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by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/27/2003, 3:01am PDT

Entropy Stew wrote:

http://www.adventuregamers.com/display.php?id=262

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I could have sworn that I read somewhere that TLJ wasn't selling well / didn't sell well in the States. This is apparently very far from the truth. But not as far as what I found while trying to remember where I heard reports of its "A Fork In The Tale"-esque sales:

Randy Sluganski, from right here wrote:

The Longest Journey will never be distributed or sold in any store in America. Let me repeat this in more detail for those who did not understand the first time: if you want to play this game, you will have to purchase it from overseas because The Longest Journey will never, ever be seen on any store shelf in any CompUSA, any Electronics Boutique, or any Wal-Mart in the United States. Funcom has had offers for distribution and turned them down in search of a bigger payday. It ain't gonna happen. Even if The Longest Journey sells 5 million copies in Europe--it still ain't gonna happen. For this game has every strike against it that you can think of. Puzzle solutions that would make no sense in the real world, protracted stretches of dialogue, a mythological universe rich in folklore, and a plot and theme brought to life by fully developed characters that we can't help but care about. In short, it is a traditional, old-fashioned adventure epic.

Randy also informs us in that article that the lead designer is named "Ragnar." Presuming that he is not making a bold prediction of the guy's name, in which case all bets are off, that's pretty solid and the kind of name in adventure games that I can trust.

the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey!

TLJ2 preview by Entropy Stew 05/27/2003, 2:30am PDT NEW

Re: TLJ2 preview by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/27/2003, 3:01am PDT NEW