Dream Sketcher

"Dreamsketcher" offers a nice gameplay-idea: entering the nightmares of patients, combining isometric exploration with turn-based, card- and dice-mechanics. The combination seems a bit rough at first, but as soon as you get into it, it works fine. The graphics are a bit standard, not like a coherent art style, but you can identify what has to be identified. What confused me at first, was that the game always looks and feels like a multiplayer game, possibly it was meant for it, although I can play in singleplayer. It may be an indie project with some rough edges, but I liked the experience. Hint for newcomers: In case you despair watching the slow text windows, one letter per second, try to double-right-click, and the text unfolds completely. True time-saver ;) !

The idea is interesting, the translation is awful, which is very funny but it's a game about ROLLING A DICE and DICE DOES NOT ROLL lol.
I've tried doing a lot of default stuff you do when something doesn't work and nothing helped: I always get softlocked after every dice roll.
A shame really, game looks very promising :(

Game crashed twice in 24 minutes due to "Connectivity Issues" while in SINGLE PLAYER.
This is unacceptable.
Also, the translation is awful.
For all other intents and purposes, game looks and feels nice.
Refunded.

Huh, well this game turned out to be unexpected but interesting.

Its basically like one of those co-op Arkham Horror board games, but in digital format.
Each turn you get 4 actions, which you use to move between rooms, fight monsters, and investigate locations. Most actions involve a skill-check, which is done with a special D20. The outcomes of the D20 can be:
Auto Success
Auto Failure
A numerical modifier between +3 and -4
A conditional success based on a further card-draw.
You can expend additional cards before (and sometimes after) the check to boost your base stat, but you do always have that 5% chance of failing due to that Auto Failure side of the die.

Each scenario (the developers calls them 'scripts') has a number of components that can be randomised, so clues and enemies can appear in different locations. Also, there are different levels of success for each scenario, and it might take a couple attempts to get the best one.

In terms of production value, its a tad janky, and the English translation lacks finesse, but is serviceable. There isn't much in the way of cut-scenes and special animations, with most special events simply being described in text (like you'd get in a board game I guess). However I've not run into any technical problems like crashes, though I have only been playing single-player, so I cant say how good the network stuff is.

If you are here for the single-player experience like me, there are 4 main scenarios that take a couple hours each for a single play-through, and you'll probably need to play them a couple times to get the best ending, so my guess is 8-16 hours of gameplay at the most basic level, but more if you fancy trying harder difficulties or bringing friends in (there is a 5th multiplayer-only scenario with a traitor mechanic).

So yea, its........ interesting at least. If you like those Arkham Horror or Mansions of Madness board games that Fantasy Flight games sometimes make, this is like one of those. If that sounds interesting, give it a go. If nothing else, the asking price is way, way lower than the insane cost of an actual, physical board game, and you don't even have to paint the minis!

EDIT: A few things to be aware of that might impact your decision to give it a go or not.
1. The game is online-only, even if playing solo.
2. You cannot save halfway through a scenario, so you need to make sure you have a couple hours clear before starting a game.
3. The 'deduction' part of each game doesn't seem to give you perfect information even if you do collect every available clue. You have to rely on your memory for some aspects of it - and that's once you have gotten your head around the games particular version of logic. Its because you 'vote' on the right answer and the game wants some aspect of doubt in the group that's playing. As a solo player this feels a bit wonky and unfair, but I can see why the decision was made, given the 'Digital Board Game' thing its going for.

克苏鲁跑团的感觉，和好友语音跑团乐趣满满。