Also working in the game’s favor is a decent storyline that compels you to play through and find out what is happening. The environment reminded me of Myst as did the gameplay. That is a pretty big game to bring to mind which means that they did a great job in crafting Dream Chronicles: The Book of Air in my opinion.

Along with the story and visuals is a good set of sounds and voice work. There was never a moment where I thought anything was out of place or off. The voices are a bit over the top but not so much as to think it silly. Along with that is some decent music as well helping to set the mysterious tone for the whole game.

The game presents the story to you through animated cut scenes in between each of the locations (which are effectively just levels) as well as through your actions in the game. I won’t spoil it for you because it’s worth finding out on your own. 

The game’s five chapters can be played in casual more challenge mode. The difference is that challenge mode means you can’t skip puzzles and some puzzles will be more difficult. I played through the game in challenge mode. Your score depends on the the time, number of dream pieces and number of times you use the locate power. If you get completely stuck (which you shouldn’t) there’s a complete walkthrough available a Big Fish Games.

Really, the only disappointing thing about the game was the length. The game is $6.99 at Big Fish Games and it was about five hours of play time. It just seemed a bit on the short side to me and when I realized that I had finished the game I was disappointed. But it was certainly a logical place to end the first episode and this is a game that is all about logic. It’s obvious from the opening animation that they have a lot of work done on the other episodes and may in fact even be done with them all. There are other titles in the series Dream Chronicles, Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child and Dream Chronicles 2: The Eternal Maze so if you enjoy this one you might pick up those as well (also $6.99 at Big Fish Games).