Summary
- Dreams of Another offers a unique take on third-person shooting by using guns to rebuild the world.
- The game challenges genre norms, blending philosophical themes with innovative gameplay mechanics.
- Players can wander through a dreamlike world and use a gun to reshape their surroundings in mind-bending ways.
The February 12 PlayStation State of Play offered audiences a look at a number of intriguing new games releasing in the coming months, including Dreams of Another, which is a surrealist third-person shooter with a surprisingly optimistic message about destruction and creation. Dreams of Another is slated to release for PlayStation 5 and PSVR2 sometime in 2025, and the official reveal trailer for this out-of-the-box take on a shooting game offers an early look at the unexpected experience awaiting players.
PlayStation's State of Play included a variety of both AAA and indie games scheduled to launch in 2025, and Dreams of Another from PixelJunk Studio and Q-Games came as a pleasant surprise for many. Taking the genre of third-person shooting games and flipping it on its head, Dreams of Another looks to combine philosophical themes with innovative gameplay.
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Creator Baiyon unveiled the exploration-action game Dreams of Another, which is based on the idea that "there is no destruction without creation." Dreams of Another sees players entering into an otherworldly realm where they will wield a gun to shoot at the world around them, but instead of simply destroying everything, the act of shooting will rebuild the world. This concept forces players to reconsider their understanding of the genre while embracing a new reality where the imagined and the tangible collide. The unconventional mechanic of using a gun to build is combined with point cloud rendering technology to lead players on a journey of discovery through thoughts, emotions, and secrets while navigating a liminal space. Dreams of Another joins the lineup of upcoming PS5 video games set to release in 2025.
Dreams of Another Offers a Different Perspective on the Shooter Genre
Taking a look at the reveal trailer for Dreams of Another, audiences get an idea of how they will be able to use a gun to materialize the world around them into new forms. A protagonist in striped pajamas can be seen walking through a mystical world before opening fire with a gun towards particle clouds. Rather than breaking apart, the particles come together to form a door, trees, lampposts, and more, offering a mind-bending new take on an adventure shooting game. Players will be able to choose between experiencing Dreams of Another in standard gameplay on the PS5 or in virtual reality with the PlayStation VR2 gaming system. Dreams of Another is available now for wishlisting on the PlayStation Store.
Audiences have been treated to a number of games with mind-bending mechanics over the years, from puzzling titles, such as The Witness and Inside, to classics like Portal 1 and 2. For players who enjoy unorthodox gameplay and colorful visuals, Dreams of Another may be one to keep an eye on in 2025.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 63 /100 Critics Rec: 39%
WHERE TO PLAY
From the makers of The Tomorrow Children, PixelJunk Monsters, PixelJunk Eden, PixelJunk Shooter and Nom Nom Galaxy comes a beautiful new game utilizing point cloud rendering technology.
Dreams of Another is a third-person exploration-action game built around the theme, "No Creation Without Destruction", which turns typical third-person shooter gameplay on its head. In Dreams of Another, the more you destroy, the more you create! The world forms around you, the player, as you explore this ephemeral dream-like world, born from the mind of PixelJunk Eden's director and multimedia artist Baiyon.
Follow the Man in Pajamas and the Wandering Soldier to unlock and explore their imagination, past memories and life experiences. Piece together the interwoven stories in this unconventional game that challenges common tropes and invites players to understand not just the game, but their own life in a whole new light.
- Genre(s)
- Adventure, Exploration, Mystery
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR2, PC
