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  • GS-Community
     
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    Mar 26, 2012 1:25 pm GMT

    Come one, come all, and let me tell you a story of the beauty that is Journey. PSN has brought to use this exclusive desert full of ruins, mystery, and emotion.

    Simply put: "Journey is an interactive parable, an anonymous online adventure to experience a person's life passage and their intersections with other's. Experience the wonder. Discover the Journey."

    Brought to you by the acclaimed indie developer "Thatgamecomplay" and presented by SCEA Santa Monica Studio.

    This game of exploring is filled with a beauty and an atmosphere that is awe inspired. As a robed figure you cross the desert in search of your goal. No guidance, just the mountain. As you make your way to this goal you will find yourself exploring the mysteries and ruins of the desert, giving you subtle hints to your next event to come.

    At the start, you find yourself alone with nothing more than desert as far as the eye can see, until finally your goal is presented to you. Off in the distance you see a looming mountain, this is your goal. The experience is the land you travel, your purpose in this world, and the discovery of self.

    GameSpot Staff Discuss "Journey"

    The music and artistry expressed in this game is the perfect argument that games are in fact an artform.

    The Haunting Music

    Videos:
    Teaser, E3 2011 Demo, Comic-Con 2011, Gamescom

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    Edited on Mar 26, 2012 1:27 pm GMT Edited 2 total times.

    Come one, come all, and let me tell you a story of the beauty that is Journey. PSN has brought to use this exclusive desert full of ruins, mystery, and emotion.

    Simply put: "Journey is an interactive parable, an anonymous online adventure to experience a person's life passage and their intersections with other's. Experience the wonder. Discover the Journey."

    Brought to you by the acclaimed indie developer "Thatgamecomplay" and presented by SCEA Santa Monica Studio.

    This game of exploring is filled with a beauty and an atmosphere that is awe inspired. As a robed figure you cross the desert in search of your goal. No guidance, just the mountain. As you make your way to this goal you will find yourself exploring the mysteries and ruins of the desert, giving you subtle hints to your next event to come.

    At the start, you find yourself alone with nothing more than desert as far as the eye can see, until finally your goal is presented to you. Off in the distance you see a looming mountain, this is your goal. The experience is the land you travel, your purpose in this world, and the discovery of self.

    GameSpot Staff Discuss "Journey"

    The music and artistry expressed in this game is the perfect argument that games are in fact an artform.

    The Haunting Music

    Videos:
    Teaser, E3 2011 Demo, Comic-Con 2011, Gamescom

    ======================================================================================

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  • Witchsight
     
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    Mar 26, 2012 2:16 pm GMT
    Amazing game.

    I dont own a PS3 but i knew my friend who does would love it. So i talked him into buying it and was able to play through it with him... Meeting (apparently!) 10+ people on the way.
    Some were stoic, some were helpful, some were kind of jerks. But the fact that those differences shone through one little avatar is amazing in itself.

    Cant wait to play again as the wise veteran.

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    Lab392, regarding beards wrote:
    Hipster Jesus beats all you guys.

    Amazing game. I dont own a PS3 but i knew my friend who does would love it. So i talked him into buying it and was able to play through it with him... Meeting (apparently!) 10+ people on the way. Some were stoic, some were helpful, some were kind of jerks. But the fact that those differences shone through one little avatar is amazing in itself. Cant wait to play again as the wise veteran.
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  • c_rake
     
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    Mar 26, 2012 7:23 pm GMT

    This game is so great. Everything comes together so perfectly. Truly a masterpiece.

    This game is so great. Everything comes together so perfectly. Truly a masterpiece.

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  • Nophoria88
     
    Mar 31, 2012 6:59 am GMT

    Anyone turned off by the $15 price tag for a 2-4 hour game do themselves disservice because Journey is much more than simply 4 hours playtime. There are plenty of reasons to why this game is so great, but to those people who are concerned about the playtime per dollar, there is incentive to replay the game and to only take a single journey through this beautiful adventure would be to miss the entire point of the game.

