- Shooter, Adventure, Indie, Action
The American Dream is a satirical virtual reality trip to a 'brighter future' where your everyday needs are solved with guns. It is the 1950's and a group of leading gun manufacturers have constructed a vast complex to guide the American Patriot towards a better and richer life. With Buddy Washington, the talking dog, as your guide, you'll get to experience what it is like to live all aspects of your life with guns.
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Plot-driven, unpretentious, cool and ironic.
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SquareXOMar 20189/10The American Dream is a VR experience worth playing through. It’ll make you laugh and occasionally, a little embarrassed too. It’s a strange game but one that no VR owner should miss. There are many reasons to own a PlayStation VR and The American Dream is yet another one.
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GamingTrendRon BurkeMar 201880/100With a message that is guaranteed to piss off half of the American populous in a hilariously vicious way, The American Dream is one of the most entertaining games in the virtual reality space. What it lacks in longevity, it makes up for in snappy writing, unique aesthetics, and excellent voiceover. Come for the gunplay, stay for man's best friend, Buddy.
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Digital ChumpsEric LaymanMar 20187.5/10The American Dream presents a slice of Americana in which guns are fetishized to their idiotic maximum; guns for cooking, guns for dancing, guns for marrying, and guns for childbirth. While The American Dream's action is adjacent to conventional VR shooting galleries, its vicious political commentary satirizes gun culture and leaves no survivors. The obliteration of reality appears to be a natural side effect of defending the indefensible.
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COGconnectedFelix WongMar 201865/100The American Dream runs out of steam towards the end, and the later levels reflect that.
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Gaming NexusRob LarkinMar 20186.5/10Once you get past the hook in The American Dream, there is a decent VR shooting gallery to enjoy; but even that is derailed by the pacing, with the best bits too few and far between.
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About the game
- Platforms
- Meta Quest 2, PlayStation VR, SteamVR, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest
- Developer
- Samurai Punk
- Publisher
- Samurai Punk
- Released
- March 14, 2018
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Virtual Reality
IGDB rating 6.5/10 from 3 ratings.
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