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I found a very strange game for PS 1 which I am able to play on my PSP. It's called LSD and is all about Lucid Dreaming, and is supposed to be a Dream Diary of ten years someone at the development company.
It was released only in Japan in 1998 and is the strangest thing I have ever played. It doesn't have any specific purpose, one is just meant to wander aimlessly throughout the world as strange events occur. Being from the era of PS1 the graphics aren't great, but I must admit, it is an intriguing concept. I mean all you do is walk, but as you walk into objects it is the equivalent of interacting with them. Each dream is only ten minutes, but it is just so weird.
After a dream there is a graph displayed with x axes showing "Dynamic" and "Static" which is believed to apply to the amount of scene changes which occur throughout the dream. The y axes are "Upper" and "Downer" most likely referring to the mood of your dream. While it can be hard to impact the graph at first, after ten dreams or so, it seems one can begin to change the outcomes on the graph to some extent.
In addition to all these strange things, the soundtrack is also particularly odd as it is comprised of random loops that play over each other to play very strange sort of disjointed music.
Finally I 'd like to comment on the strangeness that progresses through this game. As I said you may begin to affect the graph after ten or so dreams, but not only is the graph affected, but also the way your dreams progress. Certain themes may develop, that is you may find yourself starting in a certain location a lot. Also you may find the colors to have changed to a very strange sort, embracing specific schemes repetitively.
Anyway I thought I would just take a chance to report on this game because I haven't written in my blog in a while and needed to say something.
Here is a link to more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSD_(video_game)
It was released only in Japan in 1998 and is the strangest thing I have ever played. It doesn't have any specific purpose, one is just meant to wander aimlessly throughout the world as strange events occur. Being from the era of PS1 the graphics aren't great, but I must admit, it is an intriguing concept. I mean all you do is walk, but as you walk into objects it is the equivalent of interacting with them. Each dream is only ten minutes, but it is just so weird.
After a dream there is a graph displayed with x axes showing "Dynamic" and "Static" which is believed to apply to the amount of scene changes which occur throughout the dream. The y axes are "Upper" and "Downer" most likely referring to the mood of your dream. While it can be hard to impact the graph at first, after ten dreams or so, it seems one can begin to change the outcomes on the graph to some extent.
In addition to all these strange things, the soundtrack is also particularly odd as it is comprised of random loops that play over each other to play very strange sort of disjointed music.
Finally I 'd like to comment on the strangeness that progresses through this game. As I said you may begin to affect the graph after ten or so dreams, but not only is the graph affected, but also the way your dreams progress. Certain themes may develop, that is you may find yourself starting in a certain location a lot. Also you may find the colors to have changed to a very strange sort, embracing specific schemes repetitively.
Anyway I thought I would just take a chance to report on this game because I haven't written in my blog in a while and needed to say something.
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