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Game Review: Journey
12 years ago
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This is going to be a little something new that I am going to start, game review journals. I love games and lately I have been starting to review games on my own while I play them. Instead of just keeping them a personal thing I will write journals on games that I recently finish to give my thoughts and opinions on them. So to start off this little series of mine I am going to review a masterpiece of both gaming and art, Journey.
This game was suggested to me by
charlieretriever and the sound of it intrigued me along with many other people on the web saying how much of a piece of art this game is.
Journey is definitely a unique game and one of the most emotionally filled experiences that you will get to interact with. Developed by thatgamecompany, who had also produced the award winning game Flower.
Graphics/Sound design/Music:
The first thing that you will notice about Journey are the graphics and visual style of the game. The sands part gracefully at your feet as you run and surf down the many dunes of this world. Sands turn into raging fires as the crimson sun sets. Dark and gloomy hallways give the feeling of dread and haunting as you slink through the underground ruins. Snow and blizzards are blinding as you make a slow but enduring trek up a large mountain. There is much to be said about how the graphics and amazing lighting effects alone are able to set the mood of each area of the game but this would truly not drive the experience home if you were unable to hear the masterful soundtrack. Journey's soundtrack compliments the graphics of the game perfectly as the work in a wondrous harmony and this was also nominated for a Grammy.
Gameplay:
This is a unique game as it was solely built around the objective of emotions and experiences that the player will feel at certain parts of the game and this is exactly what is achieves. However I explain it here will not be able to do it justice for this is one game you truly need to play for yourself in order to feel the full effects of it. The game itself is relatively short but it matters not when the main objective is to evoke the emotions of the player and I can say from my own personal journey through the game that I felt loneliness, frightened, happiness, joy, anger and sadness so profound. I can also say that no other game has ever got me as close to actually tearing up as this one did. The story of the game is very haunting as you decipher and understand what truly happened in this destroyed civilization. This game also has one of the most satisfying ending sequences ever made in a game. Journey is a game that will provide an unforgettable experience of just pure emotion and this is something that few games are able to portray these days which leaves me to believe that this game is just more then a game, it is a masterpiece, it is a work of art that you play.
Final Verdict
Journey is undoubtedly one of the best gaming experiences in 2012 and if you have not been able to play it, please go take the journey yourself through this wondrous and mystical world. It is one that you will not forget.
This is a Do Not Miss title in my books and on a number scale 9.5/10.
I hope you enjoyed reading this and I will try to get better with reviews in the future.
Feel free to leave a comment or two on what you thought of the game if you had the chance to play it
Shadow ^^
This game was suggested to me by
charlieretriever and the sound of it intrigued me along with many other people on the web saying how much of a piece of art this game is. Journey is definitely a unique game and one of the most emotionally filled experiences that you will get to interact with. Developed by thatgamecompany, who had also produced the award winning game Flower.
Graphics/Sound design/Music:
The first thing that you will notice about Journey are the graphics and visual style of the game. The sands part gracefully at your feet as you run and surf down the many dunes of this world. Sands turn into raging fires as the crimson sun sets. Dark and gloomy hallways give the feeling of dread and haunting as you slink through the underground ruins. Snow and blizzards are blinding as you make a slow but enduring trek up a large mountain. There is much to be said about how the graphics and amazing lighting effects alone are able to set the mood of each area of the game but this would truly not drive the experience home if you were unable to hear the masterful soundtrack. Journey's soundtrack compliments the graphics of the game perfectly as the work in a wondrous harmony and this was also nominated for a Grammy.
Gameplay:
This is a unique game as it was solely built around the objective of emotions and experiences that the player will feel at certain parts of the game and this is exactly what is achieves. However I explain it here will not be able to do it justice for this is one game you truly need to play for yourself in order to feel the full effects of it. The game itself is relatively short but it matters not when the main objective is to evoke the emotions of the player and I can say from my own personal journey through the game that I felt loneliness, frightened, happiness, joy, anger and sadness so profound. I can also say that no other game has ever got me as close to actually tearing up as this one did. The story of the game is very haunting as you decipher and understand what truly happened in this destroyed civilization. This game also has one of the most satisfying ending sequences ever made in a game. Journey is a game that will provide an unforgettable experience of just pure emotion and this is something that few games are able to portray these days which leaves me to believe that this game is just more then a game, it is a masterpiece, it is a work of art that you play.
Final Verdict
Journey is undoubtedly one of the best gaming experiences in 2012 and if you have not been able to play it, please go take the journey yourself through this wondrous and mystical world. It is one that you will not forget.
This is a Do Not Miss title in my books and on a number scale 9.5/10.
I hope you enjoyed reading this and I will try to get better with reviews in the future.
Feel free to leave a comment or two on what you thought of the game if you had the chance to play it
Shadow ^^
