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Dreams - Review Thread
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To be fair, a (now former) Era member spent hours making fake emails to review bomb AI: The Somnium Files because he didn't like the way it treated his waifu.
So at least it isn't *that* sad.
Ya I dug it as well. it was stupid and should not have been as fun as it was. But it was just sort of nice minigame enjoyment
AI: The Somnium Files was review bombed on Metacritic (From 8.2 to 1.9 in 1 day)
I have my problems with this game, but it's definitely worth checking out, especially if you like the Zero Escape or Ace Attorney games. It's a fairly light-hearted overall, but it can still pack an emotional punch when it wants to. It also revolves around a pretty mature and grounded theme that...
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AI: The Somnium Files was review bombed on Metacritic (From 8.2 to 1.9 in 1 day)
I have my problems with this game, but it's definitely worth checking out, especially if you like the Zero Escape or Ace Attorney games. It's a fairly light-hearted overall, but it can still pack an emotional punch when it wants to. It also revolves around a pretty mature and grounded theme that...
Have fun (post 128 if the link doesn't work)
What the fuck
Sounds like 'confirmation bias' to me.
Of all the 10s, 9s, and above 8s, hey I only agree with this one 6 / 10 score.
AI: The Somnium Files was review bombed on Metacritic (From 8.2 to 1.9 in 1 day)
I have my problems with this game, but it's definitely worth checking out, especially if you like the Zero Escape or Ace Attorney games. It's a fairly light-hearted overall, but it can still pack an emotional punch when it wants to. It also revolves around a pretty mature and grounded theme that...
Have fun (post 128 if the link doesn't work)
Holy shit. Wow.
Anyway Dreams is awesome.
Is that game's Critic reviews considered under rated by most people? I thought about buying it when it releasedAI: The Somnium Files was review bombed on Metacritic (From 8.2 to 1.9 in 1 day)
I have my problems with this game, but it's definitely worth checking out, especially if you like the Zero Escape or Ace Attorney games. It's a fairly light-hearted overall, but it can still pack an emotional punch when it wants to. It also revolves around a pretty mature and grounded theme that...
Have fun (post 128 if the link doesn't work)
edit: nm I thought the metacritic score was 70 for some reason, maybe it was back when it only had 5 reviews
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From the review: this is literally the only part of the review that describes creations in Dreams that aren't recognised-ip.
You think that's a fair assessment of what's available in Dreams?
As soon as you go to the "Dream Surfing" page, there's a banner for the Impy Awards (arguably the "best" of what's been made in Early Access), there's a section of "pick up and play" dreams, a section of smaller creations by the Mm team and obviously searching by "thumbs up" would give you higher ranked dreams. I would say it was deliberate to avoid all the above and choose those four examples as the variety of what's available.
I think i need to find a curated list of the best stuff so far.. I've poked around in the built in playlists and haven't really found anything that entertains me for more than a minute or so.
I do think a lot of the stuff I've seen is really impressive at a surface level, and I'm sure it's just a matter of not seeing the best stuff yet.. or that the best is yet to come.
This is especially so in multiplayer games. My cousin used to come over and play lbp2 with me back in the day. We found so many stupid and funny games to play. In our hour or so with Dreams only Bowling with Guns was enjoyable.
I do think a lot of the stuff I've seen is really impressive at a surface level, and I'm sure it's just a matter of not seeing the best stuff yet.. or that the best is yet to come.
This is especially so in multiplayer games. My cousin used to come over and play lbp2 with me back in the day. We found so many stupid and funny games to play. In our hour or so with Dreams only Bowling with Guns was enjoyable.
Have you tried the forever popular section? MM picks, most played and most thumbed up should help.
Also, play Tiny Pier. It's awesome.
Metro:
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Dreams review and interview – video game construction kit
GameCentral reviews the new game creation tool from the makers of LittleBigPlanet and talks to creative director Mark Healey about its future.
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No score?Metro:
Dreams review and interview – video game construction kit
GameCentral reviews the new game creation tool from the makers of LittleBigPlanet and talks to creative director Mark Healey about its future.
The lack of online multiplayer has discouraged creators from putting time into multiplayer projects I think. Once online MP becomes available I expect there will be tons more local/online stuff. The project I plan to do after my current one will be MP for sure.
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Dreams review and interview – video game construction kit
GameCentral reviews the new game creation tool from the makers of LittleBigPlanet and talks to creative director Mark Healey about its future.
