Journey

Greetings from Lithuania.

"Journey" (2012) is a gorgeously looking VG, the one you kinda don't play but rather experience. I've played just once but i will definitely will return to it. It works superbly cool if you wan't something to play just to relax and simply enjoy - there are no gore, no action, no blood - it is different experience which i loved.

Overall, "Journey", even first played now in 2016 is amazingly looking VG that everyone who is tired of all shooters must play at least once. It has beautiful to say the least visuals, great music and multiplayer is absolutely unique. What A Beautiful Journey.

"Journey" was full of surprises for me. Somehow I thought the whole game would take place in the desert, and because I don't like deserts, I was somewhat hesitant at first. But I was proved wrong by "thatgamecompany" in terms of limited environment and climate.

It has beautiful graphics. Especially the lighting is outstanding. The environment responds to your movements and actions, and the interaction with the NPC is really fluid. The soundtracks are fitting, though some felt rather dull. The partner based multi-player is well implemented, and it feels really great to go through the whole journey with the same partner. At times you teach each other, show hidden paths to symbols and glyphs.

What really makes "Journey" such a jaw-dropping experience must be the pacing. In my opinion, the progression of the events makes the game truly similar to "real life". The game doesn't hold your hand, even though there's no complex puzzles whatsoever, you have to figure out what you have to do on your on if a partner does not guide you, which makes it a joy to explore and observe.

Recommended for: People looking for a relaxing, enlightening and peaceful experience.

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.

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...

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.