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Occupying a space somewhere between being a physics game, an action game, and an adventure Sleepin’ Deeply for the most part seems to take a central theme and then run with it to make each level. This makes sense since it seems everything is happening in his dreams and the only way to “wake up” and progress is I suppose to kill himself. The trick is that doing so tends to be a somewhat elaborate affair and you’ll need to trial and error your way through the environment to figure out what you’re supposed to do in order to trigger your demise. While I’ll credit the degree of creativity in some cases, with one level having you try to make your way through a literal Rube Goldberg machine in order to shoot yourself, is admirable most everything past the premise itself is a hot mess. Too often games that go the “physics route” allow that label to be an excuse for poor controls and things like collision detection. That’s definitely on display here, with everything feeling a bit wonky as you move around and interact with the environment. This includes having platforming sections where you can’t see your feet (I suppose it’s funny his gut gets in the way of this) and while somewhat forgiving they just feel awkward and sloppy. In general you’re left to stumble your way through what it is you’re even supposed to be doing, perhaps giving it a puzzle-like adventure vibe but mostly in an annoying way since this can just feel like it’s wasting your time. I suppose Sleepin’ Deeply has a weirdo novel appeal to it, and with its budget price could provide a few hours of entertainment, but setting your expectations low on all levels would need to be in order. It feels quite a bit like a last-gen (or maybe even more than 1 generation ago) title not just visually but in terms of mechanics and everything else as well. Outside of the environments you find yourself in being weird there’s not very much that qualifies as satisfying, it’s just something to stumble your way through for the most part.
Justin Nation, Score:Bad [5.0]