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Dreamscapes: Nightmare's Heir - Premium Edition

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68%Game Brain Score
story, graphics
music, atmosphere
68% User Score Based on 97 reviews

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Dreamscapes: Nightmare's Heir - Premium Edition is a single player action game. It was developed by Shaman Games Studio and was released on March 11, 2015. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

The Sandman came back to take revenge. This time his victim is Tim, Laura’s husband. Will you succeed in pulling him out of nightmare?

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68%
Audience ScoreBased on 97 reviews
story11 positive mentions
emotional1 negative mentions

  • Beautiful, detailed graphics and environments with nice animations and special effects.
  • Includes hidden object scenes alongside puzzles, appealing to fans of both point-and-click adventure and hidden object genres.
  • Enjoyable casual gameplay with collectibles, varied puzzles, a well-balanced difficulty, and a continuation of the original story.
  • Poor hint system that often fails to guide players, leading to frustration and need for external walkthroughs.
  • Weak and inconsistent voice acting, particularly the Sandman's and female voices, combined with bad lip syncing.
  • Short game length with abrupt and unsatisfying endings in both main and bonus chapters, plus occasional bugs and glitches.
  • story
    69 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story in this sequel is a direct continuation of the first game, featuring an original and intriguing plot, but many players found it shorter, underwhelming, and with abrupt or inconsistent endings. While some appreciate its coherence and connection to the prior story, others criticize the weak narrative, forced plot points, and poor voice acting, making it less engaging than the original. Overall, the story serves its purpose but lacks depth and satisfying resolution.

    • “There is no shortage of collectibles; in the plot, you must collect all the clock faces needed at the end, and the diary pages help you better understand what happened.”
    • “Dreamscapes: Nightmare's Heir has an exciting story with very nice and fluid graphics.”
    • “Solving various puzzles and hidden object minigames reveals the plot and uncovers the mystery.”
    • “The voice acting is really, really bad, the story drags in many places, it's pretty glitchy, and the ending is... just stupid.”
    • “The story ends very abruptly which prompts you to try out the bonus chapter... which then ends equally abruptly without tying up any of those pesky loose ends (or plot points).”
    • “The beginning seems to slightly retcon the end of the first game, but not too much to throw you off; it's just one example of some inconsistent story/world lore that's present in this installment.”
  • graphics
    22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics are generally praised for their clear, polished, and immersive quality, with beautiful artwork, detailed visuals, and smooth animations that enhance the game's eerie atmosphere. While the visuals show improvement and suit widescreen formats well, some minor flaws like imperfect lip sync and slight character model issues were noted. Overall, the graphics meet or exceed the standards typical of the genre and comparable titles.

    • “The graphics are well done; they immerse you in a strange, illogical world, enhancing the atmosphere with mournful music that strengthens Tim's nightmares.”
    • “They definitely raised the bar with the graphics; the backgrounds and items were pretty HD on widescreen, impressive for a 2014-2015 game.”
    • “The quality is definitely up to par with Artifex games, featuring pleasing visuals and special effects.”
    • “The graphics have improved, but the lip sync is still horrid.”
    • “Graphics were ok in this game but they were not outstanding.”
    • “The voice acting, graphics, gameplay, and story are about par for the genre (in the main game, anyway).”
  • music
    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game's music consists of a small, repetitive soundtrack with mournful tones that effectively enhance the eerie atmosphere, though some players find it fades abruptly during scene transitions. While the score fits the ambiance well and evokes Tim's nightmares, it lacks variety and can become monotonous over time. Voiceovers and sound design received mixed feedback, with some noting weak performances and occasional audio issues.

    • “The graphics are well done; it manages to immerse you in this strange world created by the mind where there is no logic, and you feel lost. Even the music, composed of 4 songs using mournful tones, suggests and strengthens Tim's nightmares.”
    • “The soundtrack fits in perfectly.”
    • “The soundtrack is also fitting to the ambiance.”
    • “Sounds and music often don’t fade out properly during cutscenes.”
    • “There are only two things I disliked in this game: the voiceovers, which are still very weak, and the soundtrack, which keeps cutting off when you move from one scene to another.”
    • “Very repetitive soundtrack - the music is suitable, but needs turning way down (or muting) after a while.”
  • gameplay
    11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay introduces hidden object scenes alongside traditional puzzles, creating a more engaging and varied experience compared to the first game. While some find the progression somewhat directionless and hint mechanics lacking, the overall gameplay is solid, detailed, and enjoyable, with a creepy atmosphere that enhances the experience.

    • “Still packed with achievements, morphs, bonus content, and gameplay.”
    • “There was a huge change in the gameplay: now, you have hidden object scenes included, where the first game was just a point-and-click with puzzles.”
    • “Solid hidden object game, very nice and detailed visuals, quite decent puzzles, and fun gameplay.”
    • “The actual gameplay feels rather directionless, more like meandering around hoping to spot what you need to progress, which is only a minor step up from the first game's autopilot feel.”
    • “Actually had hidden object scenes this time, though the hint mechanics were pretty useless.”
    • “If you are expecting the gameplay to make sense or properly fill in the backstory, then you will be disappointed.”
  • humor
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The humor is lighthearted and often stems from playful character quirks, like a Santa-like laugh, and amusing animations depicting Tim's exaggerated, cliché predicaments.

    • “Also, he laughs like Santa... so that's hilarious...”
    • “The animation is funny in how Tim gets into a deadly predicament that is cliché for some.”
  • atmosphere
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The atmosphere attempts to create mood through music and sounds but is undermined by uninspiring, mundane settings, resulting in a lackluster overall experience.

  • emotional
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The emotional aspect is generally seen as lacking impact, with users finding the story boring and unengaging.

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Dreamscapes: Nightmare's Heir - Premium Edition is a action game.

Dreamscapes: Nightmare's Heir - Premium Edition is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 2 hours playing Dreamscapes: Nightmare's Heir - Premium Edition.

Dreamscapes: Nightmare's Heir - Premium Edition was released on March 11, 2015.

Dreamscapes: Nightmare's Heir - Premium Edition was developed by Shaman Games Studio.

Dreamscapes: Nightmare's Heir - Premium Edition has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Dreamscapes: Nightmare's Heir - Premium Edition for its story but disliked it for its music.

Dreamscapes: Nightmare's Heir - Premium Edition is a single player game.

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