    Journey is one of a kind in more ways than one, it was worth the wait ThatGameCompany, bravo.

    Edited on Mar 31, 2012 7:00 am GMT

    Anyone turned off by the $15 price tag for a 2-4 hour game do themselves disservice because Journey is much more than simply 4 hours playtime. There are plenty of reasons to why this game is so great, but to those people who are concerned about the playtime per dollar, there is incentive to replay the game and to only take a single journey through this beautiful adventure would be to miss the entire point of the game.

    Journey is one of a kind in more ways than one, it was worth the wait ThatGameCompany, bravo.

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  • chooby87
     
    Apr 17, 2012 8:37 am GMT
    Well worth the price. 4 times completed still can't get enough of it
    Well worth the price. 4 times completed still can't get enough of it
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  • jetjetjaguar
     
    Apr 18, 2012 12:28 pm GMT

    Journey is about a 10 hour game minimum.  You want to explore it, play it multiple times and then.... help others play it by becoming "Transcendent".  It also fun to put a friend in front of it and wander away (or watch them explore).  I expect to revisit it in future and.... have it running down in the basement "theater" at the start most of the parties I host upstairs.

    Journey is about a 10 hour game minimum.  You want to explore it, play it multiple times and then.... help others play it by becoming "Transcendent".  It also fun to put a friend in front of it and wander away (or watch them explore).  I expect to revisit it in future and.... have it running down in the basement "theater" at the start most of the parties I host upstairs.

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  • tgwolf
     
    Dec 11, 2012 11:11 am GMT

    The headache and strange aversion to any sound other than the music in Journey after watching it played reinforces my insisting that the game should have been so much more than a mere platformer with primitive-but-stylish graphics and a haunting musical score to carry it out of mediocrity. It was clear after watching that this game NEEDED and really badly suffered from a lack of interactivity, since the only part of my brain working here was really my auditory and perhaps a bit of visual and memory. More parts should have been firing here, and to give examples there was definitely a missing element of suspense and perhaps urgency to get the adrenaline up just enough to wake players up from the hypnotic presentation. No, this game could have been more, and I feel cheated by what we have been left with.

    The headache and strange aversion to any sound other than the music in Journey after watching it played reinforces my insisting that the game should have been so much more than a mere platformer with primitive-but-stylish graphics and a haunting musical score to carry it out of mediocrity. It was clear after watching that this game NEEDED and really badly suffered from a lack of interactivity, since the only part of my brain working here was really my auditory and perhaps a bit of visual and memory. More parts should have been firing here, and to give examples there was definitely a missing element of suspense and perhaps urgency to get the adrenaline up just enough to wake players up from the hypnotic presentation. No, this game could have been more, and I feel cheated by what we have been left with.

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  • Swain23
     
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    Dec 30, 2012 9:40 pm GMT

    These are developers that are bringing something completely different to the gaming world. It's interactive art that brings people closer together. You can't tell someone what should or shouldn't be in their art work. People like art because they can connect with it emotionally. This is the start of something new for gaming and not everyone is going to get it.

    These are developers that are bringing something completely different to the gaming world. It's interactive art that brings people closer together. You can't tell someone what should or shouldn't be in their art work. People like art because they can connect with it emotionally. This is the start of something new for gaming and not everyone is going to get it.

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  • Rednrol
     
    Dec 31, 2012 1:35 pm GMT
    Anybody else have a partner they played the game with almost the entire way through?

    It made the game so thrilling for me, We both had never played beforeand so every experience got us.


    The thrilling part is that near the end,I thought I had lost my friend and it was a touching moment where I cried (I feel like the music gets you pretty quick)

    Many Many emotions while playing this game that I highly doubt I will ever get from another game
    Anybody else have a partner they played the game with almost the entire way through? It made the game so thrilling for me, We both had never played beforeand so every experience got us. The thrilling part is that near the end,I thought I had lost my friend and it was a touching moment where I cried (I feel like the music gets you pretty quick) Many Many emotions while playing this game that I highly doubt I will ever get from another game
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