The title represents the phrase "Dark Dreams Don't Die" and the fourth dimension (time).
[4] The traumatic events surrounding her death left Young unable to recollect those memories, but has allowed him to travel through time.
[7] Two years prior to the events in the game, David Young, a narcotics officer for the Boston police, comes home to find his wife dying.
[10] Digital Spy gave the Xbox One version four stars out of five and said that it "may just be the beginning, but it is easily one of the most delightfully bizarre trips of the year.
"[27] Metro gave both console versions each a score of seven out of ten and called the game itself "A worthy follow-up to Deadly Premonition, although whether it earns the same classic status will depend largely on the subsequent episodes" or "...on whether the story is ever finished.
"[23][22] However, Anime News Network gave the PC version a C+, saying, "The wheels of game production turn ever on.
As the pressure of expanding budgets makes games like this the exception in a world populated by Final Fantasy, Assassin's Creed and, paradoxically, the Telltale Adventure Game model itself, the Season One moniker slapped on this PC port begins to feel like the twist of a knife: the mildly laughable suggestion that there would ever be a Season Two.
Despite D4's ham-fisted grabs at Twin Peaks touchstones and its persistent supposition that "eccentric" is an express shortcut to "intriguing," somehow it's still disappointing we might never see any more of it.