Kotaku - The first time I played Journey, I thought, "Okay."
It had been a lovely experience, sure. I'd played it to around the halfway mark, taken a short break, then finished it. It seemed very nice. Remarkably pretty, and with a gorgeous soundtrack. Past that, I couldn't quite nail it down.
The second time I played Journey, I thought, "That was one of the most beautiful video games I've ever played."
I guess I just needed some perspective. Journey is the rare game that exists as a coherent whole, a fully-realized work in which each fifteen-minute chunk of its two-hour runtime is equally important. Because of that, it's a rare game that needs to be taken and digested as a single entity.
The composer behind Journey, Austin Wintory, recently had a chance to revisit the classic game, just in time for its tenth anniversary.
My fav indie game ever, played this on ps4 and ps5. Too bad it does not have a plat trophy.
Jenova Chen told us about the development of the game.
Today, veteran game developers with experience on games like Journey, Skyrim, Spider-Man, Edith Finch, Ratchet & Clank and more, have come together to announce a brand new game studio, Gardens.
Concept artist has a very distinct style and if they can translate that into the game well this studio will be making some visually stunning games.
Moe, Rage and redDevil can explain better.
I bought it last week during the Holiday sale, will definitely start playing it today, i sure hope it lives upto all the GOTY Awards.
It's definitely at the top of my list.
Great game, but sorry, anything that takes 2hrs to beat cannot be considered GOTY. Maybe DLC of the year.
I know this generation has seen a sharp decrease in singleplayer campaign/story mode. But come on, are we really going to support 2-3hr game lengths? I thought 8-10hrs was the bare minimum? Journey is one of my favourite games of the year, I just can't compare it to...more complete games.
IMO GOTY is a toss up between Walking Dead and Halo 4.
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It's already the most awarded game of 2012. Nothing compares, already leagues ahead. Even when the PS3 isn't putting out AAA games like Uncharted, Sony still manages to put out yet another game of the year through PSN.
Next up: The Last of Us GOTY 2013