holy crap, what Journey really signals about videogames...
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- Dec 26, 2012 9:22 pm GMT...is that all the videogame review sites have no relevance at all anymore!
I played the "game". It was a nice experience, there was very little gameplay, but it was short, sweet, and interesting, and then it ended and I don't feel like it ever needs to be "played" again.
Because seriously, this isn't game of the year material. It is a fantastic project showing how the medium can incorporate awesome art design, co-operation (sort-of since the other people have almost zero impact on making it to the next level), and some minimal gameplay elements, while remaining very memorable.
It is great, but when you put it up for game of the year you might as well quit your jobs and shut down your web site because you have crossed the line of being as pointless as Fox Nothing to news. - Dec 27, 2012 1:13 am GMTI've done at least 20-30 playthroughs, I know people that have done way more than me. actually it took me at least a few playthroughs just to fully interpret the story, collect all the glyphs, and do a bit more exploring.
Your opinion is fair enough but I'm sure thousands of people disagree with you.
as for Reviews, I've never really paid much attention to reviews anyway.
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~we are a part of the process, not instigators of its progress~ - Dec 27, 2012 5:57 am GMTkasplat360 posted...
...is that all the videogame review sites have no relevance at all anymore!
I played the "game". It was a nice experience, there was very little gameplay, but it was short, sweet, and interesting, and then it ended and I don't feel like it ever needs to be "played" again.
Because seriously, this isn't game of the year material. It is a fantastic project showing how the medium can incorporate awesome art design, co-operation (sort-of since the other people have almost zero impact on making it to the next level), and some minimal gameplay elements, while remaining very memorable.
It is great, but when you put it up for game of the year you might as well quit your jobs and shut down your web site because you have crossed the line of being as pointless as Fox Nothing to news.
Opinions are a wonderful thing, aren't they?
Journey was certainly the best game I played this year.
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PSN - Dorfmann - Dec 27, 2012 7:16 am GMTMaybe it's not my game of the year but it certainly deserves the praise it gets.
- Dec 27, 2012 5:14 pm GMTSo you're saying that, because you have a different opinion to the majority of review sites (and a pretty insane amount of fans of the game, if the user scores on most of those sites are any indication), that game reviews are obsolete?
I'm very interested in how you plan to develop this idea into something you can test. Please, continue, and explain how your experiments prove the initial hypothesis.
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"I want my meals to think for myself" - Dec 28, 2012 12:00 pm GMTVideo Game Reviews have always been full of shallow, uninformed opinions. This is nothing new.
- Dec 28, 2012 1:31 pm GMTReview sites in general are a bit pointless anyway. What sort of knobhead would you have to be to think you're opinion on things is so good that they deserve to get paid for sharing them? And these are the people who influence how well a game does?
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http://tinyurl.com/313awards - Dec 28, 2012 7:19 pm GMTOurLadyPeace posted...
Review sites in general are a bit pointless anyway. What sort of knobhead would you have to be to think you're opinion on things is so good that they deserve to get paid for sharing them? And these are the people who influence how well a game does?
You're right, but IMO the point of reviews isn't so much to hear one person's opinion as it is just to get information about the game. Also, looking at the aggregate of many reviewer opinions can be useful. - Dec 28, 2012 7:40 pm GMTReviews are always a huge point of contention from all sides. There's a system of intimidation, bribery, and censorship from publishers, differing opinions and agendas from players and/or shills, and the reviewers own biases. But this is pop culture we're talking about so it's ultimately not worth worrying over IMO.
- Dec 29, 2012 8:48 pm GMTFlower for me is just a sweet relaxing experience. You don't play it for the gameplay, because their is practically none. Same with Journey.
Some are moved by classical music, some by metal. One is more subtle, the other is in-your-face. Whichever one you like is fine.
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- The Rolling Stones - Jan 1, 2013 11:07 am GMTEvery year there is a game of the year, and every year people who disagree it isn't the game of the year will say it isn't the game of the year. And it won't change its status as game of the year. And Journey is just that.
Game of the year. Sorry to break it to you guys.
I know I over-used "Game of the year" - Jan 1, 2013 12:55 pm GMTPeople say "they keep giving us the same garbage, it's all Transformers 4 and Call of Duty 9" and then when we actually get something different they complain about that too.
- Jan 1, 2013 4:08 pm GMTUchiharakiri posted...
