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"There isn't a creative bone in my body" - says the man who has two impressive youtube channels with frequent content, excellent in-depth critique, and entertaining editing. Give yourself some credit my dude.
@@JimmyEres wait skillup is laymen gaminh? I would never have figured that out it was bugging me on why laymen gaming was so familiar im going to subscribe to laymen now
My dude. Your TH-cam content is your creativity. The script writing and editing alone makes you more creative than 95% of the population. And you’re good at it.
Ironically my biggest (semi-) gripe with the video: he got everything most other reviewers don't understand about Dreams and then falls into the same old "no creative bone"-trap so many people go hide in. I mean, sure, some people have an insane proclivity for crafts and creative mediums and it sure would show, but short of being restricted by how you move appendages (if they exist in the first place), pretty much anyone can learn anything. It's just that you have to spend a whole bunch of time on it. It's vague and different for everyone, but the one thing you really have to learn that is at the core of every hobby is persistence. You stick with it, you master it. People immediately castrate themselves just by saying "I'm not the type for this". What, crocheting is an emergent skill that requires a specific brain to develop? No! You just learn it and the better you get, the less people nag at you for sucking at it, the fewer people want you to become a crocheting wizard by age 5, the more time you might want to spend on it and you'll just learn without even realizing it. "Just do it" is truly great advice and nobody seems to admit it, but everything is possible if you just look beyond the current horizon of what you can do. And if you learn to enjoy the path with its cul-de-sacs and what-have-yous, you won't even mind the failures too much but get excited by the prospect of solving one more puzzle. Same for music, same for acrobatics, same for all things in the world.
The entire point probably is that Sony doesn't need to make any marketing. It's not like you pay like 2000 bucks for a campaign either. To give a small hint: games like GTAV had a dev budget of maybe 100 million USD and ads cost an extra 150 million. We're talking about +150% here, nobody would expect something like Dreams to be marketed in such a fashion and there really is no need if everyone picks it up sooner or later anyway. Besides, it only gets better as time goes on, so blowing your wad in the beginning seems like a wasteful solution.
@@FFContent False. With Sony's attitude with Cinematic Games getting a huge marketing push while unique games (see: Gravity Rush 2, Tearaway: Unfolded, Concrete Genie, Until Dawn, Knack 2 and Everybody's Golf) don't get advertised as much (unless you're VR), and when they do, they only market the game during Launch Week and continue as normal. That's why you see some people believing Cinematic Games is all Sony offers, but it it's not the case. Sony has shown that they have variety of games, but Sony isn't interested on that front. For Dreams' case, Sony didn't market Dreams as much as it gets closer and closer to launch (if you wanna see that in action, take a look at E3 2018's Press Conference where Sony didn't livestream the Dreams Musical Concert, when it could've been part of the Press Conference), Sony only did a bit of a marketing for Launch Week, and then business as usual. and then PewDiePIe and VideoGameDunkey played Dreams and all the sudden, Sony released three new trailers showcasing Dreams. This is not the first time that happened, it also happened with Until Dawn (also releasing it alongside Tearaway: Unfolded, Media Molecule previous game) which Sony only gave a weak marketing until bigger TH-camr play it and became the most talked about game for a month. but unlike others, Dreams has a advantage. they already have a build-in LBP Fanbase with them and Media Molecule has been doing word-of-mouth themselves for a year and a half via their Livestreams, and did a Early Access program (which, was better executed than the Dreams Creator Beta, which was poorly handled). and in the end, it did pay off.
Uber Matoa My god this. When he started sounding off the ages of these different platforms it really hit me how much had changed. This is such a wonderful product. It has a gravity swell that will inevitably draw exactly the kind of people who can use it best.
@@ShahbazBokhari newgrounds is a website to access that stuff not a platform to create it lol. like WishMaster said. mixture of newgrounds and roblox roblox is like a platform for making indie games + newgrounds is like a youtube for a variety of arts = dreams, a platform for making indie arts lol
Massive props to Sony which continues to invest piles of cash in developing high budget/high risk innovative 'games' like this, Death Stranding and Detroit: Beyond Human.
How is Detroit innovative? Quantic Dreams has been making that same style of game for years and I'd argue that Detroit is the worst one they've made yet.
@@FFContent but it's not enough, some people (even Super Eyepatch Wold) has already pointed out the weak marketing Dreams had. Then PewDiePie and VideoGameDunkey played the game and suddenly, Sony released three new trailers shortly after.
@@AL2009man Sony probably don't see the need to market it so heavily. It's the type of product that has to succeed through word of mouth, otherwise it's not going to last very long. They're probably confident that the game will grow by itself. That and, as others have stated in this comments section, the best of Dreams has arguably yet to come. So spending their budget marketing this to the mainstream, most of who won't even try to create things and only play other's works, in the initial stages of the game where there is still not a lot of quality content, is probably a bit of a waste when they can do it later.
The audio tools alone are absolutely insane. I'm still finding shit that you can do which is blowing my mind, I can finally make the music I've always wanted and do it with incredible ease
@Jorge Esparza ahhh I gotcha, apologies I was confused because I thought you were quoting me at first. Reading your comment again I realize you were being hyperbolic and echoing the things that a lot of other people have said about the game who don't even try to wrap their heads around just how much creative freedom there is in Dreams. I'm still blown away at how media molecule has pulled off such a vast array of depth in the toolsets for all aspects, and how it has been given to the world for only 40 bucks. Limitless potential unlike anything that's ever been seen on a gaming console, I've heard about school classrooms having minecraft as part of a creativity curriculum but just imagine the possibilities if students were given Dreams at a young age to exercise their imagination. Dreams makes minecraft look like babies first fisher price toy, and the things that people have created in minecraft are seriously impressive. I can't wait to see what Dreams may come in the next few years it is exciting to think about
This is not a joke this is not a meme but I found Cloudbloom even though I'm reeeeally late to the party commenting on another video *Folks the cracks are starting to show*
There’s a game I’ve been dreaming about making for years but I’ve never had the time to try and learn how to work in unity or something like that so maybe now I can finally start doing it with Dreams...
Bruh you def have a creative bone in your body. The way you write clear and concise scripts that effectively convey the nature of a game is nothing short of a creative flex!
Cristian he really sells himself short, I can see Ralph writing a damn good short video game one of these days and with his influences I bet it’d be interesting to say the least.
Sums up my thoughts exactly 👌 Dreams is a fantastic tool for creators. I absolutely love to create things together with my kids - and they love it too 🤞
@@gameimprovements4347 6 and 4 - The younger one enjoys just giving commands, my 6 yo daughter likes to play around with the tools as well. It's more of an experimenting thing though (since the logic parts can be a bit more complicated to setup and may bore them). The controls are relatively simple when getting started - but of course the deeper you dive into it, the more complicated it gets. It's not something the kids would enjoy on their own for long, so there's guidance required.
