Among the Sleep - Enhanced Edition

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Posted on: May 29, 2014

fronzelneekburm

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Games: 1996 Reviews: 21

Survival horror for ages 2 and up

Now here‘s a Kickstarter project that puts the crowd-funded work of many a seasoned developer to shame: A fantastic game, developed on a shoestring budget by a young, dedicated and extremely talented team. You'll be put in the shoes (well, the romper suit, actually) of a 2 year old toddler who wakes up in the middle of the night to find his teddy bear missing. Once the comforting companion has been tracked down, the two unlikely heroes have to make their way through their nightmarishly distorted home, only to find themselves trapped in surreal dreamscapes, which can only be escaped by unlocking suppressed memories. Soon enough, very real horrors start seeping into this fairy tale world of the subconcious. „Among the Sleep" truly is a masterpiece of interactive storytelling. With compelling visuals that would do Lewis Carroll proud, accompanied by truly fantastic sound design, Krillbyte have created an eerie work of art both terrific and terrifying. Even though this is a very short game that should not take you more than four hours to finish, I urge you to get this. Gaming experiences this intense and imaginative are hard to come by. Keep an eye out for this talented young studio! With their amazing debut they have proven themselves masters of the medium and one has to wonder what they will accomplish on a less constricting budget.

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Posted on: August 30, 2015

James175

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Games: 491 Reviews: 3

May cause Motion Sickness

I want to give this 5 stars, but I can't. For players like myself this game will cause extreme motion sickness due to the first person wobbling as you walk movements. It unfortunately makes the game unplayable and is one of the only 2 games I have purchased from gog that I regret buying. I was only able to make it to chapter 2. Other than that the game is well done and is special in that it helps to recapture the viewpoints and common fears of a 2 year old. The voice acting is good too and eerie in a good way.

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Posted on: July 14, 2015

endertargaryen

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Games: 47 Reviews: 4

Driven by atmosphere, not jump scares

This game was quite the experience. Running at about 5 hours, it is rather short, so it's hard to recommend at $20 - $10-$15, I would easily recommend it. Nevertheless, it's an experience you won't forget. I will say I recommend it much more to parents with small children than to the younger audience. The sound is amazing, the atmosphere is chilling, the puzzles are decent, and the sets are gorgeous. Teddy is an excellent plot device that drives the player forward and the "enemy" is pretty terrifying, especially if you consider that you are suppose to be a 2-year-old. The only cons I could find with it is some of the polys/textures could have been better done considering how close you are to the ground at all times and also it could be frustrating to find your way back to the starting point after completing an objective. 4/5 - a great experience, but for 5 hours of gameplay with no replayability, needs to be cheaper. SPOILERS AHEAD! Whether this is commentary on how women tend to get child custody even when not fit is an interesting thought. Teddy is the child's only friend which was a present from the father. The mother is the nightmare that is chasing him in his dreams and she is seen at the bottom of a bottle at the end. Then the father comes to save the day and the game ends. Now telling your two-year-old you don't want to get angry and enough is enough and then being depressed and drinking doesn't automatically make a bad parent. She is struggling, as do most parents (myself included). But once again, we have to look at this through the eyes of a 2-year-old. If Daddy is always nice and Mommy struggles to raise the child, of course the Dad will look better, even if it's the mother who has primary custody and all the responsibility. I feel like this game invoked a lot of thought with the ending and I know personally, it made me re-examine the way my toddler and baby perceive me on the days that are harder to be a good parent.

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Posted on: June 3, 2022

cahallmxj

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Games: 1447 Reviews: 23

A 2-year-old tries to make sense madness

Play Time: 5-6 Hours (completed) Gameplay: Light Adventure / Horror / Walking Simulator. You play as a toddler, so in that sense you are limited to what a toddler might be able to do. Most interaction involves picking things up, climbing to get to a higher position or dragging things so you can get to a higher position. You can crawl, toddle, or toddle / run in this game. You can also hold Teddy. Even the darkness fears Teddy. Graphics: First person, Pretty good, almost seems like this was meant for VR at some point. Does a good job of portraying the chaotic mix of dreams and memory.. the way a dreaming child might remember things. Sound: Good. Communicates the spooky pretty well. Control: Good, for the most part. There is some wonkiness when it comes to seeing where your character is especially when you are looking down or holding the teddy bear. Story: Young child, or someone older remembering a traumatic child hood event, wakes to find that that their house has been taking over by something that seems to want to do them harm for some unknow reason. The player must guide the child through a world that has been become twisted between memory and reality in order to find the truth of the child's strange trip into dream land. My Thoughts: This game isn't what I though it was. It started out as what I thought it was apparently but the developers switched it up at some point and it took me awhile to get to it. So it goes. None the less, while this is not a Soma or Amnesia it's still a decent Light Adventure / Walking Simulator game more in the vein of Gone Home / The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter. The story doesn't spell itself out until the end but I imagine that most people will "get it" relatively early. The presentation was interesting enough for me to play through to see how it ended. So if you are looking for a decent story to play through give this one a look.

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Posted on: June 11, 2021

Havner

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Games: 802 Reviews: 1

Nice walking simulator

10/10, would pick a color of my pijamas again.

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