Dreams

From the creators of the fantastic LittleBigPlanet series, Dreams takes the creation tools from those games and expands them tenfold. As a person who prefers the playing of games over the technical aspects of creating them, Dreams can sometimes seem daunting due to the number of possibilities at the players disposal. My personal ability to create anything in Dreams has been fairly lacklustre due to the limited time I’ve spent in the creation suite, but the creations I have been able to play truly demonstrate why Dreams as a concept works so well. I could list the various games and small developers that Dreams has introduced me to and at a discounted price at release, I believe all owners of a PlayStation 4 should give Dreams a go just to observe the endless possibilities within.

Rating: Dream big

8/10

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