Once I bought Dreams I haven't looked back or played any other game. I'm deep into developing my own vision, my own world and designing my own gameplay the way I want it. It's difficult as hell to learn the technical coding aspects, but goddamn it's fun. The highest form of culture, of art, is to PARTICIPATE in it. This is what they've done in Dreams.
If you want to play an amazing game on dreams that you can spend hours on play splatty’s adventure, amazing 3D platformer like Mario 64 or banjo, 12 months of work with a team of 6
@@pbgamer115 Correction: Dreams Beta started in December 2018 for those who subscribed to Mm Newsletter earlier, but the rest will get their chance to register for the Beta in the Month after. but in terms of Communication, Distribution and Announcement (Mm didn't talked that much about the Beta (despite REALLY early announcing it) until the last minute, keep in mind that most people will be spend their time on Christmas during that time), Dreams Beta was a mess. but they did remedy the whole thing with Early Access.
I absolutely fell in love and finished the audio aspects within a couple hours. I'm jumping in now for the other aspects to help fix the tutorial issues I had so others can jump in and just have fun learning with no issues.
This is the first video I’ve seen from you and I have to say...your review skills are next level. Maybe the best I’ve seen. Keep working hard and you’ll continue to prosper!
Good review as always, but I feel you missed the mark a bit on this one. Several times you tell people not to get this game because they're not gonna find some OTHER game inside of it, it's weird to hold it up to the standard of assuming you'll find some 40 hour long AAA experience inside. That's not the point of dreams /shrug. Maybe I'm misinterpreting here, but it felt you're saying this is one of the most ambitious, influential, and simply amazing games to come out in years, but don't buy it because you won't find the next God of War hidden in the menus.
He pretty much said this is amazing, don't buy it yet unless you're creative, if you do buy it you might be bored, but later in 6-12 months come back and buy it. It's much better than this is awesome, go out and buy it. Then people buy it and think it's rubbish.
You can jump in and surf endless indie content of varying qualities but as soon as ur bored you can surf for more. And there is always more added. And there is definitely lots worth playing besides just the pilgrim, tho that one is great. Dreams is *massive* value. VR and Multiplayer support incoming.
Considering all the amazing things the LBP community was able to do with the tools of that game, I have absolute faith that what we see today just only a glimpse of amazing creations to come.
In short: Do you enjoy watching youtube? If yes, buy dreams. The netflix style games are coming in a couple of months/years, if you're more of a netflix n chill kind of person.
"I'm not really a creative person, I don't have a creative bone in my body". - Skillup 2020. Dude. Every review you make is art in itself, your writing and scripts are so creative its what brings so many people to your reviews and why your reviews alone might be the sole point in which someone purchases a game. You do what you do, and you do it fucking well. You have way more creativity then you give yourself credit for. Keep up the hard work Ralph.
I absolutely love dreams and the creative freedom it gives the players, media molecule in my opinion is one of few amazing dev teams out there. They don’t do anything in the pursuit money, only creativity! :)
Ok there's a lot to unpack in this. A) This is a perfect description of what this is. Just like RPG maker isn't for everyone so is this. I remember myself having an idea in high school and spending night after night learning unity to create my idea with bassicaly no coding background. If I had this tool today, my idea would be on that community page and I hope this is the case for more people. Event the most basic most stupid thing you can imagine, must be accessible to make. Being creative is what keeps a lot of us ticking. B) Reviewing games IS creative. This doesn't go so much to Ralph but to the comments. Reviewing games isn't just "play the game then call john and tell him your thoughts". You have to write a comprehensible script that people understand without using the product themselves while describing the product truthfully. Then there's the editing which is a whole other part of creativity. If you don't think that editing a simple video is creative you are simply wrong.
For years I’ve had ideas for games and animations that I’ve been wanting to make. But, every tool or software available out there has a difficult learning curve or require complex coding language that I can’t even begin to understand. Even stuff like Source Filmmaker, despite it being sold as a user-friendly efficient tool to make animations easier than something like Maya is not an easy feat to master. Hell, the devs of that software never bothered finishing their tutorial videos explaining how to use the damn thing leaving the rest to just guess work. This, on the other hand is incredible. Even the act of sculpting, something that I’ve never even considered trying because I lack any artistic bones in me looks so damn fun because of the intuitive tools. Your comparisons to apps like TikTok is spot on. People don’t take into account how creation tools have evolved to make video and even website design more accessible, so why wouldn’t Dreams be any different? Maybe my dream game can finally happen this time. No more slaying over software that makes me rage quit, spending money on artists that never delivered or being stressed and overwhelmed leaving unfinished projects. I can start making stuff on my own with creativity being my only limitation. The only issue is the $340 paywall to get a PS4 and the game, and like you said, it’s too early in the game’s lifespan to have anything worthwhile playing. So I guess I’ll have to save up some cash in the meantime.
@@TerranceTonyThomas it all depends on what kind of player you are, I have a good time when I hop on Dreams because I never know what to expect and I've came across levels that I'm glad I got to experience but if you're looking for full fledged games then I'd probably wait
I remember when I was about 12 and was fucking around in halo 4 forge, and how much I expressed myself creatively in that creative engine. I can only imagine how many children there will be who will be so fulfilled by this.
The biggest revolution in gaming to date in my opinion, give it 6-12months and there will be stuff on there that puts a lot of professionally created games to shame.
You impress me every time with your writing, always very insightful with a philosophic touch :) Im not a native english speaker but I can tell that you put a lot of work into it.
I really like this specific review along with the many others out there as you look Dreams as a platform or tool for making games or even anything. Another great point is how you should probably wait for a bit and keep an eye on Dreams until it starts to accumulate more "polished" content similar to Art's Dream or until they reach the level creators took in Little Big planet. However i'm fine if someone purchases Dreams for the current state it is including the mixture of masterful and nightmarish creations the community has made. I also like how IGN put it in their review; "This is one dream I urge you not to sleep on. "
Your content is usually always superb but this video was done so concisely and expertly that I'm surprised you think you have no creativity. Sure sometimes I see leftover edits and snaps from other footage pop up, but the way you write and speak about a subject with relevant info then wrap back around to the topic is always great, good job! Also, comment for the algorithm.
Hey man. I don't comment often as I watch on my PS4 but I wanted to say that I really enjoyed this bud. I reeeaaaallly hope they release this for pc man. I tried creating but I hate the controls for moving stuff with the dual shock and I can't afford to shell out like £100 on the motion controllers. But let me use a mouse a omg this will be amazing. I hope they allow stylus support too so artist can literally draw in Dreams.
