Lucid Dream Adventure Reviews

by Sxnkxnrxck

This game is extremely beautiful and dark, has a great “creepy” theme full of life and adventure. I immediately bought it without any hesitation after the free trial was done. At stage 8 is when it got really buggy on me and would force quit every 3-5 minutes. Now, it won’t let me continue after stage 8. It would pop up an “error” screen which I have taken a screen shot of. Please fix or I will be forced to request a refund.

UPDATE: I got my refund after about 2 weeks because though someone reached out to me, they never fixed it. I was still stuck at stage 8 with an unclear popup message. Just play the free trial and enjoy how beautiful the game is. Don’t bother buying the game and waiting for them to fix it. They won’t.

by Klray

You can play one level. Then, you must pay five dollars for the remainder. Just wish it had said that up front. It feels dishonest when that isn’t revealed until you’ve already been playing. I expected in app purchases. I didn’t expect to have to pay for the levels. They don’t ask for much though. The game is very slow and moving is slow and frustrating. You have to walk to an item before you can pick it up, so when you click on it, first you move. Then you have to click again. I like some things about it. Like, hints seems to be given for free after a waiting period. The art is cool. The music is ok. I may wind up purchasing. Idk.

by Bobbystiych13

As a lifelong adventure gamer, I found nothing in this game that was remotely memorable or well done. The inventory bar takes up a quarter of the screen. The story is uninspired, the characters empty, and the dialogue painfully flat. The puzzles are either lackluster or just a pain. The text is microscopic. The music is generic and repetitive. The animations and transitions are cheap. Even the art style is uninspired. Feels like the whole game was made by a high school kid. I encountered a bug (game froze, had to restart my phone), but the only reason I kept playing this thing was because I paid for it and because I’m bored. For a game called “Lucid Dream Adventure” you’d think it would have at least one ounce of originality to it, but yeah… nope.

by Almighty Cloud

Lovely game, quite like it, but a bug pops up after giving Charon a coin, saying “fatal error” and crashing the game (the game crashes a lot, but usually no error message and I can pick up right where I left off. I have an older phone, so I’m not too mad about those). I tried replaying the level, but the same thing happened. It’s irritating that this seems to be the only way to contact the developer, maybe you should have a “help” button since bugs keep popping up. I will change to a 5 star if the bug is fixed or if I’m told how to pass by it.

by SStomper

If a writer introduces a pistol in chapter 2, for instance, by chapter 4 if should be used, stolen, broken, essentially fate of the pistol is resolved. If an author promises an event now or future, make it happen or lose readers or players. In this game a girl is dreaming, mom is depressed, the girl has to solve things to help her mother. The author of this game violated basic concepts leaving too many promises (help mom) unresolved. The ending is disappointing a sorry end for a promising story line. Maybe I’m missing something when she’s swallowed by a monster when she grabs the umbrella suddenly disappears. That’s the end? If so I regret playing. The story has great potential to offer an uplifting solution for mom and daughter. Instead this abstract nightmare monster obstructs and destroys a decent plot. My rating: Art 5.0 Animations 3.5. I had two or three fatal errors, in one scene she’s standing midair couple places her feet aren’t on solid platform. Story and plot line 2.0. Bad ending too many unresolved conflicts. Sound Effects: 2.0. Annoying. I silenced music in settings. No dialogue between characters. Original Character Development: 3.0. Too many oddball characters have little bearing on outcome.

by Itzoo

I had such high hopes for an interesting ending. The storyline kept hinting that all is not what it seems. Then the story abruptly ends. No deeper explanation of what the family was going through. When the game finally ended I just sat staring at my iPad for 5 minutes in disbelief that there would be no answers to the questions that had stacked up through hours of gameplay.

