Overview
Dreamfall Chapters continues the story of Dreamfall: The Longest Journey from the moment where the previous game left off. The game was released in five "Books", each of which has its own story arc, and players' choices will carry over into subsequent installments. Some choices are more significant than others, and at the end of each Book the game provides some hint of the amount of significance each of the player's choices will have on the story, as well as displaying the percentage of players who also made the same choice.
The game follows the Azadi Apostle Kian Alvane and the bioengineering student Zoë Castillo, the two protagonists from Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, as well as a new character Saga. As with the previous games, it splits its running time between the scientific world of Stark (our world) and the magical world of Arcadia.
Gameplay
The player controls a character using a combination of point-and-click and direct control. The developers have made some changes based on fan feedback, such as removing the combat elements of the previous game and most of its stealth.
Development
Though announced in March of 2007, Funcom development of Dreamfall Chapters was put on indefinite hold until November 2012 when the IP was licensed to series creator Ragnar Tørnquist's new studio, Red Thread Games. It was financed through a combination of crowdfunding on Kickstarter and a 175,000 USD grant from the Norwegian Film Institute. The Kickstarter project page can be found here. The game was developed in Unity.
Release
Dreamfall Chapters was released in five parts. The first, Book One: Reborn, was scheduled for release on October 21st 2014 on PC, Linux and Mac. The game was subsequently released on PlayStation 4. Console versions for Wii U and Xbox were also released, but the game was a PS4 exclusive first.
Book Two: Rebels was released on March 12th 2015.
Book Three: Realms was released a few months after, on June 25th 2015.
Book Four: Revelations came out at the end of the same year, on December 3rd 2015.
Book Five: Redux was released the following year on June 17th 2016, almost two years after the first Book.
System Requirements
PC
| PC Minimum | PC Recommended |
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- Operating System: Windows 7
- Processor: Core 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent
- Memory: 3 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Hard Drive: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: Yes
| - Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
- Processor: Quad Core i5 2.5GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI or Nvidia card with 2GB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 20 GB available space
- Sound Card: Yes
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Mac
| Mac Minimum | Mac Recommended |
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- Operating System: Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard or higher
- Processor: Core 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent
- Memory: 3 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000
- Hard Drive: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: Yes
| - Operating System: Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard or higher
- Processor: Quad Core i5 2.5GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI or Nvidia card with 1GB VRAM
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 20 GB available space
- Sound Card: Yes
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Linux
| Linux Minimum | Linux Recommended |
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- Operating System: Linux Kernel 3.0 or above
- Processor: Core 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent
- Memory: 3 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000
- Hard Drive: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: Yes
| - Operating System: Linux Kernel 3.0 or above
- Processor: Quad Core i5 2.5GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI or Nvidia card with 1GB VRAM
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Hard Drive: 20 GB available space
- Sound Card: Yes
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