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Journey

ThatGameCompany

2012•Platformer•PEGI 7•About 3 hours

Taste attributes: actionadventurefantasymusic/dancefastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedall consuming questfish out of water/culture clashrags to richesself destruction/implosiontroubled leads

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Boxlist takeExpect a stylish, otherworldly platformer, light rather than heavy. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: very fresh · Tone: wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

90 / 100

1,203 ratings

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About This Game

A third-person adventure game in which the player, controlling a robed figure, makes a pilgrimage through a desert landscape to a rugged mountain with a beacon of light in the distance while uncovering the history of their people, rescuing and cooperating with friendly creatures, avoiding predatory ones and communicating with other travelers.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Journey‍ 's story is told wordlessly through in-game and pre-rendered cutscenes. The player's character begins on a sand dune in a seemingly endless desert. In the far distance looms a large, foreboding mountain with a glowing crevice that splits its peak. As the character approaches the mountain, they find remnants of a once-thriving civilization, eroded by sand over time. Scattered throughout the ruins at the end of each area are stones at which the traveler rests; these give the traveler the vision of meeting a larger, white-robed figure in a circular room, with art on the walls describing...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureFantasyMusic/danceAll consuming questFish out of water/culture clashRags to richesSelf destruction/implosionTroubled leads

Keywords

ExplorationFlightGraphic adventureHidingSnowSilent protagonistPlatform exclusiveGame reference

Where to play

Details

Developer: ThatGameCompany
Publishers: Sony Computer Entertainment, Annapurna Interactive
Released: 13 March 2012
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: Third person, Side view
Time to beat: 2h rushed, 3h normally, 6h complete
Age rating: PEGI 7
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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