Dreams' Creative Community Is On The Rise, And Their Dreams Are Magical
By Jason Fanelli ·
Media Molecule's next project Dreams might be flying under some people's radar, but the community is growing with new creators every day, and their creations are incredible.
When Dreams first debuted at the PlayStation 4’s initial reveal way back in 2013 as a tech demo, the gaming community didn’t really know what to make of it. The first trailer at E3 2015 showed off some of the game’s creative abilities, but other than that we didn’t have a lot to go on. Was there an overarching story that would contain our creations? Is this simply a sandbox game, but for creation? Now that the game is in Early Access we’re beginning to see what Dreams is capable of, and it turns out Dreams could be the most revolutionary game in years.
Dreams of Nostalgia
The things people are building in this game are awe-inspiring, and there’s no better place to get a look at the best projects than the official subreddit r/PS4Dreams. Look at these examples and we bet you’ll be in awe. Some of the creations take inspiration from other IP, like this exceptional Star Wars space dogfighting Dream.
The more nostalgic members of the community are trying to resurrect their favorite games from yesteryear, like the post showing off a Dream emulating the original Metal Gear Solid:
Here’s a Redditor that wants to get spooky by recreating this iconic scene from Silent Hill 2. If the two screenshots hadn’t been labeled, we don’t know if we’d be able to tell the difference:
This temple looks like it's dying to be explored. (Photo credit: ncbylr1 on Reddit)
Original Dreams Come to Life
While the nostalgic route is a delight and makes perfect sense in a game like Dreams, where the game really comes into its own is its original content. There is a huge assortment of original Dreams, some of which blew us away when we first saw them.
Even now, as we go back and scroll through all of the examples we listed, we can’t fathom that every single one of them was made by a single person in a single game (that’s still in beta, nonetheless). There’s no 100-person dev team here folks, these are labors of love brought to life by creative gamers who have been looking for the next great outlet to express themselves. If you ask us, those creative minds have had their Dreams come true.
For updates on other gaming communities, check out the 3.1 Patch Update Notes for the latest Super Smash Bros Ultimate patch, as well as a guide on how to find exotic weapon blueprints in Dauntless.
