“Dream Drop Distance” is correct because I want to dream drop distance myself from this game. Dream Drop Distance has numerous mechanics that I do not like. The game’s fatal flaw is the drop system. There is a meter by your health bar counting down. Once it hits zero, you are forced to switch to either Riku or Sora. This alone is the most bullshit part of the game and the main reason I will not continue playing. There is an item called “Drop-Me-Not” that can restore your gauge, but that is not enough to satisfy me. You can drop whenever you want in the pause screen or the world map, so this forced drop mechanic infuriates me. I learned that you can drop mid boss. MID BOSS. That has not happened to me, but what were the people at Square Enix thinking?

Another mechanic I do not like is the inclusion of Dream Eaters. The Dream Eaters are your companions that can be equipped in your party and they can help you out in battle. Why do I not like the Dream Eaters? The only way to get abilities is from the Dream Eaters and you get them via a board spending Link points. You get link points by petting your Dream Eaters, doing mini games, and leveling them up. This sounds tedious and the novelty of the petting and mini games wore off quickly.

Finally, you need to complete a world twice as both Sora and Riku. The problem is these worlds are gigantic. Dream Drop Distance is the complete opposite of Birth by Sleep. Both use the command deck, DDD has faster and better combat than BBS, but BBS has smaller world design while DDD went overboard. I understand that Square Enix wanted the players to use the new mechanic Flowmotion and explore everything, but this is too much. After completing a world with one character, I am already drained and dread doing it again with another character.

From what I played of DDD, the combat is better than BBS, the story does not seem bad so far (I did hear horror stories about how worse the story gets later), and music sounds great. The drop system is mostly at fault here. The Dream Eaters are tedious, but I can tolerate them. I cannot tolerate the drop system. That alone ruins the game for me and I refuse to continue.

Reviewed on Aug 10, 2022


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