What is Dreams? In truth, even after a meaty Paris Games Week 2015 demo, we can't tell you. Media Molecule's forthcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive is so out-there that the developer doesn't appear to know how to show it. The things we do know: you control a customisable imp which can possess sculptures created by other players, it appears to take place in a live, evolving online environment, and… Well, it's a bit fudging weird, isn't it?
The video below featuring creative director Mark Healey and technical director Alex Evans attempts to unpack everything that's going on in the new game – but it may cause more nightmares then dreams. In truth, we do applaud Sony for taking a chance on a title like this, but with the platform holder unable to effectively communicate what its developer's making, we do fear for the commercial potential of this clearly very expensive undertaking.
There ain't no Sackboy to latch onto here.
[source blog.eu.playstation.com]
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They need to figure out how to explain what this game is and fast.
It's junk, it's a gimmick. Or they can tell me what it is. Just don't get it either.
I went from not wanting it, to being pleasantly surprised. It could be that I enjoy horror. Regardless, I shall keep an eye out for this niche title in the near future.
The dream they played was seriously creepy.
I'm going to be getting this game for its originality alone. I think they presented the game just fine.
after watching that video its pretty obvious this is littlebigplanet but in 3D and at a bigger scale or as mark healey put it "the spiritual successor to littlebigplanet".
I think now it's not hard to understand what the game is. You create "dreams" with characters and other stuff, and then you play through them... xD
It looks cool to me! I like that part where they showed what you could create, like races, football games...
Seems limitless, seems cool!
And has the potential to create some really creepy stuff too D:
What remains unclear to me is whether there is a Media Molecule created campaign in there or if you have to rely only on user created content
Looks good to me. Essentially, just like LBP, there will be a game Media Molecule create for you to play, but it will just be the art of the possible and creating your own worlds / games and playing through other people's creations will be where the real fun is at.
I love the idea that you can use other people's creations (you could in LBP too if they were published), and the idea that the game will be much like the world wide web, with "links" connecting different worlds and games.
It sounds pretty epic - can't wait to play it!
Well, if you can make yourself a "dream" where's there action and stuff then I'm okay with it.
!!! ok i think im sold!!! its just the next step in LBP really. unfortunately we'll probably have to slog through a lot of poorly made dreams in order to find "the gold". looking forward to well made horror themed dreams as well as making my own!
It's a gigantic Sahara-sized sandbox. GO PLAY!
Not sure why people are so confused by this title...
No matter what or how they explain, this is not for me. And I love not-mature games (as a Nintendo fan) but this one is so much weird.
I think @get2sammyb was right about this being a flop.
It's too creepy and weird for the kids and too obtuse and childish for the grown ups. It's trying to be minecraft by way of experimental European animation and just won't appeal to many people.
My girlfriend (who loves lbp, Hohokum, doki doki universe etc) thought it was too daunting to get into.
I'm sure it will be incredible, charming, and unique. Just like Tearaway.
I'm also sure it will sell about as many copies unfortunately.
@Ash_uk1 Yea... the walkthrough is quite straight forward.
It's just like Little Big Planet, there will be a set of stages made by MM. then you can make your own stage with pre-made models collected while playing the campaign or create models using the voxel maker...
I do agree that this will be much less marketable than LittleBigPlanet, even though the premise is roughly the same. LBP had Sackboy and Stephen Fry, Dreams has the little Imp dude which, while cute, is the only constant through all the dreams. I'd love to think that the game could be sold on Media Molecule's reputation alone, but that's unrealistic.
However, having said all that, I'm really looking forward to this. It looks creepy, yes, but you can bet that it'll be packed full of charm, personality, and creativity. Once we see the creation side of the game, that might help people see what Dreams is. This has so much potential, and my Twitter feed exploded with LBP creators and developers praising the game and very excited to get their hands on it.
This will be an extremely interesting game to follow. I've got my fingers crossed for MM that this does well, as clearly a lot of love and effort has gone into Dreams.
This has certainly piqued my interest. It's incredibly strange but I like that Sony is willing to fund these types of projects. If Media Molecule can pull it off this could be excellent, but I just hope they don't get too ambitious. One thing I wasn't too keen on was how the character doll thing seemed to control and it would have been nice to see some of the creation tools.
I don't understand where the confusion is coming from. At the moment it just looks like a toybox where you can do whatever the hell you want, with the added whimsy that tends to inhabit MM games. My kids watched the presentation with me and they lapped it up, so yeah, day one purchase for me, purely for them.
Only creepy if you want it to be so! As a long time fan and creator on LBP, I completely get where MM are coming from (and going to) with Dreams. It seems to me that Dreams will be an evolution of the idea behind LBP, but with far more freedom, allowing users to create games or movies (dreams) with user created/sculpted characters, props, sets and environments. The 'game' will likely feature an expansive tool set allowing creators to apply different mechanics, movement and triggers etc much like the logic tools in LBP, this will probably extend to tools for sound and music creation (okay so these are educated guesses).
It seems players/creators/users will be able to share things they have made to 'mash up' into other creations. Basically I think Dreams will be like LBP on steroids! More advanced and better looking creations in fully 3D user created environments. I think LBP fans are likely to lap it up, I predict my kids will love it!
As to whether it will sell well depends, I agree that MM need to do a far better job of clarifying what Dreams is, after all I have said I could be completely wrong!
This news post is total crap i love that Sony does indie now and thinks out off the box. And the title is so sad clickbait so sad. I like the fact that on the other sites i look up are not like this.
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