Finishing the campaign doesn't unlock the dream screens?

[OldPotatoes]

I thought I would play through the story and once I finished the campaign, I go back and do the optional dream levels - but now I'm finished and my only options are to redo levels to get the gold stars for confidence or start a new game.

I suppose I could pick a stage I know to have leveling-up afterwards, play through that and then get to the level-up section at the end, and then get the dreams that way - but surely they should be reachable from the main screen? I thought I'd be able to go to the clothes screen as well, but nope!

[Derpykat5]

Click on the "Dreams" tab at the top of the mission select screen. (Make sure you hit "continue" and not "mission select" in the main menu)

[OldPotatoes]

OK, that's what I feared. If you ever go back to a stage to get the gold star (as I have), then you now have to complete one of those specific stages that subsequently offer the break time to level up and buy costumes, and even then you only get the dreams appropriate for that part of the campaign.

Once you replay a mission, you can't just see all the dreams without going back to complete... I'm guessing Counterheist: The Mines? This feels like an sizable oversight.

[Derpykat5]

Originally posted by OldPotatoes:

OK, that's what I feared. If you ever go back to a stage to get the gold star (as I have), then you now have to complete one of those specific stages that subsequently offer the break time to level up and buy costumes, and even then you only get the dreams appropriate for that part of the campaign.

Once you replay a mission, you can't just see all the dreams without going back to complete... I'm guessing Counterheist: The Mines? This feels like an sizable oversight.

If you're hitting "continue" from the main menu you should be able to access every dream and every mission from the mission select screen.

If you're hitting "select mission" in the main menu then you're "rewinding" your save file to whatever mission you select. Don't do that.

[Arpacolas]

Go to the last mission from Select Mission, skip it, sit through the credits (it's stupid that you can't skip them), then hit Continue.

[Opera]

Originally posted by Arpacolas:

Go to the last mission from Select Mission, skip it, sit through the credits (it's stupid that you can't skip them), then hit Continue.

Thank you for the tip, I have the same issue. It is kind of silly not being able to access any mission (dream and proving grounds) unlocked once the campaign is finished. Locking the player out of the missions doesn't really make sense, I hope it gets corrected at some point.

[Jack]

Originally posted by Opera:

Originally posted by Arpacolas:

Go to the last mission from Select Mission, skip it, sit through the credits (it's stupid that you can't skip them), then hit Continue.

Thank you for the tip, I have the same issue. It is kind of silly not being able to access any mission (dream and proving grounds) unlocked once the campaign is finished. Locking the player out of the missions doesn't really make sense, I hope it gets corrected at some point.

After finishing tbe game you can just click continue on the main menu screen and then play whatever level you want. I've been doing that to get all the confidence points and I haven't had to re-unlock anything.

When you use select mission on the main menu you're making another save at that point in the game, that's why you can't access anything else

[Opera]

It makes sense when explained, but why would I want to revert to a previous save and not have access to everything I unlocked so far ? :D if I'm on my way to try and 100% the game, it's natural to start by using the mission selection to see where I'm at ; I don't expect to be locked out of everything I unlocked, having to go through the final credits again to access the dream missions and proving grounds again.

Now I know what not to do, but I still don't really get why it's made this way.

[Krag]

Oh, that is such a dumb decision.
I thought I had lost my finished save after picking an earlier mission because I wanted to replay an old mission with different perks.
Honestly the mission select option should let you select any mission you've unlocked, play them with any perk you want, and let you pick whether or not you want the story.
As it is right now there's little reason for it to exist, it's more likely to spook you when you think you've lost progress.