Journey

A game that I thought would be OK at best truly blew me away. This game is the personification of calmness, and I could play this game hundreds of times, and still enjoy it. It has a beautiful art-style, any screenshot of the game worthy to be placed in an art museum. The game, when you think about it, is a puzzle game, but serves so much than that. The prospect of travelling with someone that you'll most likely never meet again is a bittersweet situation, and it keeps you dedicated till the end. The soundtrack is absolutely phenomenal, and I see why it was nominated a Grammy. The music adds so much vibrance, and, sometimes, tension. It might be a dull, lifeless walking simulator to some, but to me, it's an absolutely immersive game.

When I started to play this game I was not expecting anything. I was playing it because its short and it has great visuals. But I still thought it had potential. At the beggining, I just played it and I guess I just enjoyed discovering and exploring the games mechanics. But after about 30 minutes, I started feeling a bit bored and I was starting to think this game was extremely overrated. But I have to say that when it ended, I totally understood why people were talking good things about it. The gameplay is the most boring I've ever encountered in my video game playing journey. The story is absent of even the most insignificant plot. Then why is this game good? Its because of the raw portayal of emotions. I think this is a very rare thing to see but the raw emotions overthrown the absence of any plot, words or gameplay. I think its an achievement in himself to make a video game with all those negative points but still make it good. I think this is the type of thing that is an experience rather than being the usual video game with a story. Considering the lenght of this game, I'd say its infinitly worth playing. If you can spare an hour and you don't know what to do, well this is definitly a good idea. Its hard for me to describe this game for what it is, the title does it better than I do. I guess its just a Journey...

This is not only a game. This is pure art. Simply one of the most beautiful games I've ever played.

The relaxing atmosphere, the ambient music, the beautiful graphics, the smart gameplay.. everything is put together so perfectly. Actually a game you can combine doing yoga and meditation as well.

The gameplay is easy, and you can finish the game in about one hour and a half if you just play it straightforward and know how to do the puzzles. However there are much to explore and also hidden objects to find, and the best thing about this game is the joy you'll feel when floating around the desert not worrying about anything else in life.

One of the best things about this game is also the possibility to meet up with other random players characters, and you can choose to either ignore or co-operate with them. You'll not know who they are until you've finished the game. I appreciate the developers to concentrate on the gameplay instead of scorekeeping, statistics etc.

Floating through the temple with the sunlight in the background and flying up the mountains through the rivers and then walking into the white light in the end were some of the best moments!

If you've played Flow and Flower, you know what to expect from this game. I'm really looking forward to what 'thatgamecompany' comesup with next... it seems they can't fail!

I can't recommend this game enough.

Journey is well about a journey to the summit of a large mountain. If you play online you will be able to travel with companions that will help you along your way.

This is a rather short game but it is well worth it. The sounds heard are very tranquil and soothing. Even watching the sand flow beneath your feet is a pleasurable experience as you make your way up hills and through the wind. The structures and environment are impressive to say the least as I found myself pausing just to gaze at the beauty before me. Now the reason I am focusing on this aspect of the game is because the visuals are the main selling point. There is little combat or a big engrossing story the goal of this title was to be aesthetically pleasing.

If you are looking to get into gaming but are not used to handling controls, then this would be a good starter game. Only a few buttons are utilized and there is no need to learn combos or have very fast reaction time. This may not be for people who enjoy the heavy action genre as this game is set at a slower pace.

I really enjoyed this game and will be looking forward to my next journey in the future.

Journey is one of the most unusual games I've ever played, and I live for small little indie titles imbued with passion like this. I've played a lot of "walking simulators," and this is perhaps the second best I've ever seen (second to What Remains of Edith Finch), and I'm not sure how to review it, because all at once I'm so moved by it, but also convinced it's entirely over my head. The part of me that wants to make sense of it goes crazy, but the part of me that just wants to feel something is head-over-heels, because Journey made me feel a lot of things, and I'm not entirely sure how to describe those feelings, but I felt things none-the-less. It's a game that operates on pure emotion, playing it makes you feel like you're experiencing something profound, and that's all I can really say because I don't know what else there is. I'll play it again sometime and see if the "logic" part of my brain comes to any conclusions.