The WhatsNext verdict
Dreams is an extraordinary creative instrument and a fascinating community platform, not a conventional game with a long campaign. Play it if you want to make things, explore the strangest corners of player creativity, or both.
What it does best
A boundless canvas for making games, art, music, and worlds
A console game creation platform unlike anything else
The community turns one game into an ever-changing library
A handmade dream aesthetic that makes experimentation feel inviting
What might put you off
The creator tools are far more demanding than the friendly presentation suggests
DreamSurfing contains a lot of short, uneven, unfinished creations
The setup
What you are walking into
Dreams is a game designed to unleash players’ creativity, turning the PS4 into the Creative console. It’s both a playful sandbox game and an endless explorative journey where players can create and share their dreams, and then surf an endless dreamiverse of single assets, games, animation, music and everything in between. The thing that unites everything is the feeling of being in a dream. Music, animation, films, and art created in Dreams can be used outside of the game for both personal and commercial purposes, with some limitations.
Where it lives
Genre
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