As Lloyd, it is immediately apparent that something is off when starting the game, as he finds himself stuck in a room with no means of exit or escape other than by sleeping on the bed.

For these, we have fewer examples to work with, things like Alice: Madness Returns and the nightmarish warped locations of Silent Hill come to mind, but even one of those takes place in a realistic locale before going to pot.ĭarq is one of the few that I can think of that takes place in a nightmare setting throughout, with the key aim of the game being to guide Lloyd along a series of puzzles and enemy encounters to escape the nightmare and finally awaken from it. This all comes from the idea that horror needs to be based in some sort of reality, with known locations being menaced by supernatural or slasher style “other” threats taking precedent over the surreal, unrecognisable places that seem unnatural to begin with. However, when it comes to the nightmare side, there does seem to be a bit of a lack of games that are dedicated to this state.

Nights Into Dreams, Kirby’s Dreamworld and Psychonauts come to mind as excellent portrayals of the whimsical, filled with surreal imagery and casts of colourful characters to meet and play with. We all have them, some are whimsically fun, some are downright horrifying and that’s what makes them such ripe territory for exploration in an interactive medium.

Of all the worlds that can be conveyed in the medium of video games, the realm of dreams is by far one of the most interesting and varied that comes to mind.

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