History VideoGame / DreamfallTheLongestJourney

* EverythingIsOnline: The Wire is an omnipresent wireless network that links everything on Earth with a computer chip - which means almost everything, from mobile phones to smart fridges to traffic lights. It is essentially an environment of constant communication, integration and exchange of information. The Wire is monitored by the EYE, and a lot of money can be made on the black market by severing or shielding objects from the Wire, especially mobile phones. The Wire also functions like the Internet it evolved from, playing host to news feeds like The Hand That Bites.The mysterious network failures known as "The Static" have even resulted in fatal car accidents, and, indeed, one the things you get to hack during the game is a car.

** And then in ''Dreamfall'' April ''herself'' ends up being called Raven. Since the most appropriate word, "kruk", was already taken and "wrona" would still sound rather improper for a positive character, Raven was turned into "Kruczowłosa", which essentially means "The Raven-Haired One".

Another {{oddly named|Sequel}} {{episodic|Game}} sequel, ''VideoGame/DreamfallChapters'', was released between October 2014 and June 2016. It ties some of the numerous loose ends that were LeftHanging after ''Dreamfall'' back together and give an end to Zoë's story arc.

Another {{oddly named|Sequel}} {{episodic|Game}} sequel, ''VideoGame/DreamfallChapters'', started releasing in October 2014. It ties some of the numerous loose ends that were LeftHanging after ''Dreamfall'' back together and give an end to Zoë's story arc.

* LeftHanging: Just WTF happened [[spoiler:to all the main characters in the end]]?! That's for starters, and if you want to know how bad it was, go to the
[[WMG/DreamfallTheLongestJourney WMG subpage]] and marvel at its size.
** Luckily, Dreamfall Chapters does a good job of resolving a lot of the cliffhangers.

** And then in ''Dreamfall'' April ''herself'' ends up being called Raven. Since the most appropriate word, "kruk", was already taken and "wrona" would still sound rather improper for a positive character, Raven was turned into "Kruczowłosa", which essentially means "The Crow-Haired One".

* And then in ''Dreamfall'' April ''herself'' ends up being called Raven. Since the most appropriate word, "kruk", was already taken and "wrona" would still sound rather improper for a positive character, Raven was turned into "Kruczowłosa", which essentially means "The Crow-Haired One".

* {{Fauxreigner}}: The electronics seller in New Port looks and acts like a stereotypical "ancient Chinese merchant", as Zoë gets to know him better he eventually drops the act and admits that is it only a sales gimmick.

* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: In the prologue, the Tibetan monks communicate... in Mandarin Chinese. Which actually sort of makes sense, since Tibet is a part of China as of 2013, and the official language of China ''is'' Mandarin Chinese. Still, Tibetan people are more likely to communicate with one another and their white friend in their mother tongue.
** Unfortunately, based on what Brian said in The Longest Journey, the Tibet sequence takes place in the 1930's, when Tibet was independent.

* [[spoiler:TheBadGuysWin]]

* [[spoiler:DownerEnding]]: Calling it this would be a serious understatement.

* TheEmpire: Azadi, though their portrayal is slightly ambiguous.

** [[spoiler: Faith is this for Winter]].

* [[spoiler: HauntedTechnology: Faith.]]

* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: The jury is still out on [[spoiler:April's]] case... and will remain thus until ''Chapters'', apparently. But DeathIsDramatic, right? Right?...
* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo
* OneHundredAndEight: Only one copy of [[spoiler:Roper Klack's]] book remains because when the reader reaches page 108 ''they explode''. The last remaining copy has been de-enchanted though, and is safe to read. [[TakeOurWordForIt At least, that's what he says...]]

Another {{oddly named|Sequel}} {{episodic|Game}} sequel, ''VideoGame/DreamfallChapters'', started releasing in October 2014. It'll tie some of the numerous loose ends that were LeftHanging after ''Dreamfall'' back together and give an end to Zoë's story arc, but won't be the long-awaited GrandFinale of the saga. The latter will have to wait until what Tørnquist has called the true ''The Longest Journey 2'' (a.k.a. ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourneyHome'').

* LeftHanging: Just WTF happened [[spoiler:to all the main characters in the end]]?! That's for starters, and if you want to know how bad it was, go to the [[WMG/DreamfallTheLongestJourney WMG subpage]] and marvel at its size.