Man you say you don’t have a creative bone in your body, and maybe that unlikely possibility is true, but you just inspired the creativity out of people for them to hop on dreams and try their hand at it! Thank you for the review, always impressed with them.
So much Fan Made 40K anthology potential. Edit: Ralph, you’re a fun lad to listen to when you start going really in depth. Love seeing this kind of content, don’t you be scared of getting ultra obscure on us you mad lad. :p
Saying that Dreams costs next to nothing is absolutely accurate. For a game developed over a decade to be so cheap AU$54 / US$40, this price point is another indication intention decisions made in order for these tools to be even more accessible. This really is just the beginning, as Dreams would only lose popularity as soon as people stop having an imagination. So instead of a AAA game that starts at a high retail price, they've set it reasonable and it'll likely not drop much at all. In a years time when that absolutely must play game is only available through Dreams, people will flock. Sony playing the long game.
Hi! Big fan of your work. I’m in the middle of the latest FPS episode. I’m hoping a new comment on a three year old video isn’t the worst way to submit this request, but it’s relevant. You may have heard that it’s recently been all but confirmed that Dreams was supposed to get a PC and PS5 port. These ports were near completion before Media Molecule had to lay a bunch of people off and shift focus to their next project. The Dreams community is, probably futilely, trying to convince Sony that Dreams deserves another shot by releasing these supposedly nearly complete ports. We’ve been compiling footage of the best creations and trying to raise awareness of the amazing things you can make in Dreams. I think it’d go a long way if someone like you who thought so highly of Dreams when it launched were to revisit it and profile the creations that have been released. I’d be more than happy to find a good list of creations for you to check out. I know you’re busy, especially in yet another stacked February, but if there’s any way you could consider helping us get the word out you would be doing the entire games industry a service by helping one of its greatest achievements get a second chance. Either way, I wish you all the best. Thanks for reading all that.
LET ME BE CLEAR....you DO NOT need to create ANYTHING to enjoy dreams...you can buy this game just for the platform that it is and have endless fun without creating anything.....
like, if I was a sponsor of SkillUp I'd feel like the whole video was leading up to the sponsor shoutout, and it's a great video and it all works. And then he's like, I have no creative bones in my body. Dude you're a review artist, that's it! It's still art! At least in my opinion, but well, that's enough to qualify as art anyways so it all works! "It just works!"
Great review man! Even if I don't want to play Dreams I love to see people flex their creative muscles. Maybe if we have a text adventure creator game I can flex my writing skills. One day
I honestly love your reviews. They are smart Well written and honest. Your scripts are beautiful. Since you don’t post a review often it honestly becomes an event for me. I love that your opinions don’t come often but when they do come they are statements. Would you be interested in the new call of duty war zone dlc? Free to play battle royal....but the crown jewel is the plunder game mode. I never understood the phycology of loosing and jumping back in to a new game, until I played plunder. It takes me back to dark zone division 1. Moment to moment fire fights and high tension objective completion. I genuinely love it and I think you will love it as well. Cheers! .
A review on it won’t change my view on the dlc. But I would love to hear your opinion on it. Also consider a podcast. I think you would have a solid fan base. I think you and your brother would have an awesome dynamic. I’m done. Peace !
Got a nice chuckle from the occasional No Man's Dreams clips sprinkled throughout the video. Edited to add: Bortman as a metaphor for the COVID-19 pandemic.
The mod community would have a field day for a long time to come Lately I've been playing MHW on PC, it is really good with reshade and mods be it for cosmetic or game effect/change like new monster or skill rebalance etc but each new updates the capcom team try their best to make modding impossible or harder, the moment Iceborne drop for example they add CRC to disable cheat engine and mod for accessing the game but it only took a day for the CE comunity to create a working CT and the CRC end up taking up resource and either crash the game or drop the performance for everyone, be it mod user or not which drive me nuts It took longer for the mod community to bypass it but we did it in like a week? or so and capcom finally realize how stupid it is and how damaging the change to performance and remove CRC entirely, but they still try to make modding harder and harder each update but of course the modding community always find a way to bypass it given enough time and get the upper hand, still it really is a pain in the ass to update the mods be it for user and modder alike each time there is a big update to the game which turn away some creator and user and make it harder for the community to thrive Yes, I understand that there are some people that use cheat or mod to do something stupid that could affect other people in a negative way such as one-hit kill monster or unlimited HP, stamina etc but after hundreds of hour, hundreds of online hunt with random and even few months ago before Iceborne drop where modding and cheating is easier to do, I have only meet 4-5 people who did something like that out of the hundreds if not thousands of player I meet randomly in the hunt. 99% of people who use a mod did it to improve their experience and they have the conscience to not ruin other people's experience with the game, so I really dislike the way Capcom handles MHW and that is on top of the pretty awful PC port. The game is amazing alright, but it could have been much better Anyway sorry for the rant, looking at Dreams and its amazing potential just made me mad at how bad it goes for some community of modder nowadays and I know MHW is not the only one.
This really should be game of the decade....is it the best graphics? No. best sound? No....but it is so much much more than that....and the idea that it is 99.9% user generated...this is one of the most unique and underrated pieces of software in modern times...
Here's how people should think about Dreams Bottomline: Platform Engine meets the look of Pixar. The way the game was created was to give you the ability to "loosely" create your own platform (really). That's just how the game is set up. Its like an alternate challenger Mario Maker except a little less with a whole lot of other abilities given to it to allow the player to create other things since the PS4 gives it the power to do so. But at the heart of it, its just a basic platform engine and a kid's perception creation tool. Which is probably the best at that of what it is. (Like a creative kid that didn't know what he was doing and a genie appeared to grant him a wish. Since the kid was inexperienced, he wished for the ability to create ANYTHING he wanted but and give others the ability as well. Everyone else ran off with the idea of creation with it first before he.) Is it worth your money? YES! Even if you don't wanna create anything, its like seeing what other people, the little people, and fans are capable of. Plus, buying this 1 game is like buying many many MANY different versions of games at once. Is it going to be replacing games made by Triple A companies, indie game creators, and/ or the professionals? Not by a long shot. Its too short and it can only be played online. You can't download anyone's games as far as I know. Especially, at the deathbed of the PS4 even if it will be ported to the PS5. Its still fun to have. The games can only be played inside of the "DREAMS" Dreamiverse anyways. Which means, you have to own the actual game or downloaded game of Dreams in order to play it. You can't just download an app player like the RPG Maker Player for RPG MAKER FES for the 3DS or the "free" programs of the Unreal Engine or Unity (which I could not use at all) and just play the games. You gotta own it. Its still worth it though. If you have an original idea for a game and it ain't a platform, you're not gonna get the full feel of how you would want it to be with this game. Thought its a nice attempt and fairly imaginably possible. My score: 8.5 out of 10. ------------------------------------------- Even though I first thought of this game back sometime in 2001.
