This is both cheerful and weirdly morbid. You play as a chap who is just trying to enjoy a beer in front of the telly, when disaster strikes and you drift off. This teaches you the first rule of dreaming. "If you die in the dream, you...wake up. Totally fine. Nothing to worry about." In fact, dying is the only way to escape. Reminds me of Karoshi in a way.
However, this is a much more elaborate setup, with 24 3D worlds to go into, all of which contain puzzles, which you must solve to die in that particular level. These worlds contain a multitude of different themes, from a train set, to a Portal knock off, via Mario and others. Not all levels are references, but there are enough, and reasonably funny enough, to make jumping into each world something to anticipate.
Unfortunately, there isn't necessarily a massive difference between all the different levels in that they're quite platforming heavy, without significant differences in gameplay between each level. Still, it kept me sufficiently interested to get to the end of it. It has an excellent "I wonder what happens next?" factor. And even though the basic gameplay tends to remain similar throughout, it can do some fun things with it. I'd actually think this was relatively easy to DLC, with additional levels added in. The range is impressive.
Execution is a bit iffy, in that the physics can drift a bit. The majority of things are okay, but the placement of items can be awkward, and I had more than one object just vanish through the scenery, requiring a restart. This also means manipulating objects looks a bit strange, as the hands don't hold things properly. Luckily, that's something that's relatively easy to ignore. Also sound a bit screwy, but I think this is still being tinkered with, which is nice. The developer does seem to be knocking the rough edges off it.
Crashed through it in 2-3 hours on a wet afternoon. Not one you'd replay, which is always the issue with puzzle games, but I certainly enjoyed the time I spent with it.
Recommended.
Tagged: Game Puzzle First person Easy difficulty PC