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Expert: Meg Darling - 3/6/2002


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Hi there! I recently purchased the Longest Journey on ebay. However, I didn't notice the sellers rating until after I received it. The files are corrupted somehow and won't load. My fault. Anyway, I'm still considering buying another but I noticed the 'Mature 17+' rating on the box for language. I'm ok with some cursing but I really don't like the F word. Before I spend MORE cash on this game could you give me a clue about how bad the language is? I know the main character uses the F word but does she do it all the time or rarely? Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Hi there,

This is a great game.  Definitely my favorite.  I don't recall the main character, April, using the "F" word.  She may have I suppose, but not many times if she did.

However, there are two characters that do use it and other words alot.  One is Zach, April's neighbor.  You'll only have 2 or 3 brief interactions with him throughout the game.  He was surprisingly abusive (verbally).  The other one is "the Flipper" who could definitely use some lessons in politeness.  You'll interact with him a little bit more.  They both have pretty foul mouths.  If you can overlook these two guys, it's a wonderful story and a great game.  There are at least a dozen other characters that aren't even remotely like that.  Worth every penny.

Good luck,
Meg

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I can help with most Adventure games from small hints to complete walkthroughs. I`ve finished/beat all the popular games including Myst, Riven, and the Gabriel Knight series without help. New games are added to my list often. **Sorry, I am not a computer expert, so technical advice is rarely given. Please visit the manufacturer`s web-site for tech support.**

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Here are some of the games I've played: the 7th Guest, 11th Hour, Adventure at the Chateau d'Or, Amber: Journey's Beyond, Albert Hitchcok's Final Cut, Amerzone, Arthur's Knights: Tales of Chivalry, Arthur's Knights II: the Secret of Merlin, Atlantis: the Lost Tales, Aura: Fate of the Ages, Beyond Atlantis I and II, Beyond Time, Black Dahlia, Black Mirror, Blackstone Chronicles, Blade Runner, Broken Sword: the Sleeping Dragon, Byzantine: the Betrayal, the Cameron Files: Pharoah's Curse, the Cameron Files: Secret at Loch Ness, Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusion, Cold Case Files; the Crystal Key, CSI, CSI: Dark Motives, CSI Miami, Dark Fall I and II, Dracula Resurrection, Dracula: the Last Sanctuary, Egypt 1156 BC: Tomb of the Pharaoh, Forever Worlds, the Forgotten... It Begins, Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster, Gabriel Knight I, II, and III, In Cold Blood, Inherent Evil: the Haunted Hotel, Jack the Ripper, Jazz & Faust, the Journeyman Project III: Legacy of Time, Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis, Law & Order I, II, III, & IV, Lightbringer (AKA Cydonia), Lighthouse, the Longest Journey I and II (Dreamfall), Martian Gothic Unification, Messenger, Missing since January (aka In Memoriam), Monkey Island I, II, III and IV, Mummy: Tomb of the Pharaoh, Messenger, Myst, Myst III: Exile, Myst IV Revelation, Mysterious Journey: Schizm, the Mystery of the Nautilus, Nancy Drew series; Necronomicon, Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy, Omega Stone (ROTS2), Phantasmagoria I and II, Post Mortem, Quest for Karma (AKA Karma: Curse of the 12 Caves), Reah, realMyst, Return to Zork, Riddle of the Sphinx, Ring, Riven: the Sequel to Myst, Safecracker, Sanitarium, Seven (aka Faust), Shivers I and II, Still Life, Syberia I & II, Timelapse, Titanic: Adventure Out of Time, Traitor's Gate, the X-Files, Zork Grand Inquisitor, and Zork Nemesis.

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