I got Dreams during the beta, but I didn't play it much. It seemed very cool and I had fun playing other peoples creations, but they were way too short and not very complete. I decided to try learning how to make a game, but I didn't like the controls that much. The main thing I didn't like was how the cursor was moved with motion controls. You had to move the controller and I didn't like that. It made things harder to place exactly where you wanted them. I gave up kind of quickly, but I might try it again soon. I think that this game will get much better over time and I think having it on PC would be really great. You could be more precise and you could probably get extra things to help build your game online. Dreams is very cool and I hope it succeeds. I just think it would be much better on PC and think it will take time to get good, like TH-cam.
What are the all the music that was shown in the segments of the video? I genuinely want to hear some of them fully because they sound inspiring to me and I love inspiration songs.
Dreams has been blowing my mind since day 1! I'm blown away of what people have been creating! Great review btw! Are you and Sam gonna do a review or sorts as well?
1 comment to literally everything said in this video. 𝗪 𝗛 𝗔 𝗧 𝗔 𝗕 𝗢 𝗨 𝗧 𝗥 𝗢 𝗕 𝗟 𝗢 𝗫 Dreams is unique don't get me wrong but roblox is/has done a lot of this & developed a lot well since it's release in 2006. not to say it's better (as simplicity isn't it's strong suit) but the absolute lack of comparison between the 2 surprised me a little because dreams is like the perfect next step to something like roblox
Triple A games spends years creating a game. Imagine if some of these creators came together for one big project and spent a couple of months to a year to create a polished game
Minor correction, early access is not the only way game devs get feedback from people about their game. Don't forget that there's playtesting involved in alpha, closed and open beta. Virtually every game dev cycle will have certain amount of gathering player feedback. That aside, Dreams seem like it has potential to inspire a newer generation of game devs, but those definitely will not flourish within the game itself. I can't even see it being used by indie devs as a prototyping tool, since the content one create within it cannot be brought out of it, and it's not clear that those content legally belongs to the creator and not Media Molecule, one has to be cautious about overhyping it as a revolutionary democratization of game development. There are already lower barriers of entry to game dev with Unreal and Unity engine being free, and rapid prototyping will only get easier as more tools are developed for those engines. As for Dreams, if after some time, the company decides to retroactively claim legal right over all user generated content, and start suing aspiring devs who first found success within Dreams but brought their original idea to Unity and put it on the market, then who's to say who owns that IP? One just have to look at Blizzard's new policies about mod creation to know how low a 'good' game company can fall for potential profits from monetizing player generated content. IP is the new commodity of our times, and you're right to worry about the likes of Nintendo and Disney coming down hard on Dreams, either they will want to charge licensing fees and redistribution rights for games created on Dreams, or they will do their best to shut it all down.
You mentioned that a goal for the future is for people to be able to sell their games. While this will motivate some people, I wonder if it won't be detrimental in the end. At the moment assets are free and you can modify many existing games, when commercial and licensing factors become part of the picture it could slow down the open community.
Well, I guess Sony knew their market concerning this Game design software, then let others to speak up about this in an honest opinion from a gamer perspective.
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Can you share the music credits please! The songs are super good! EDIT: oh found the intro one, 85 by Kadant 👍
Play my Dreams game “Chao Corridor!”
How can you believe to not have a creative bone in your body, while being a successful content creator on TH-cam? *scratches head*
18:00 Early access is a scam in plain sight.
"There isn't a creative bone in my body" - says the man who has two impressive youtube channels with frequent content, excellent in-depth critique, and entertaining editing. Give yourself some credit my dude.
ForMyKing1 what’s his other channel?
@@jomorazero Laymen Gaming, they make so many great memes
@@JimmyEres wait skillup is laymen gaminh? I would never have figured that out it was bugging me on why laymen gaming was so familiar im going to subscribe to laymen now
Hear, hear!!
He reviews games/gives gaming news, not a lot of creativity needed there
My dude. Your TH-cam content is your creativity. The script writing and editing alone makes you more creative than 95% of the population. And you’re good at it.
this!
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Exactly, when he said he wasn't creative I literally thought dude what the fuck. This entire channel oozes creativity.
Ironically my biggest (semi-) gripe with the video: he got everything most other reviewers don't understand about Dreams and then falls into the same old "no creative bone"-trap so many people go hide in. I mean, sure, some people have an insane proclivity for crafts and creative mediums and it sure would show, but short of being restricted by how you move appendages (if they exist in the first place), pretty much anyone can learn anything. It's just that you have to spend a whole bunch of time on it.
It's vague and different for everyone, but the one thing you really have to learn that is at the core of every hobby is persistence. You stick with it, you master it. People immediately castrate themselves just by saying "I'm not the type for this". What, crocheting is an emergent skill that requires a specific brain to develop? No! You just learn it and the better you get, the less people nag at you for sucking at it, the fewer people want you to become a crocheting wizard by age 5, the more time you might want to spend on it and you'll just learn without even realizing it.
"Just do it" is truly great advice and nobody seems to admit it, but everything is possible if you just look beyond the current horizon of what you can do. And if you learn to enjoy the path with its cul-de-sacs and what-have-yous, you won't even mind the failures too much but get excited by the prospect of solving one more puzzle. Same for music, same for acrobatics, same for all things in the world.
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you and dunkey doing a better marketing for this game than sony
by the thumbnail i thought this was a 3rd dunkey dreams video when i clicked on it haha
The entire point probably is that Sony doesn't need to make any marketing. It's not like you pay like 2000 bucks for a campaign either. To give a small hint: games like GTAV had a dev budget of maybe 100 million USD and ads cost an extra 150 million. We're talking about +150% here, nobody would expect something like Dreams to be marketed in such a fashion and there really is no need if everyone picks it up sooner or later anyway.
Besides, it only gets better as time goes on, so blowing your wad in the beginning seems like a wasteful solution.
Tahar MEBARKI yo they’ve been marketing it for ages
@@FFContent False.
With Sony's attitude with Cinematic Games getting a huge marketing push while unique games (see: Gravity Rush 2, Tearaway: Unfolded, Concrete Genie, Until Dawn, Knack 2 and Everybody's Golf) don't get advertised as much (unless you're VR), and when they do, they only market the game during Launch Week and continue as normal.
