Lucy Dreaming Review: A Silly, Surreal Point & Click
is a point-and-click adventure game that combines surreal dream sequences and real-world investigation to mostly stellar results. Inspired by classic titles like, has all the best qualities of the genre as well as a few of its shortcomings, featuring a blend of humor and unique new twists on old mechanics which are quite engaging, but that are occasionally bogged down with repetitive problem-solving and unsatisfying plot beats. is the first commercial title from Tall Story Games, an indie developer run entirely by a husband and wife duo.
stars the eponymous Lucy, who's determined to find the root cause of the recurring nightmares disrupting her sleep. Reading through one of her father's psychology books provides the main conceit of the humorous point-and-click, inspiring her to create box in which she can insert different companions and sources of inspiration to conjure different styles of dreams. For example, putting in a joke book and stuffed bear will transport Lucy to a comedy club alongside her ursine companion. Within these dreams, Lucy will collect items to utilize in her progressing nightmares, which occur when the box is removed from her bedside.
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The other half of the investigation in begins with a mysterious email regarding the town of Figgington's famous theme park murder, which occurred at the humorously named Disleyland. The message implies the victim's brother, who's assumed to be responsible for the crime, is not the true culprit, and Lucy soon realizes her nightmares and what happened at Disleyland are interconnected somehow. A surreal departure from the formula of point-and-click mysteries like , what follows is a blend of unlocking
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