VGC: "Starting in 1980, with the first graphical adventure game Mystery House, the PC market is now loaded with adventure games. The genre, however, was changed in 1993 with the arrival of the best-selling adventure game of all time, Myst. Myst started the first person casual adventure game genre and was said to be proof that video gaming had finally gotten out of its odd adolescent phase. The next trend in adventure games came in 2005 when Mystery Case Files developed the now common ‘hidden object’ puzzle genre. Blending elements of Myst and Mystery Case Files, Dream Chronicles first hit the PC market back in 2007. Now Dream Chronicles has made its way onto the Xbox Live Arcade."
With a poor story, out-dated graphics and no real depth to the puzzles and with so many great titles in the genre already available for the same price, you steer clear of this one. Spend those 800 MSP on something that isn’t going to entertain you in a single lunch break.
"I had never heard of Dream Chronicles, and it seems to have barely registered as a blip upon its release on XBLA and PSN, so it comes with a great deal of surprise that this was actually an award-winning, best-selling game in 2007. Well, best-selling indie/casual game, to be specific."
PlayDevil has posted a review of Hudson Softs' "Dream Chronicles" for Xbox Live Arcade.
Was it a dream or a nightmare?
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"Everything you do in Dream Chronices is controlled with a mouse cursor, which you can manipulate using the left analogue stick. Even the menus require it. If you want to change some of the settings, you’ll need to hit start and wait for the triangular blob to amble across the screen until it alights upon the option you want to select. In a game that’s all about selecting and moving objects, sticking to a PC control system makes for a frustrating experience."