That's why you see some people believing Cinematic Games is all Sony offers, but it it's not the case. Sony has shown that they have variety of games, but Sony isn't interested on that front.
For Dreams' case, Sony didn't market Dreams as much as it gets closer and closer to launch (if you wanna see that in action, take a look at E3 2018's Press Conference where Sony didn't livestream the Dreams Musical Concert, when it could've been part of the Press Conference), Sony only did a bit of a marketing for Launch Week, and then business as usual.
and then PewDiePIe and VideoGameDunkey played Dreams and all the sudden, Sony released three new trailers showcasing Dreams. This is not the first time that happened, it also happened with Until Dawn (also releasing it alongside Tearaway: Unfolded, Media Molecule previous game) which Sony only gave a weak marketing until bigger TH-camr play it and became the most talked about game for a month.
but unlike others, Dreams has a advantage. they already have a build-in LBP Fanbase with them and Media Molecule has been doing word-of-mouth themselves for a year and a half via their Livestreams, and did a Early Access program (which, was better executed than the Dreams Creator Beta, which was poorly handled).
and in the end, it did pay off.
Umm PewDiePie also helped.
Dreams to me is the closest thing we have gotten to a new version of Newgrounds in this generation, games, videos, art, comedy, etc.
Uber Matoa My god this. When he started sounding off the ages of these different platforms it really hit me how much had changed.
This is such a wonderful product. It has a gravity swell that will inevitably draw exactly the kind of people who can use it best.
It's a mixture of Newgrounds and Roblox.
@@ShahbazBokhari newgrounds is a website to access that stuff not a platform to create it lol.
like WishMaster said. mixture of newgrounds and roblox
roblox is like a platform for making indie games
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newgrounds is like a youtube for a variety of arts
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dreams, a platform for making indie arts lol
@@ShahbazBokhari i didn't mean to tag u, i was trying to reply in general, my bad lol
Massive props to Sony which continues to invest piles of cash in developing high budget/high risk innovative 'games' like this, Death Stranding and Detroit: Beyond Human.
How is Detroit innovative? Quantic Dreams has been making that same style of game for years and I'd argue that Detroit is the worst one they've made yet.
Also Sony: Not marketing the game enough.
AL2009man they have tho
@@FFContent but it's not enough, some people (even Super Eyepatch Wold) has already pointed out the weak marketing Dreams had.
Then PewDiePie and VideoGameDunkey played the game and suddenly, Sony released three new trailers shortly after.
@@AL2009man Sony probably don't see the need to market it so heavily. It's the type of product that has to succeed through word of mouth, otherwise it's not going to last very long. They're probably confident that the game will grow by itself.
That and, as others have stated in this comments section, the best of Dreams has arguably yet to come. So spending their budget marketing this to the mainstream, most of who won't even try to create things and only play other's works, in the initial stages of the game where there is still not a lot of quality content, is probably a bit of a waste when they can do it later.
The audio tools alone are absolutely insane. I'm still finding shit that you can do which is blowing my mind, I can finally make the music I've always wanted and do it with incredible ease
@Jorge Esparza Bruh wtf you talking about, you probably replied to the wrong comment lol
@Jorge Esparza ahhh I gotcha, apologies I was confused because I thought you were quoting me at first. Reading your comment again I realize you were being hyperbolic and echoing the things that a lot of other people have said about the game who don't even try to wrap their heads around just how much creative freedom there is in Dreams. I'm still blown away at how media molecule has pulled off such a vast array of depth in the toolsets for all aspects, and how it has been given to the world for only 40 bucks. Limitless potential unlike anything that's ever been seen on a gaming console, I've heard about school classrooms having minecraft as part of a creativity curriculum but just imagine the possibilities if students were given Dreams at a young age to exercise their imagination. Dreams makes minecraft look like babies first fisher price toy, and the things that people have created in minecraft are seriously impressive. I can't wait to see what Dreams may come in the next few years it is exciting to think about
This is not a joke this is not a meme but I found Cloudbloom even though I'm reeeeally late to the party commenting on another video
*Folks the cracks are starting to show*
@@gazda9272 it really is so incredibly sad
@@cloudbloom HAHAHAHAH movin the wheels :D
There’s a game I’ve been dreaming about making for years but I’ve never had the time to try and learn how to work in unity or something like that so maybe now I can finally start doing it with Dreams...
The community is super supportive too, anything you struggle with you can find someone who can help you out
I’m the same way honestly. I can’t wait to see what I can make with this software!
Good Luck to you I hope your creation is epic :D
How'd it go?
Bruh you def have a creative bone in your body. The way you write clear and concise scripts that effectively convey the nature of a game is nothing short of a creative flex!
Cristian he really sells himself short, I can see Ralph writing a damn good short video game one of these days and with his influences I bet it’d be interesting to say the least.
Critiquing something is not something that really demands creativity,it demands other abilities,but creativity is not really one of them
Bernardo Carneiro hmm touché, If at the least it gives him an appreciation for structure and pace. 🤔
@Baz B true,those aspects you mentioned are important,but they are more like writing/awareness skills, creativity is something totally different
Whenever I see Dreams I immediately think of how little we deserve it.
VERY impressive game from both a creative AND technical standpoint!
As a kid that grew up in the Newgrounds era...this is a "DREAM" come true
"This is a nightmare! My car's parked all the way over at the other side of WITCHY WOODS! "
Lmao love that one
Sums up my thoughts exactly 👌 Dreams is a fantastic tool for creators. I absolutely love to create things together with my kids - and they love it too 🤞
Hey dude, how old are your kids? My nephew is six and want to know if he can create (psychologically understand tutorials)
@@gameimprovements4347 6 and 4 - The younger one enjoys just giving commands, my 6 yo daughter likes to play around with the tools as well. It's more of an experimenting thing though (since the logic parts can be a bit more complicated to setup and may bore them). The controls are relatively simple when getting started - but of course the deeper you dive into it, the more complicated it gets. It's not something the kids would enjoy on their own for long, so there's guidance required.
@@FlipAcEm thanks man. The information I was looking for-thought kids could pick up the intuitiveness of the tutorials pretty easily
If you really wanna see to full power of what dreams is capable of, watch dunkeys dream videos
brb buying a PS4
Have fun m8
as you should
So how has it worked out for you?
Dreams isn’t just a game. It’s an art form.
Once I bought Dreams I haven't looked back or played any other game. I'm deep into developing my own vision, my own world and designing my own gameplay the way I want it. It's difficult as hell to learn the technical coding aspects, but goddamn it's fun. The highest form of culture, of art, is to PARTICIPATE in it. This is what they've done in Dreams.
Never seen such passionate comments for a video game as I have from fellow Dreamers
"Come along Bort!"
