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SvennoJ on 10 January 2022
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JuliusHackebeil said:

Dreams from Media Molecule is such a gem. You can play the awesome levels from MM themselves. And they contantly add new playable content - big and small. So there is your game. Action, Adventure, Shooter, Stradegy, Dungeon, Point and Click, Walking Sim, Racer, Fighter, Platformer, etc.

BUT: you can also play the awesome levels other people have made. And there is some weird shit out there. Really cool stuff. Last time I played a game about a robot who is the last living thing. Super sad, super cool music. You never know.

AND: you can make your own levels. If you have a slight creative spark in you - just contribute - make assets, do voice recording for a team, write some dialogue yourself, draw concept art or programm interesting gamplay mechanics. Or write a piece if music. ...

It is so incredibly disheartening that this game is not a success. Why oh why?!? (I mean - the marketing was horrible, but still)

I wish all those content creation games were more successfull. Dreams deserves some love.

It's one of those games I also wish to do well, yet can't bring myself to starting it up :/

Maybe it will be better on PS5. Loading the game then trying to find a fun level to play, waiting for it to download, start and it's either over too soon or not that fun. Sadly 90% of the time you're looking for something to play or watching a loading screen. Perhaps when levels can load directly from the dashboard and Sony would populate the activity cards with high rated levels in your interest, Dreams would become more popular. The activity cards seem very well suited to something like Dreams.

However the majority just want to continue with something familiar, not learn something new all the time. After a long day, sit down with known characters, known controls, known goals, known escape. Trying new games can be exhausting, so while the idea is great, it doesn't fit all that well with what people want from games. A simple escape to relax with something they have control over, that is already know how everything works.