->''Find April Ryan... Save her!''
->--'''Faith'''

The OddlyNamedSequel to the AdventureGame classic ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourney'', ''Dreamfall: The Longest Journey'' was released in 2006. It introduces a new heroine, Zoë Castillo, a 20-year-old college dropout living in Stark (our familiar Earth, albeit two centuries into the future) ten years after the events of the original ''TLJ''. After she starts receiving eerie messages from a StringyHairedGhostGirl to go "find April, save April" (and her ex-boyfriend disappears on top of that), Zoë has no choice but to delve into another [[TheConspiracy conspiracy]] investigation. Meanwhile, April, the heroine of the original game, is effectively trapped in Arcadia (the magical alternate reality) and fights against TheEmpire of Azadi, while an elite Azadi SuperSoldier and third protagonist, Kian Alvane, is sent to assassinate her. Fans welcomed ''Dreamfall'' enthusiastically, but the reviews were rather mixed, primarily "thanks" to unsatisfactory (and, according to many, superfluous) action-adventure elements and the ending being a love child of a CliffHanger of cosmic proportions and the NoEnding trope.

* DarkestHour: [[spoiler: The ending: April Ryan was hit with a spear and tumbled into the water, never to emerge; Kian had a crisis of faith and was promptly imprisoned; Zoë was sent into a permanent coma; Faith dies after living a tragic life of {{Fate worse than death}}.]]

* ItIsPronouncedTropay: The deity of the Azadi Empire is the God''ess'', emphasis on the second syllable.

* LukeIAmYourFather: Faith is really [[spoiler: Zoe's sister and their mother is potentially yet again the first White Dragon.]]
* KnightTemplar: The Azadi, who seek to [[spoiler: destroy the world in order to "cleanse it".]]

* {{Matriarchy}}: The Azadi Empire is ruled by six Empresses, political power is expressly the woman's domain (though military power is the man's), they worship a Goddess, and the term for an orphan without fortune or connections is a "motherless" child. Sub-trope Enlightened Matriarchy (great cultural and scientific achievements, started off saving the entire civilization), or Original Matriarchy (overstayed their welcome big time to become an occupation, [[{{WellIntentionedExtremist}} Well-Intentioned Extremism]] on full display including the FantasticGhetto, repressive government, assassinations, and mass murder).

* OddlyNamedSequel
* OneHundredAndEight: Only one copy of [[spoiler:Roper Klack's]] book remains because when the reader reaches page 108 ''they explode''. The last remaining copy has been de-enchanted though, and is safe to read. [[TakeOurWordForIt At least, that's what he says]]...

* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: [=WATICorp's=] trademark talking-animal robots, which in the past have been programmed with features such as ADHD and the ability to urinate (that wasn't a very popular feature).

** One of the major locations is Venice (not the real one, but a neighborhood of the fictional American city of Newport), which is home to a street gang called the Shakespeareans. There's also a Chinese street vendor, who at one point describes himself as the [[Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice "best merchant in Venice"]].

--> ''Damien (to Zoe)'': [[spoiler: I'll be here when you come back]].

Another [[OddlyNamedSequel oddly named]] [[EpisodicGame episodic]] sequel, ''VideoGame/DreamfallChapters'', started releasing in October 2014. It'll tie some of the numerous loose ends that were LeftHanging after ''Dreamfall'' back together and give an end to Zoë's story arc, but won't be the long-awaited GrandFinale of the saga. The latter will have to wait until what Tørnquist has called the true ''The Longest Journey 2'' (a.k.a. ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourneyHome'').

Another [[OddlyNamedSequel oddly named]] [[EpisodicGame episodic]] sequel, ''VideoGame/DreamfallChapters'', was released in October 2014. It'll tie some of the numerous loose ends that were LeftHanging after ''Dreamfall'' back together and give an end to Zoë's story arc, but won't be the long-awaited GrandFinale of the saga. The latter will have to wait until what Tørnquist has called the true ''The Longest Journey 2'' (a.k.a. ''VideoGame/TheLongestJourneyHome'').

Happened in the backstory to Dragon Age between the magic-using human nations a

* UncomfortableElevatorMoment: Zoe has this with an employee of WatiCorp if she decides to go into the elevator with her while infiltrating its HQ.

* UncomfortableElevatorMoment: Zoe has this with an employee of WatiCorp if she decides to go into the elevator with her while infiltrating its HQ.

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* UncomfortableElevatorMoment: Zoe has this with an employee of WatiCorp if she decides to go into the elevator with her while infiltrating its HQ.