"Are you talking to me?"
"No, my son is also named Bort."
"We need more 'Bort' license plates in the gift shop!"
If you want to play an amazing game on dreams that you can spend hours on play splatty’s adventure, amazing 3D platformer like Mario 64 or banjo, 12 months of work with a team of 6
The game came out last month, how did someone put 12 months into developing a game already ?
Texelion 3D prints since the beta, the beta has been out since February 2019
@@pbgamer115 Correction: Dreams Beta started in December 2018 for those who subscribed to Mm Newsletter earlier, but the rest will get their chance to register for the Beta in the Month after.
but in terms of Communication, Distribution and Announcement (Mm didn't talked that much about the Beta (despite REALLY early announcing it) until the last minute, keep in mind that most people will be spend their time on Christmas during that time), Dreams Beta was a mess. but they did remedy the whole thing with Early Access.
AL2009man are team didn’t get in that early we got in around February, that’s when we started on the project
I absolutely fell in love and finished the audio aspects within a couple hours. I'm jumping in now for the other aspects to help fix the tutorial issues I had so others can jump in and just have fun learning with no issues.
This is the first video I’ve seen from you and I have to say...your review skills are next level. Maybe the best I’ve seen. Keep working hard and you’ll continue to prosper!
Good review as always, but I feel you missed the mark a bit on this one. Several times you tell people not to get this game because they're not gonna find some OTHER game inside of it, it's weird to hold it up to the standard of assuming you'll find some 40 hour long AAA experience inside. That's not the point of dreams /shrug.
Maybe I'm misinterpreting here, but it felt you're saying this is one of the most ambitious, influential, and simply amazing games to come out in years, but don't buy it because you won't find the next God of War hidden in the menus.
Most amazing "tools" to come out in years, not game. So yeah for creators green light but for consumers not so much... yet
He pretty much said this is amazing, don't buy it yet unless you're creative, if you do buy it you might be bored, but later in 6-12 months come back and buy it.
It's much better than this is awesome, go out and buy it. Then people buy it and think it's rubbish.
@@Optamizm Yea, I'm not sure what he means, I and a million other people would surely spend an indefinite amount of cash on memes
You can jump in and surf endless indie content of varying qualities but as soon as ur bored you can surf for more. And there is always more added. And there is definitely lots worth playing besides just the pilgrim, tho that one is great. Dreams is *massive* value. VR and Multiplayer support incoming.
Considering all the amazing things the LBP community was able to do with the tools of that game, I have absolute faith that what we see today just only a glimpse of amazing creations to come.
From the Minds behind Little big planet
Dreams is the perfect game for you. You ARE creative and don't let anyone else say otherwise.
Yeah I drew a dick on microsoft paint when I was 12 and I knew I'm creative.
In short: Do you enjoy watching youtube? If yes, buy dreams.
The netflix style games are coming in a couple of months/years, if you're more of a netflix n chill kind of person.
Creativity comes in all forms, my dude. You have a real talent & we all benefit from it, thanks for sharing!
The music for this review is so great
"I'm not really a creative person, I don't have a creative bone in my body". - Skillup 2020.
Dude. Every review you make is art in itself, your writing and scripts are so creative its what brings so many people to your reviews and why your reviews alone might be the sole point in which someone purchases a game. You do what you do, and you do it fucking well. You have way more creativity then you give yourself credit for. Keep up the hard work Ralph.
Holy shit, ralph, my man. Your lighting is the best as it ever has been, a long ways from last years. Good job man, it ain't flat and boring anymore.
I absolutely love dreams and the creative freedom it gives the players, media molecule in my opinion is one of few amazing dev teams out there. They don’t do anything in the pursuit money, only creativity! :)
Ok there's a lot to unpack in this.
A) This is a perfect description of what this is. Just like RPG maker isn't for everyone so is this. I remember myself having an idea in high school and spending night after night learning unity to create my idea with bassicaly no coding background. If I had this tool today, my idea would be on that community page and I hope this is the case for more people. Event the most basic most stupid thing you can imagine, must be accessible to make. Being creative is what keeps a lot of us ticking.
B) Reviewing games IS creative. This doesn't go so much to Ralph but to the comments. Reviewing games isn't just "play the game then call john and tell him your thoughts". You have to write a comprehensible script that people understand without using the product themselves while describing the product truthfully. Then there's the editing which is a whole other part of creativity. If you don't think that editing a simple video is creative you are simply wrong.
Dreams have plenty of great games, you just watch the TH-camrs that sift through the shit to get to the masterpieces.
For years I’ve had ideas for games and animations that I’ve been wanting to make. But, every tool or software available out there has a difficult learning curve or require complex coding language that I can’t even begin to understand.
Even stuff like Source Filmmaker, despite it being sold as a user-friendly efficient tool to make animations easier than something like Maya is not an easy feat to master. Hell, the devs of that software never bothered finishing their tutorial videos explaining how to use the damn thing leaving the rest to just guess work.
This, on the other hand is incredible. Even the act of sculpting, something that I’ve never even considered trying because I lack any artistic bones in me looks so damn fun because of the intuitive tools.
Your comparisons to apps like TikTok is spot on. People don’t take into account how creation tools have evolved to make video and even website design more accessible, so why wouldn’t Dreams be any different?
Maybe my dream game can finally happen this time. No more slaying over software that makes me rage quit, spending money on artists that never delivered or being stressed and overwhelmed leaving unfinished projects. I can start making stuff on my own with creativity being my only limitation.
The only issue is the $340 paywall to get a PS4 and the game, and like you said, it’s too early in the game’s lifespan to have anything worthwhile playing. So I guess I’ll have to save up some cash in the meantime.
A good artist never blames the tools.
This was a fantastic video 👍🏾 Dreams truly is Revolutionary
Do you think players only should jump in right now, or wait like he recommends?
@@TerranceTonyThomas it all depends on what kind of player you are, I have a good time when I hop on Dreams because I never know what to expect and I've came across levels that I'm glad I got to experience but if you're looking for full fledged games then I'd probably wait
Thanks for playing my The Pilgrim creation!
Really captured how I've been feeling about this game. I've been telling everybody I can about it.
I remember when I was about 12 and was fucking around in halo 4 forge, and how much I expressed myself creatively in that creative engine. I can only imagine how many children there will be who will be so fulfilled by this.
Talking about the Toyota production system during a game review? This is why I love your incredible reviews. What perspective!
The biggest revolution in gaming to date in my opinion, give it 6-12months and there will be stuff on there that puts a lot of professionally created games to shame.
I remembered when i struggled so badly with the tutorials but now I'm about 30 hours in and I feel like god
You impress me every time with your writing, always very insightful with a philosophic touch :) Im not a native english speaker but I can tell that you put a lot of work into it.
