Lost Dream Darkness is an adventure game developed by Morning Shift Studios and published by Ultimate Games. Unfortunately, this game doesn’t have much going for it. Fasten your seat belts for a quick review.
I wanted to enjoy this game, who wouldn’t want to play as an adorable fox? But unfortunately, this game is empty. You play an unnamed fox trying to find the light, but there isn’t much of a story. The game description says, “Lost Dream Darkness tells a quiet story about a world suddenly engulfed in darkness.” I think you can use your imagination to fill in the blanks about the world we are in, what darkness is, where it comes from and why it is so.
But because it lacked a story, it also lacked direction. The game starts by dropping a fox character into a dark area. It doesn’t explain the controls (unless you open the menu) or tell you what their purpose is. He has two buttons, but he uses only three: move the fox, move the camera, jump, and attack. There are zero enemies, so you don’t have to attack anything. In fact, you almost never need to jump.
For example, in the first area I climbed over a ledge and fell into the water without realizing it and died. Lost Dream Darkness has no hitpoints or lives, so I respawned again from the beginning. But then I found out that I shouldn’t go into the water. At the end of the first area you have to jump into a puddle and it will spawn in the middle of the lake in area 2. It didn’t make sense that you could only enter the water if the game required it, but there was no sign of doing so.
Anyway, that’s all there is to the game. The fox he moves to 5 different areas, each brighter than the last. Not much to see or research. Just move from point A to point B. Graphics were nothing special. However, the soundtrack included ambient rain and natural noises. This music gets an A+ from me because I like the sound of them.
I didn’t get a chance to attack anything, so I thought the ending would be a quick boss fight. However, the game ends when the fox reaches the end. No credit roll. Return to main menu. Look, the game is over in 20 minutes.
Will we ever turn Lost Dream Darkness on again? No, if the devs throw in some enemies and hazards, do you think it’s possible? Unfortunately, the game doesn’t have a quiet story or anything to keep the protagonist interested.