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DreamWeb

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It was just a dream. It was so real... so vivid! It was just a dream... wasn't it?

In your dreams you travel to the DreamWeb - everyone does. It affects the plane of your subconscious. Ryan has a disturbing inner turmoil. Driving him, testing him. Forcing him through this battle of the subconscious mind.

The dreamweb is about to be shattered.

Totally original concept.

Precision graphics and 4000 frames of stylish animation.

Chilling combat sequences.

Haunting narration throughout, with distinctive character voices played by professional actors.

Movie soundtrack with superb sampled sound effects making Dreamweb the most atmospheric adventure ever.

Read Ryan's story in the enclosed "Diary of a mad? man".

Explore hundreds of meticulously detailed locations.

A perfect fusion of science fiction and the dark mysteries of adventure gaming.

When you run DreamWeb, the first thing you see on the screen is a quote from the Bible; Specifically, Revelation 16:1. A grim taste of things to come, to be sure. DreamWeb is an good example of how dark cyberpunk science-fiction can be. Besides the violence (which can get somewhat gory at times), there's one of the earliest uncensored sex scenes ... Read Moreever in a big-ticket computer game. The game is absolutely rich with atmosphere, including an incredible amount of rain (does it ever stop raining in this city?), very good (and, as you'd expect, very dark) music, and well-done graphics which really bring out the darkness in the mood. DreamWeb is an excellent example of a game which values atmosphere over actual content. The whole plot is muddy and indecipherable. However, that doesn't really matter, since the plot isn't that important to the execution of the game anyway. DreamWeb is all about a dark, dirty city and the similar people who inhabit it.

In terms of its actual gameplay, it's a pretty good adventure, although it's unusual in that it lets you pick up an incredible number of items, most of them ambient items which serve no purpose, which means it can be very hard to figure out what's useful and what's there only for show. This makes the puzzles tricky sometimes, and the fact... Read More that most of the time you're not quite sure what you should be doing (beyond a vague idea that your job is to assassinate specific people) means you'll get stuck a lot, particularly since many puzzles hinge on your having a particular object with you, and if you don't have it (which may very well be, considering your limited inventory space), you'll have to backtrack. Not only is the game full of objects you can take, it's also full of description. DreamWeb seems to take delight in surprisingly (some might say excessively) detailed descriptions of every small object.

This game will appeal to those who's into Cyberpunk in general, and also to those looking for a scary and challenging adventure game with a incredible atmosphere/soundtrack. A must have PC game!