Top notch review, as always. Honestly up there with the best reviewers TH-cam has to offfer :).
I really like this specific review along with the many others out there as you look Dreams as a platform or tool for making games or even anything. Another great point is how you should probably wait for a bit and keep an eye on Dreams until it starts to accumulate more "polished" content similar to Art's Dream or until they reach the level creators took in Little Big planet. However i'm fine if someone purchases Dreams for the current state it is including the mixture of masterful and nightmarish creations the community has made. I also like how IGN put it in their review; "This is one dream I urge you not to sleep on.
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Really good video man. I think this video really showcases just how much potential dreams has.
What a good review. Dreams actually allowed me to turn my art into a game character, it keeps me go back in and try to make it a full game
4:09 Wow now that is one greedy Microsoft.
Your content is usually always superb but this video was done so concisely and expertly that I'm surprised you think you have no creativity. Sure sometimes I see leftover edits and snaps from other footage pop up, but the way you write and speak about a subject with relevant info then wrap back around to the topic is always great, good job!
Also, comment for the algorithm.
Hey man. I don't comment often as I watch on my PS4 but I wanted to say that I really enjoyed this bud.
I reeeaaaallly hope they release this for pc man. I tried creating but I hate the controls for moving stuff with the dual shock and I can't afford to shell out like £100 on the motion controllers. But let me use a mouse a omg this will be amazing. I hope they allow stylus support too so artist can literally draw in Dreams.
Man you say you don’t have a creative bone in your body, and maybe that unlikely possibility is true, but you just inspired the creativity out of people for them to hop on dreams and try their hand at it! Thank you for the review, always impressed with them.
Thanks for showing some love for this software! Its deff great for the kiddos that will be the next generation of game devs, artists and musicians!
So much Fan Made 40K anthology potential.
Edit: Ralph, you’re a fun lad to listen to when you start going really in depth.
Love seeing this kind of content, don’t you be scared of getting ultra obscure on us you mad lad. :p
You have become one of my favorite reviewers. I look forward to every video.
Saying that Dreams costs next to nothing is absolutely accurate. For a game developed over a decade to be so cheap AU$54 / US$40, this price point is another indication intention decisions made in order for these tools to be even more accessible. This really is just the beginning, as Dreams would only lose popularity as soon as people stop having an imagination. So instead of a AAA game that starts at a high retail price, they've set it reasonable and it'll likely not drop much at all. In a years time when that absolutely must play game is only available through Dreams, people will flock. Sony playing the long game.
Brilliant, honest, insightful analysis as always Ralph. Ty
Man, I really hope this comes out for PC
Been playing around with sculpting, animating and I love the game so far. great review man and I cant wait for the next one.
Let's hope they don't crackdown on copyright in Dreams
This is the #1 Review video for Dreams. Forget ALL other reviews. I subscribed to him because of this review.
You're raising some very good points here! I hadn't realized the future potential of this product until now.
Hi! Big fan of your work. I’m in the middle of the latest FPS episode.
I’m hoping a new comment on a three year old video isn’t the worst way to submit this request, but it’s relevant.
You may have heard that it’s recently been all but confirmed that Dreams was supposed to get a PC and PS5 port. These ports were near completion before Media Molecule had to lay a bunch of people off and shift focus to their next project.
The Dreams community is, probably futilely, trying to convince Sony that Dreams deserves another shot by releasing these supposedly nearly complete ports.
We’ve been compiling footage of the best creations and trying to raise awareness of the amazing things you can make in Dreams.
I think it’d go a long way if someone like you who thought so highly of Dreams when it launched were to revisit it and profile the creations that have been released.
I’d be more than happy to find a good list of creations for you to check out.
I know you’re busy, especially in yet another stacked February, but if there’s any way you could consider helping us get the word out you would be doing the entire games industry a service by helping one of its greatest achievements get a second chance.
Either way, I wish you all the best. Thanks for reading all that.
like the good old days of flash games
Makes me wonder if Sony will use this to find new talent.
LET ME BE CLEAR....you DO NOT need to create ANYTHING to enjoy dreams...you can buy this game just for the platform that it is and have endless fun without creating anything.....
like, if I was a sponsor of SkillUp I'd feel like the whole video was leading up to the sponsor shoutout, and it's a great video and it all works. And then he's like, I have no creative bones in my body.
Dude you're a review artist, that's it! It's still art! At least in my opinion, but well, that's enough to qualify as art anyways so it all works!
"It just works!"
its like an endless supply of old ps1 demo discs with tons of obscure stuff
Great review man! Even if I don't want to play Dreams I love to see people flex their creative muscles. Maybe if we have a text adventure creator game I can flex my writing skills. One day
The thing that will make or break dreams is the community if they handle that well and wait for a couple years dreams will be the next minecraft
Id love it if you shared the music being used in the video, this is my jam
I honestly love your reviews. They are smart Well written and honest. Your scripts are beautiful. Since you don’t post a review often it honestly becomes an event for me. I love that your opinions don’t come often but when they do come they are statements. Would you be interested in the new call of duty war zone dlc? Free to play battle royal....but the crown jewel is the plunder game mode. I never understood the phycology of loosing and jumping back in to a new game, until I played plunder. It takes me back to dark zone division 1. Moment to moment fire fights and high tension objective completion. I genuinely love it and I think you will love it as well. Cheers! .
A review on it won’t change my view on the dlc. But I would love to hear your opinion on it. Also consider a podcast. I think you would have a solid fan base. I think you and your brother would have an awesome dynamic. I’m done. Peace !
Got a nice chuckle from the occasional No Man's Dreams clips sprinkled throughout the video.
Edited to add: Bortman as a metaphor for the COVID-19 pandemic.
RPG MAKER MV is actually really useful Its such an easy way to make pixel games im glad it exists.
I might buy this just to support it. If Sony is smart with this technology it could be huge.
There is plenty of fun to be had. Well worth the asking price. And it will only get better and better.
The mod community would have a field day for a long time to come
Lately I've been playing MHW on PC, it is really good with reshade and mods be it for cosmetic or game effect/change like new monster or skill rebalance etc but each new updates the capcom team try their best to make modding impossible or harder, the moment Iceborne drop for example they add CRC to disable cheat engine and mod for accessing the game but it only took a day for the CE comunity to create a working CT and the CRC end up taking up resource and either crash the game or drop the performance for everyone, be it mod user or not which drive me nuts
It took longer for the mod community to bypass it but we did it in like a week? or so and capcom finally realize how stupid it is and how damaging the change to performance and remove CRC entirely, but they still try to make modding harder and harder each update but of course the modding community always find a way to bypass it given enough time and get the upper hand, still it really is a pain in the ass to update the mods be it for user and modder alike each time there is a big update to the game which turn away some creator and user and make it harder for the community to thrive
Yes, I understand that there are some people that use cheat or mod to do something stupid that could affect other people in a negative way such as one-hit kill monster or unlimited HP, stamina etc but after hundreds of hour, hundreds of online hunt with random and even few months ago before Iceborne drop where modding and cheating is easier to do, I have only meet 4-5 people who did something like that out of the hundreds if not thousands of player I meet randomly in the hunt.
