Dreams
Developer Media Molecule
Publisher SIE
Format PS4
Release Out now
From limitation comes creativity. Much of the joy of LittleBigPlanet came from seeing what trickery other, smarter players invented to implement unintended features in their creations. Dreams, however, has very few limitations. Media Molecule’s latest, seven years in the making, is a simple-to-use, head-spinningly powerful creation tool: with DualShock 4 in hand, you can do everything from sculpt and animate things from scratch to compose cinematic soundtracks, control puppets and code AI, before using your creations in open-world adventures or co-op brawlers, short films, digital art museums or interactive jokes. In Dreams you can make almost anything.
Naturally, people are making what they already know. Head to the community showcase ‘Dream Surfing’ area, and you’ll immediately see Mario, Sonic and Shrek beaming back at you. Our first go at ‘Auto Surfing’, in which Dreams feeds you a stream of player-created scenes, is as striking as it is dispiriting. A tech demo for a game based on The Flash; a pixelated
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