The Lands of Dream

A wondrous look into the fabolous Lands of Dream

Amazing worldbuilding and mushrooms

It's true.

The Sea Will Claim Everything is a beautiful, humanist game. It cares about moments and the joy of details, it values community and the individual. It believes that the efforts in being honest and kind (to yourself, to others, to the world around you) are true rewards. Ursula Le Guin would feel at home here, in the Lands of Dream. I recommend this game to everyone, though I'm not sure this game is *for* everyone. I think that playing it requires a high level of patience and trust, a willingness to sit still and think and sip a nice drink and maybe a lot of pauses to go and pet a cat, a love of reading 100 book titles and stopping at each one to imagine the person that would own all those books and what they must be like. I think for the people this game does hit for, it will feel momentous and vast and warm. — Also it's now 1/10th the price it used to be, and includes all of the Land of Dreams games in one collection. I'd strongly recommend The Fabulous Screech and The Matter of the Great Red Dragon. And check out the developers audio dramas, The Gospel of the Living Flood and Azathoth Blues (neither of those are on steam, both on your podcast services of choice. And both amazing listens, in particular the voice acting and sound design and story of Azathoth Blues.)

This game is fantastic. I came into it expecting a cosy and funny point and click adventure, but it had so much more depth than I was expecting. It is highly political, and I found it to be much more thoughtfully and competently so than most other games I have ever played. It also manages to hit some quite powerful emotional notes at points; I felt strong genuine anger, dread, and hope at different points in the story. I really highly recommend this game to anyone, but particularly to anyone with an interest in or knowledge of left-wing political theory. The game will probably land pretty well for you if that's you.

A wonderful game with a potent mix of allegory and original creation. Truly one of my favourites and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes the bizarre, the political, or just a damn good story.

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