99% of people who use a mod did it to improve their experience and they have the conscience to not ruin other people's experience with the game, so I really dislike the way Capcom handles MHW and that is on top of the pretty awful PC port. The game is amazing alright, but it could have been much better
Anyway sorry for the rant, looking at Dreams and its amazing potential just made me mad at how bad it goes for some community of modder nowadays and I know MHW is not the only one.
Reviewing this game is like reviewing youtube as a whole. It has its up and downs, but its what people make of it is what really counts
I hope this succeeds, you can see the passion behind the developers.
"Think about what iPhones have done for photography!"...oh boy
This game is cool and unique
I've not seen a review that summarises Dreams and more importantly, it's potential, so well.
"Creative Director" yeah that shirt absolutely SCREAMS creativity
This really should be game of the decade....is it the best graphics? No. best sound? No....but it is so much much more than that....and the idea that it is 99.9% user generated...this is one of the most unique and underrated pieces of software in modern times...
I just checked on this review again and am shocked that one of your best reviews has so few views.
Here's how people should think about Dreams
Bottomline:
Platform Engine meets the look of Pixar.
The way the game was created was to give you the ability to "loosely" create your own platform (really).
That's just how the game is set up.
Its like an alternate challenger Mario Maker except a little less with a whole lot of other abilities given to it to allow the player to create other things since the PS4 gives it the power to do so. But at the heart of it, its just a basic platform engine and a kid's perception creation tool. Which is probably the best at that of what it is. (Like a creative kid that didn't know what he was doing and a genie appeared to grant him a wish. Since the kid was inexperienced, he wished for the ability to create ANYTHING he wanted but and give others the ability as well. Everyone else ran off with the idea of creation with it first before he.)
Is it worth your money?
YES!
Even if you don't wanna create anything, its like seeing what other people, the little people, and fans are capable of. Plus, buying this 1 game is like buying many many MANY different versions of games at once. Is it going to be replacing games made by Triple A companies, indie game creators, and/ or the professionals? Not by a long shot. Its too short and it can only be played online. You can't download anyone's games as far as I know. Especially, at the deathbed of the PS4 even if it will be ported to the PS5. Its still fun to have. The games can only be played inside of the "DREAMS" Dreamiverse anyways. Which means, you have to own the actual game or downloaded game of Dreams in order to play it. You can't just download an app player like the RPG Maker Player for RPG MAKER FES for the 3DS or the "free" programs of the Unreal Engine or Unity (which I could not use at all) and just play the games. You gotta own it. Its still worth it though.
If you have an original idea for a game and it ain't a platform, you're not gonna get the full feel of how you would want it to be with this game. Thought its a nice attempt and fairly imaginably possible.
My score: 8.5 out of 10.
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Even though I first thought of this game back sometime in 2001.
I got Dreams during the beta, but I didn't play it much. It seemed very cool and I had fun playing other peoples creations, but they were way too short and not very complete. I decided to try learning how to make a game, but I didn't like the controls that much. The main thing I didn't like was how the cursor was moved with motion controls. You had to move the controller and I didn't like that. It made things harder to place exactly where you wanted them. I gave up kind of quickly, but I might try it again soon. I think that this game will get much better over time and I think having it on PC would be really great. You could be more precise and you could probably get extra things to help build your game online. Dreams is very cool and I hope it succeeds. I just think it would be much better on PC and think it will take time to get good, like TH-cam.
What are the all the music that was shown in the segments of the video? I genuinely want to hear some of them fully because they sound inspiring to me and I love inspiration songs.
Good job explaining this in depth
This video is put together so well. Bravo.
Dreams has been blowing my mind since day 1! I'm blown away of what people have been creating! Great review btw! Are you and Sam gonna do a review or sorts as well?
1 comment to literally everything said in this video.
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Dreams is unique don't get me wrong but roblox is/has done a lot of this & developed a lot well since it's release in 2006.
not to say it's better (as simplicity isn't it's strong suit)
but the absolute lack of comparison between the 2 surprised me a little because dreams is like the perfect next step to something like roblox
This review is fantastic! One of your best yet!
Triple A games spends years creating a game. Imagine if some of these creators came together for one big project and spent a couple of months to a year to create a polished game
Ah man, VR games could be pretty freakin cool!
Looking forward to this. It'll be a nice competitor to ROBLOX once it gets momentum.
Minor correction, early access is not the only way game devs get feedback from people about their game. Don't forget that there's playtesting involved in alpha, closed and open beta. Virtually every game dev cycle will have certain amount of gathering player feedback.
That aside, Dreams seem like it has potential to inspire a newer generation of game devs, but those definitely will not flourish within the game itself. I can't even see it being used by indie devs as a prototyping tool, since the content one create within it cannot be brought out of it, and it's not clear that those content legally belongs to the creator and not Media Molecule, one has to be cautious about overhyping it as a revolutionary democratization of game development.
There are already lower barriers of entry to game dev with Unreal and Unity engine being free, and rapid prototyping will only get easier as more tools are developed for those engines. As for Dreams, if after some time, the company decides to retroactively claim legal right over all user generated content, and start suing aspiring devs who first found success within Dreams but brought their original idea to Unity and put it on the market, then who's to say who owns that IP? One just have to look at Blizzard's new policies about mod creation to know how low a 'good' game company can fall for potential profits from monetizing player generated content.
IP is the new commodity of our times, and you're right to worry about the likes of Nintendo and Disney coming down hard on Dreams, either they will want to charge licensing fees and redistribution rights for games created on Dreams, or they will do their best to shut it all down.
Dang I got here early
Also I saw blade runner 2049 in theaters and it was my fav movie of the year. Was absolutely amazing
I really want to recreate katamari in dreams. That would be a killer since I miss that series so much
You mentioned that a goal for the future is for people to be able to sell their games. While this will motivate some people, I wonder if it won't be detrimental in the end. At the moment assets are free and you can modify many existing games, when commercial and licensing factors become part of the picture it could slow down the open community.
Well, I guess Sony knew their market concerning this Game design software, then let others to speak up about this in an honest opinion from a gamer perspective.