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Journey PlayStation 3
  • Publisher: SCEA
  • Release Date: Mar 13, 2012
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93 out of 100

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8.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 76 Ratings

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  • Summary: Enter the world of Journey, the third game from indie developers thatgamecompany (creators of "flOw" and "Flower"). Journey is an interactive parable, an anonymous online adventure to experience a person’s life passage and their intersections with other’s. You wake alone and surrounded by miles of burning, sprawling desert, and soon discover the looming mountaintop which is your goal. Faced with rolling sand dunes, age-old ruins, caves and howling winds, your passage will not be an easy one. The goal is to get to the mountaintop, but the experience is discovering who you are, what this place is, and what is your purpose. Travel and explore this ancient, mysterious world alone, or with a stranger you meet along the way. Soar above ruins and glide across sands as you discover the secrets of a forgotten civilization. [thatgamecompany]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 56
  3. Negative: 0 out of 56
  1. TotalPlayStation
    Mar 12, 2012
    100
    Games that summon up emotions from a cold son of a bitch like me are incredibly rare... Journey had me grabbing the box of tissues by the time it was over.
  2. Guardian
    Mar 13, 2012
    100
    Journey's visual and sound design sets new standards for interactive entertainment. This alone makes it an extraordinary work, but it's the way that these aesthetic elements come together with beautifully subtle direction and storytelling to create a lasting emotional effect that elevates this to one of the very best games of our time.
  3. Giant Bomb
    Mar 13, 2012
    100
    Certainly a game that offers up aesthetic beauty, both in its visuals and score. But where it truly shines is in the experience of playing it. In Journey, the mere acts of jumping, running, and sliding around a painstakingly crafted world are enough to invoke strong emotional responses from the player. Every element, every mechanic, every single little thing works in seemingly effortless concert to deliver a game that is experientially beautiful from surface to core.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 49
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 49
  3. Negative: 4 out of 49
  1. Schmakt
    10
    I had never heard of this game when I bought it... I was just bored. When it finally finished downloading and I got to start playing, it quickly became one of the best things I've ever downloaded from the PS store. I love the silence, the lack of direction, and the mood music. I didn't realize that the other [whatever you are] that showed up at some point was actually another person. I thought it was just the computer... It was pretty jarring when the game ended so soon, but the environment was so rich that I didn't mind at all. I just liked running around the world, so I just played it over again... At least as much fun the 2nd time through. I'm going to have to go check out Flow and Flower now as well because Journey was just an incredibly enjoyable experience. Thanks ThatGameCompany!… Expand
    • 6 of 6 users said yes
  2. GleepGlop
    6
    Sure this game is worth 9/10 if you didn't pay for it: I'm looking at you professional reviewers. It would even be 9/10 if it were 5 bucks and I wouldn't be pissed that it is only 1 hour of gameplay. But no, this game is FIFTEEN DOLLARS for a 1 hour game (a good one hour game nonetheless). However it is the very definition of linear, and the art style is just a ripoff of Team ICO games. Save your money and watch on youtube if you are really bored.… Expand
    • 4 of 11 users said yes
  3. SweenMachine
    1
    Avoid! $15 for LESS THAN AN HOUR OF GAME! Can't believe I was looking forward to this for so long only to end up with such a short end product. If the purpose of this game is to exhibit a new multiplayer concept, then that concept should either have been kept on the development table until it could be implemented into a proper, full game, or released for free with such a linear, short title as Journey. Again, it's a blatant cashgrab, avoid!… Expand
    • 5 of 36 users said yes

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