I respect the approach.
Really nice interview :)Metro:
Dreams review and interview – video game construction kit
GameCentral reviews the new game creation tool from the makers of LittleBigPlanet and talks to creative director Mark Healey about its future.
JeuxActu 9/10
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Test Dreams : entre rêve, fabrique et exploration, un voyage hors du commun sur PS4
Test Dreams Après plus de sept ans de développement, Dreams sort enfin sur PS4 et Dieu sait qu'il fut désiré. Le nouveau titre de Media Molecule, à qui l'on doit LittleBigPlanet et Tearaway, est-il le rêve tant espéré ?
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Brilliant success and it just keeps coming. So well deserved, it's something genuinely remarkable. Can't believe I find myself with a backlog inside Dreams now and just surfing and rating community jam entries is a really satisfying way to wind down.
Got a 6/10 from Norwegian gamer.no. Main complaint being that there's not a lot of content for the "gamers".
I think the tepid response to the Early Access release has led them to believe that Dreams is a title that the general public will not be interested in.
There are a couple of those already and to me they feel like "this is not for me" reviews, like someone that doesn't care about sports reviewing sports games.
Which other platform has motion-tracked input devices? When without camera, DS4 uses gyroscope&accelerometer sensor which Xbox One gamepads lack.
Outside of something that is literally a complete re-framing of Dreams as something else, like how Fortnite reimagined itself as a Battle Royale game - there is no short-term strategy that would be financially viable for Dreams.
The game has HORRENDOUS metrics with mainstream gamers. The vast actively don't give a shit about Dreams and no amount of marketing can make a product that people find apathy or complete disinterest of its very functional premise appealing without a major change-up.
Innovation matters jack shit when people don't care about it. It's why a game with rich gameplay systems like Dishonored and Prey sell like shit whereas stuff like Bioshock Infinite can sell 11 million copies.
The game has HORRENDOUS metrics with mainstream gamers. The vast actively don't give a shit about Dreams and no amount of marketing can make a product that people find apathy or complete disinterest of its very functional premise appealing without a major change-up.
Innovation matters jack shit when people don't care about it. It's why a game with rich gameplay systems like Dishonored and Prey sell like shit whereas stuff like Bioshock Infinite can sell 11 million copies.
It's Mario, and if I'm not mistaken it's slightly underperformed in comparison to Maker 1.
But yes, for some reason Sony didn't do much on Dreams, I wonder if the game taking several years has something to do with that.
Mario Maker is laser focused on executing a single genre, it's easy to learn/use due to the more basic nature of 2D platformers, and it's a game featuring perhaps the most renown gaming IP in the world.
Dreams is very nebulous, complex, and unfortunately doesn't have a strong identity like LittleBigPlanet as a result of the aforementioned and the lack of a compelling mascot character with seemingly infinite customization options. It's a super difficult game to market.
Gah! I was initially going to wait this near PS5's launch, but I don't know if I can hold out.
Outstanding reviews thus far!
T...this is... wow!
Outstanding reviews thus far!
AI: The Somnium Files was review bombed on Metacritic (From 8.2 to 1.9 in 1 day)
I have my problems with this game, but it's definitely worth checking out, especially if you like the Zero Escape or Ace Attorney games. It's a fairly light-hearted overall, but it can still pack an emotional punch when it wants to. It also revolves around a pretty mature and grounded theme that...
Have fun (post 128 if the link doesn't work)
T...this is... wow!
Can you "borrow" other people's characters and NPCs, including their behavior, and drop them in your own Dreams level?
Feels like the gallery of hundreds if not thousands ok-looking character, complete with their own movement mechanics, abilities and objectives (in case of AI) would make remixing levels a completely different experience.
Feels like the gallery of hundreds if not thousands ok-looking character, complete with their own movement mechanics, abilities and objectives (in case of AI) would make remixing levels a completely different experience.
Absolutely, grabbing other users' creations to build your own is one of the core features of Dreams. Users do have a choice to allow or disallow their creations from being available to Remix, but it seems to be the minority of users that disable this.
Though there does seem to be a trend that the more highly polished and feature-rich a creation is, the less willing the creator is to let their work be remixable, sadly.
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Possibly, I think it'll depend on how it evolved from here until the end of the year. I trust we'll see some finished rounded games by that time.