Cavern of Dreams

We can't say that players raised on the likes of Super Mario Odyssey and other modern platformers will respond the same way, but if you dream in 64-bit and your formative 3D games featured visible polygons, you won't regret exploring Cavern of Dreams. Bynine Studios gets in, delivers its payload of fairytale platforming feels with a hint of darkness, and gets out smartish. If you're a Banjo fan looking to recapture that sense of wonder you first experienced exploring Grunty's Lair, this is probably the closest you'll get without time travel or memory wipes.

Cavern of Dreams hearkens to a more innocent era of videogames, providing a short and sweet adventure that’ll have you brimming with nostalgia. Although rough around a few of its more minor edges, there’s still a substantially poignant experience to be had.

Cavern of Dreams may not reach the heights of the juggernauts that inspired its creation, but it still provides a solid adventure with plenty of nostalgia.

Telling me that there is a game out there trying to emulate the look and feel of the collectathon platformers from the Nintendo 64 era is like telling a moth there is a lovely neon light in the vicinity; you have my curiosity and my attention almost instantly. In these cases, it’s rare for a game like this to properly deliver. For the most part, if they are just a carbon copy of an older N64 platformer, with simply no improvements to the formula, it can end up being like Glover remaster. No...