Tuesday 12 March 2013

Dreamscapes: The Sandman

From Shaman Games via Playrix
Really worth playing adventure puzzle game with a rating of 4.5 out of 5 and just 2 no-nos: the puzzles are a bit too easy and the game is rather short. 
I think this is one of the best concepts of a dreams / nightmares world I played, with a catchy story going in a very well designed scenery.
Play as a nameless volunteer to rescue Laura from the nightmares world by basically entering in her dreams and solving each part of it to save all Laura's reflections. These will bring you with a piece of the protective dreamcatcher to repair it. 
As in any adventure game all the items are to find in the scenery or to gain by solving various tasks. The puzzles (mini-games) are, as said, easy going but very nice drawn and interesting. 
The best of the game is the catchy clever touch of the entire story with a good background, logical flow and very little backtracking as the locations are closed on solving.
I really liked the little vampire gremlin (I always like the fun addition of a minion) Benny. 
That's a very good thinking of the story built by adding small things that gradually transforms the nightmare (you can see the nice things like through some holes in the curtain): Benny, the butterflies, the paper dolls, the roses on the porch, the cat and so on.
The graphics are well done with an appealing design assorted with good sounds, but a bit too monotonous creepy music.
There 108 beholders to collect and you can see by the left guiding bookmark how many are in each scene. You get some achievements, and along with the dreamcatcher pieces are also diary pages to get that completes the story.
The CE brings a bonus chapter, SG, and the usual art extras.
Overall I enjoyed the game just wished to be a bit longer.

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