I literally got up in the middle of the night just to post this. My legs feel like rubber, but this is easily one of the top ten dreams I ever had. I could have just gone the selfish route and not share the idea. But what fun would that be?
So in the dream it was like a cross between Halo and Metroid. People don't understand that Halo 1 has the best Halo atmosphere. People who never lived the ritz or rich lifestyle don't get it. There is something very futuristic and much like a campus, about Halo 1. It is very scenic and atmospheric. The rest of the Halos don't get the atmosphere, and are meant to be like Doritos, or Mountain Dew games. Its like Metroid Prime vs. Metroid Prime Federation Force.
In the dream you had a time limit to beat the level. And you were in this giant, scenic, science facility like in Halo. Just being in the facility was amazing and breathed life into the game. It was like Metroid, where it was all going critical and going to explode. And the gameplay was nothing short of amazing. You could jump 100 feet in the air. And it was an FPS, but with strategy and options. For instance you could just barrel on through and try to beat the clock. Or you could outsmart enemies, getting them to move into one spot, then sniping them both and then jumping through.
The pinnacle moment of the game is when you enter a room with windows over looking the snowy mountainside. And everyone has to hurry up and do calculations before the thing explodes. And this is the most profound room of any game. During this room, it is revealed to you that you are a robot, always were. All of your life's memories are false memories, and you are a robot, with a TI-83 calculator planted in your mind, being harvested as part of some science agenda. And that you were made in a lab, none of your memories are real, just planted, which caused some kind of localized space time thing to make you feel real.
During this scene, you realize in the room there is a traitor, trying to stall you so you all die. You have to scream "traitor" and lunge him out the window as part of a pre-made cutscene, then you have enough time to escape. When the facility explodes you have to start the game over and over again, like groundhog day, no saves. This includes going up the beach, climbing up cliffs and even sneaking around amazing looking tunnels. Also, as a robot, you have to find gender neutral bathrooms to hide from the bigots. And you can't let people know that you are a robot.
The game is a bit like Late Shift, where you have to memorize bad choices and make the right decisions under time constraint. After several tries I got to the end, where there is a giant lobby with everyone running for their lives. There I meet a tall black man who is running to the exit. And it fills my heart with comradery. But at the end he runs out of breathe, gives up, is too tired. And says "You go to the end. I can't make it." And he smiles like Obi Wan. And it breaks my heart but I keep running. And 2 girls who are slower than me, who cant make it, say "Raise your finger! It will save your life!" And I don't know why but I do it. The reason it saves my life is because 2 security women notice me when I raise my finger, and open a locked door for me.
I must continue to run on the slippery marble floor like Mario. The security women seem to always have traction on the ground while I am sliding around. And I must enter every door in a certain time period or else it auto locks on me and I get locked out. I managed to lead these security women and get to the very end of the game. And I jump through a small bunker window but get stuck. Leading to a Call of Duty style first person cutscene of me wiggling through the window. And then I am outside in the snow, running, and lunge behind a pile of snowy rocks. The whole place explodes, my ears ringing, my body looks greyish white. Am I dead? Is my body ash? No, just covered in white ash. And I keep running. The two security women's jeep pulls around. One of these women I know in real life. I frantically jump into the jeep. The squeel the tires through the snowy road and escape as the whole facility blows up in a collassal explosion.
So, this is an example of a million dollar idea. It is truly a unique and interesting game while still being a classic. If you want to use this idea for a book, movie or game I would kindly ask to please ask permission. I don't want it like one of those Hollywood Remakes that don't get the original atmosphere intended.