One thing is for certain: Media Molecule doesn't do things by halves. Dreams has been in the pipeline for most of the PlayStation 4's life, but this year, we've finally been graced with the chance to play the ambitious creation game for ourselves. Dreams launched in Early Access just over a week ago, much to the relief of many patient fans. We've noticed a lot of cool creations being shared around in all corners of the web, and it's fascinating to see.
We've already explained how we feel about the PS4 exclusive - we think it's brilliant - but we're more interested in how you're finding it. Have you been playing Dreams Early Access over the last ten days? Have you been building your very own things, or mainly just exploring what's already out there? How are you finding the creation tools -- are they as accessible as you hoped? Take a moment to vote in the below polls, and make yourself heard in the comments section below -- we'd love to know what you think of Dreams so far.
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@Octane How you do doin' with this, buddy?
Damn, forgot this was out. Is it on the store?
@ZeD Yep!
@get2sammyb What the heck?! You have to pay for it? I thought it was a demo!
I do hope if you have brought it, you get a nice discount when it releases
Dreams is the most value i have had since we had half penny chews.
@ZeD If you buy the Early Access version, you gain access to the final game when it's out for no extra cost.
@Ralizah It's difficult to say.
The tutorials are pretty fun and intuitive. But whenever I try to do something by myself, I hit a hard wall. I can only assume that making a proper game will take a ton of time and effort.
@Quintumply Ok then, that is not a bad deal then
I have fun playing other peoples dreams, when I’m not in the mood to play games I like to just browse and play other people dreams randomly. It’s like youtube but for games
I still hope MM reconsider adding a good amount of single player story in dreams, something like solid 8-10 hour story like in little big planet or tearaway.
@Octane I'm feeling like Dreams is really good and if I only had one console with nothing else to play I'd create a masterpiece but it's not sucking me in and I could just as easily see myself never going back to it.
I'll play the story, and it should be nuts once the PSVR support shows up, but it's on the back burner for now.
@wiiware It’s like youtube but for games
This. 😎 I think for Dreams to get big it will need to conquer social media. They probably should have released it to PS+ or some over version of free-to-start to get it going. But we'll see. Hopefully it takes off.
I loved it initially but given that I'm not all that into the creation side of it, I'll admit to becoming a little tired of what's been made so far.
Still believe this is something special though and I'm glad I've got in on the early access as it's definitely something I'm planning to check out every few weeks or so to see what's been made.
It's gonna take a few months for the better ideas to get properly developed but what has been made already from the beta is already quite impressive.
@wiiware "YouTube for Games" is a good way to put it. There's something hypnotic about just browsing through what's been made and going from one thing to another.
The game can be a massive time sync if you want it to be, basically endless if you're into the creation tools too.
@Octane 'But whenever I try to do something by myself, I hit a hard wall. I can only assume that making a proper game will take a ton of time and effort.'
That's why games are $60 a pop. Lol.
@wiiware
MM is adding a single player campaign at the launch, but it's not a part of early access. Same for VR support.
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2017/12/dreams_three-pronged_single_player_campaign_teased
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2018/05/dreams_will_now_support_playstation_vr_at_launch
Loving this so far... Incredibly impressed and whilst I have yet to get my head around logic and how to make vehicles work (my raft shuddered apart when dropping it into my world) along with creating water a character can swim on (tips welcome!) I love the fact its a tool that feels like a toy. Looking forward to getting skill up and releasing a full game! Ps: Snacks on a train for the win!
Purchased the early access,but I need to know.In a couple months, my ps plus sub ends.Do I need ps plus then,to continue playing?
I haven't even got round to playing yet. Well I did do some tutorials but didn't get the time to do the rest of them nor start creating my own stuff yet. Have lots of ideas I'd love to do but it's so hard to fit in the time when I'm also trying to play other games too. Feels like I need to either play other peoples creations from time to time while I continue to play the games I've bought or let the other games go and focus on my own creations.
Impossible to remember all the buttons, I remember what to do but I can't find the control scheme or the name of the scheme to find it in the game, makes it very frustrating, The motion control needs and option to be turned off.
I love the idea of it and would love to make something myself but in reality, I know I'll probably never get round to it due to lack of skill, patience and imagination!
Other peoples creations are, to date, OK but hardly make me want to play for more than about two minutes on average. I can't see any 'proper' games coming out of it, at least not for a long while yet.
@Neolit I had the same problem.In the options there is a setting that allows you to have more control over the imp hope this helps because this made it a lot easier and more comfortable for me.
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