That being said it was an interesting story. Some puzzles were challenging. There were interesting original characters. And in contrast to what many other reviews say, I experienced absolutely no bugs or crashes.

by Catgrin

This would be a five star review, if the game played cleanly. Even with the glitches, I’d love to see more from this designer. The free introduction gives you a good chance to test out the game, and if you unlock the full game you’ll get plenty more story and puzzles - some of them fairly complex.
The surreal nature of the storyline means you need think outside the box for some solutions, but the mechanisms of the puzzles are pretty standard. Navigation is no problem, and the story is interesting w/ lots of classical lit and art references throughout the game.
There are only two major issues: One is that using the hint guide can cause the game to crash, and for a few of the puzzles, you may need it! Problem two happened with an in-play glitch toward the end of the game. It left the game active but my character invisible (& unplayable). I rather than leave the game, I chose to restart the level not realizing how far back that would send me! So, fair warning: While new play areas have to load pretty often, each chapter is far longer than the load screens would make you expect. If you encounter a glitch that doesn’t crash the game, I suggest you try exiting and restarting from “continue” first to avoid losing a lot of progress.

by Trazko

This game is great, my comments would echo previous reviews. Glitches abound. The music and sound really add to the environment; too bad they keep cutting out. Restarting the game helps sometimes. Fatal errors are overcome by restarts. If only real life were like that. Lucid dreaming can be so.
Great entertainment, thought provoking, story with depth and heart, multiple levels, reminds me of Tormentum.
Please keep those bug fixes coming.
I would really like to finish this game. Poor Lucy seems to be stuck walking on forearms. As soon as level (or scene) starts, Lucy is walking forwards non stop, until she stops moving but her forward steps continue. I can get her to move left with multiple clicks, but she keeps turning around and continues marching to the right.
Restarts didn’t help this time.

Update: thank you for fixing that final bug. I did not go back and check earlier ones, but Alice is no longer stuck.
I look forward to your future endeavors.

by Jasandshi

This may be a slight spoiler to players who haven’t gotten this far yet, but I got up to the portal to Metatron. Going into the portal, there was a fatal error, and I could not continue. I restarted LucidDreamAdventure and tried again, but the same thing happened. Everything before that point was fun and surprisingly smooth. I enjoyed watching the animations. Puzzles weren’t too difficult, either. As it stands, it feels to me more like a nice demo than a full game, but I’m satisfied enough, I guess, even if I don’t get to play the full game.

by J0momma

I downloaded this game because it looked intriguing, graphics looked solid, and it was free..

And you get to play a good portion of the game for free without any interruptions (Ads) or issues (glitches.) And then are asked for $4.99 to continue playing.. I LOVE this type of sales model, being able to play and then decide to buy if it delivers..

I only have it 4 stars bc I am unsure it’s worth $4.99. I’m an old timer and too me that seems high for a phone game.. However, if the rest of the game plays out like the free portion, I will change my review to 5 stars..

by Michael36743

My kids and I LOVE playing this game. The story has just the right amount of mystery to keep you intrigued throughout and the puzzles are difficult, but not so crazy that you could never figure them out. Some just take a bit of thought and time to explore. The one and only drawback that gets me (and it’s big because of my family) is that the game doesn’t appear to share across family accounts. I bought the full version in my phone, but want to allow my kids to play it on their own devices. I know this is possible, but the developer has to enable it in their end for the in-app purchase to share across family accounts. If they were to enable this, then I would give it a full 5 stars.

by Doodaddy

Quite a nice game; the art is lovely and the pacing feels just about right. The drawbacks are puzzles that are one notch too easy; they’re really “you have a square peg/there’s a square hole” kinds of puzzles, so this becomes more of a graphic novel than a puzzle adventure. Oh, and (as many have posted) the weird glitches in the last 2-3 chapters.

That said, it was well worth it, and the bugs are workaround-able.

