Dreams and Mercedes-Benz. It's a collaboration the world never saw coming, and yet, here we are. While it sounds like a truly bizarre pairing, this isn't quite what you think it is; don't expect a DLC pack full of fancy cars, or something. Media Molecule and the vehicle brand have teamed up to make a conceptual, and playable, level in the make-anything creation engine.
From 8th July 2021, a dream simply named 'Dreams and Mercedes-Benz' will be live within the game for everyone to play. Teased in the above video, the level is built on the concept of "Letβs imagine futures together", which Mercedes explores with its annual me Convention. Through Dreams, the companies have worked together to create a virtual vision of an idyllic future. As well as this new level, a game jam from 13th to 28th July will encourage users to create things around the theme of "imagined futures".
This is apparently the first of Media Molecule's Co-Labs project, which means we'll probably be seeing more unexpected crossovers within Dreams. You can read more about all this through here.
[source docs.indreams.me]
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This article was posted 2 mins in the future? Anyway, my friends brother did a news piece on companies that were actively ignoring green goals and I'm pretty sure Mercedes were one of them. So, unsustainable future for all, hope that's what the Dream is about.
"checks notes" π I chuckled.
Oh lord won't you buy me Dreams, my friends all play God of War, worked hard all my with no help from friends. So oh lord won't you buy me Dreams.
@Texan_Survivor I think Dreams could have become mainstream and taken the world by storm the way Minecraft did. It just needed the right promotion and some more basic tools for those who want to feel a sense of accomplishment without spending too long making a level.
@naruball it was never going to be as big as Minecraft, but yeah, it has a lots of potential not being tapped into.
Number 1 - It has to be ported to PC
Number 2 - As you stated, needs to be an easier create mode
Number 3 - Co-op mode to help build together online/off
Reminds me of when they teamed up with Nintendo for Mario Kart 8 π.
I wonder if they get to choose projects like this. As surely Sony have to sign off on it or has Sony gone to them and said Mercedes-Benz want this please do it. I tried the demo or beta and i just couldn't do it I wish I could make some stuff in this.
You figured with this game still getting support that we would have had a native PS5 port by now...
@Floki the engine scales so it probably doesn't need one to show a performance boost as most. Although it would be nice to have support for the ps5 controller. Maybe ray tracing (though not sure how well that would work).
What I'd really like to see with a proper ps5 update is thermo increasing. The thermo limits are a pain to keep balancing around.
@naruball What they should have done, and it blows my mind they haven't, is have it as a pack in game with every playstation console sold.
@Bleachedsmiles The engine scales, but they are still stuck within the limits of what the PS4 Pro was limited it too. It would just spend the majority of the time in upper bounds of that limits.
I would love a full fat 4k mode. But we would also see improvement with load times.
Media Molecule - British company.
Mercedes - German company.
Sony/PlayStation - Japanese company.
Dreams x Mercedes trailer - global release.
So of course, use the date format only used by the US. π
To 99% of the world, 07/08/2021 is 7th August 2021. When these companies use trailers globally, they really should use the name of the month - it would remove any doubt and be much easier for everyone.
Mini-rant over. π
@Omnistalgic all excellent points. But it still needs great marketing more than anything.
@Bleachedsmiles yes, that would be fantastic. I couldn't agree more. Not sure why they haven't done so yet. Even if they do so in a few months, it may already be too late.
I would love to see Mm create a single player AAA game with a story. I personally have no interest in playing mini games made by random people or me investing hundreds of hours creating my own mini game.
@naruball I don't think it will be too late...it's a game where the longer it's out the more content they'll be for it. But it definitely survives on its player base...that's already falling off. What better way to ensure that that grows than by giving it away free.
Hopefully they won't just leave it to die though. The multiplayer update will no doubt get some media attention and remind people about it. But after that who knows. Hopefully by the time I finish my game they'll still be people playing it!
@Bleachedsmiles I'm sure it'll be a part of PS+
@Bleachedsmiles no game deserves to succeed more than Dreams, in my opinion, so here's hoping it's indeed not too late.
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