Every year there is a game of the year, and every year people who disagree and say it isn't the game of the year will say it isn't the game of the year. And it won't change its status as game of the year. And Journey is just that.
Game of the year. Sorry to break it to you guys.
I know I over-used "Game of the year"
**fixed - Jan 1, 2013 9:59 pm GMTDo you know what Journey really signals about the Video Game industry?
That games have become so blind and stubborn that they can't grasp the idea that others, especially those who are more involved with the industry have different opinions on what constitutes as a a good game.
Its an amazing experience. You play it. Ergo, its a game. Its an amazing game.
You might not agree with the logic, but have the decency not to belittle anyone who does.
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"Hey bridesmaid, love the beard! Give's me something to hang onto!!"- Lord Flasheart - Jan 2, 2013 6:50 am GMTironduke50 posted...
People say "they keep giving us the same garbage, it's all Transformers 4 and Call of Duty 9" and then when we actually get something different they complain about that too.
But this is getting all the praise it's getting just because it's something different. Just because it's different doesn't make it great. Reviewers get so caught up in something being innovative that they go overboard with praise just because it tries something new.
Sorry, this game just seems like a total waste of time to me. You play as a little floating cloth in the desert. WOW!! I spend a lot of time gaming, but if this was the only game I had to play, I'd take up knitting.
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Five million Cybermen, easy. One Doctor...now you're scared. - Jan 2, 2013 3:46 pm GMTmajorm posted...
ironduke50 posted...
People say "they keep giving us the same garbage, it's all Transformers 4 and Call of Duty 9" and then when we actually get something different they complain about that too.
But this is getting all the praise it's getting just because it's something different. Just because it's different doesn't make it great. Reviewers get so caught up in something being innovative that they go overboard with praise just because it tries something new.
Sorry, this game just seems like a total waste of time to me. You play as a little floating cloth in the desert. WOW!! I spend a lot of time gaming, but if this was the only game I had to play, I'd take up knitting.
Being different SHOULD be given praise. And you seem to forget that reviewers, like us, are people. So take that into account, and you have -people- enamored by the game. It hasn't gotten its reviews and scores just because of hype or bandwagoning. It got the scores on merit. "You play as a little floating cloth in the desert. WOW!!"" shows to me you're just looking at the game from a surface value with superficiality and oversimplifying it to drive home your faulty point. - Jan 3, 2013 9:20 am GMTmajorm posted...
But this is getting all the praise it's getting just because it's something different. Just because it's different doesn't make it great. Reviewers get so caught up in something being innovative that they go overboard with praise just because it tries something new.
Being different is a good thing, one of the biggest problems in the game world today is the lack of creativity. However, IMO Journey does very little that's "innovative." The only thing I could point to is the multiplayer, which certainly is innovative and is easily the best thing about the game. However, the gameplay does nothing new or exciting at all, in fact it barely does anything.
Journey is kind of the opposite of innovative in my opinion, because what it did can't really be repeated, IMO it's going to be kind of an anomaly in the gaming scene. - Jan 3, 2013 2:03 pm GMTFlipsider99 posted...
majorm posted...
But this is getting all the praise it's getting just because it's something different. Just because it's different doesn't make it great. Reviewers get so caught up in something being innovative that they go overboard with praise just because it tries something new.
Being different is a good thing, one of the biggest problems in the game world today is the lack of creativity. However, IMO Journey does very little that's "innovative." The only thing I could point to is the multiplayer, which certainly is innovative and is easily the best thing about the game. However, the gameplay does nothing new or exciting at all, in fact it barely does anything.
Journey is kind of the opposite of innovative in my opinion, because what it did can't really be repeated, IMO it's going to be kind of an anomaly in the gaming scene.
Its been stated many a time Journey isn't about the Gameplay. You should know that by now. - Jan 4, 2013 10:58 am GMTUchiharakiri posted...
Its been stated many a time Journey isn't about the Gameplay. You should know that by now.
I do. That's exactly what I was saying. - Jan 4, 2013 10:40 pm GMTFlipsider99 posted...
Uchiharakiri posted...
Its been stated many a time Journey isn't about the Gameplay. You should know that by now.
I do. That's exactly what I was saying.
A game with little gameplay is still a game, and it can be a rather great game; a feat which I completely feel Journey has done. If you feel a game can't be great with minimal gameplay, that is quite your opinion.
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