(If you haven’t heard, the bugs crop up a couple of times near the end of the game and involve your character disappearing from the screen. DO NOT restart the chapter — you’ll lose a lot of progress — just force-quit and restart LucidDreamAdventure and you should be fine.)

by Solrisen

On the one hand, decent puzzles and beautiful artwork! On the other, several fatal bugs during play that gave fleeting error messages (I wasn’t able to get screenshots) that crashed the game, plus a maddening glitch in the sound where leaving the game turns off the sounds. Killing LucidDreamAdventure and restarting does restart the sound... but every time gets painful. (Iphone 11 pro.)

A few of the puzzles (the door maze, for example) i only solved accidentally, and still don’t understand the reasoning behind, but overall this was really beautiful and enjoyable. The storyline doesn’t entirely make sense, in exactly the ways that a dream SHOULDN’T make sense, which is really kind of lovely! A solid point and click with a lot of heart behind it and a lot of mixed cultural influences. It was definitely worth playing, and I’ll be interested in seeing what they cone up with next!

by Hanlin

I don’t typically write reviews, but this game warrants one without question!!!

From the music, to the graphics, to the story...this has everything I look for in a point and click/puzzle/adventure game! The odd strange landscapes and characters, as well as the Easter Egg characters and homage to stories of old are great! The puzzles are challenging but not frustrating and the rewards that follow are worthwhile!

I was instantly hooked from the beginning and might even give it another run! I hope this developer does more games of this nature and quality!!!

by Mah Tee Ice

I enjoyed this game a lot!! It reminded me of the old open world King’s Quest games with the different puzzles. It was nicely broken down into levels or scenes so manually saving isn’t necessary. The graphics, pictures and sounds were well balanced and appropriate. Getting “stuck” wasn’t an issue like in a lot of puzzle games because hints were unlock-able after passage of time. I was able to enjoy the game and focus well on the scenery because you don’t have to worry about dying or losing lives. This game was well thought out—cheers to the developer(s)!!

by Keybordz

I downloaded the trial version and was instantly hooked. Such a different visual style and story arc from anything else I've seen in the escape/adventure genre. The premise has a nice emotional hook. Puzzles are not groundbreaking, but mostly make sense with what's going on.

Once thing that really stands out is the game highlighting where the important items are on the screen, so you don't point around endlessly hoping for some kind of feedback...really improves the user experience (not even the Room or DaVinci operates this way).

I had no problem shelling out the $5 to finish the game (always great when they let you try it out first).

by Dkay44

Loved this game! The story line was great! . I loved that it wasn’t too wordy and moved quickly. The puzzles weren't overly difficult, but I like that. Some puzzles are so challenging that you finally have to google the answer and the answer still doesn’t make sense. . I never once felt that way about this game. All the puzzles made sense. Well done! I came back here to see what other games the developer had made. Let’s see a Part 2!!

by MathOsGuru

I am currently still playing but deep into levels of the adventure. The atmosphere of this game is amazing, and the brain games are well done. Although difficult at times, I opted to not use any cheats as that would ruin the point of the game. So far, so good and simply love the puzzle aspect of the game. I have found myself writing down certain found notes with drawings which makes it even more awesome. Hands down, this has been a 5 star adventure which has not disappointed in the least. If you are into the genuine adventure genre, then this game will keep you satisfied, believe me. Great job and kudos to the developers. Awesome experience through and through. Cheers!

by ReaperOfAngels2

The game story was a bit dark but I liked it. I found myself wanting to know what was going to happen. The puzzles were challenging but not so much so that it was irritating. My only thing is I experienced more than one glitch. More than 6 times I had to quit and come back... not a huge deal, but a bit irritating. Overall the game itself was great. Keep up the good work :)

by Xksds58

This game became fun after I in-app purchased the later levels. Apparently higher levels have more delicately designed details to play with than the first few. You can find some mini-games that haven’t appeared in other games. And some are hard to solve without reading hints. That makes this game an interesting one. The game design is cool and delicate and it caught my eye with just several scenes. The only cons is the in-app purchase, which is $5 and is a bit over-priced.