus the D&D system used in the game itself isn't particularly intuitive or, let's be honest here, good! Of course once you figure it all out and learn the basics the game reveals itself as the best damn rpg ever made in my oh-so-humble opinion, but that doesn't make learning it any less brutal. Especially if you start with Baldur's Gate 1. Get used to quicksaving and loading, you'll be doing both alot! Not to mention it's far from heroic to have your main protagonist die in one spell or hit if you're unlucky, nevermind the other myriad ways in which you can be murdered.
The Longest Journey is actually a pretty crappy game, all things considered. The puzzles are often stupid, tedious, and illogical. The graphics were crap even when the game first came out, and the gameplay is the worst sort of point & click adventure game stuff. What it is however is a damned brilliant story with some of the most fluid and believable dialogue ever written for a game, creating probably my all-time favorite game protagonist April Ryan. As a game it sucks, but as a piece of 'interactive storytelling' it's absolutely brilliant and I love it for it.
The Longest Journey is actually a pretty crappy game, all things considered. The puzzles are often stupid, tedious, and illogical. The graphics were crap even when the game first came out, and the gameplay is the worst sort of point & click adventure game stuff. What it is however is a damned brilliant story with some of the most fluid and believable dialogue ever written for a game, creating probably my all-time favorite game protagonist April Ryan. As a game it sucks, but as a piece of 'interactive storytelling' it's absolutely brilliant and I love it for it.
