I feel like that game literally changed my life in the 2 hours or whatever it took me to play it.
That game is so beautiful. It made me a better person.
I was absolutely entranced.
Dang, you’re patient. I played this back on PS3. Does it even have online players anymore? They are an integral part of the experience, IMO.
I was playing on Steam maybe 2 months ago and I saw two people in my 4ish hours of playing. They both kinda danced around me for a bit then ran off :(
There are still players. Much more rare I’m sure. I played maybe 4 months ago and met a few people.
I didn’t see anyone else, and that does sound like a cool mechanic, but this was perfect for me on its own.
I was very happy to find this community because I can wait decades to play a game.
I’ve never heard of this game before, but was going through all time best game lists and there journey was on igns, and it sounded too good to not immediately investigate.
That’s a shame there aren’t any players any more.
I’m a patient gamer, too. I almost never buy games at full price. But I try to strike a balance with online(-ish) games. Some experiences you just can’t have once a game with an online aspect isn’t popular anymore.
PS3 had more shimmery glittery sand. you can add it back into the game by making the changes mentioned in the alternate method at the bottom of this guide. they messed up the sparkles in the later releases. doesn’t hit the same.
I had someone with a super long scarf play basically the entire second half of the game with me. So fun to find ways to communicate with just the little pulses we had.
!Also absolutely heartbreaking when wet froze together at the end!<
I also played their other game Flower, on the PS3. Probably the only time I’ve enjoyed using motion controls on that system.
Fyi Lemmy doesn’t do spoilers the way Reddit does. The syntax for spoilers is:
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Weird, I did format it that way but it doesn’t seem to stick on editing
Very strange. What client are you using, out of interest? If it’s an app that pivoted from being an old Reddit app into a Lemmy app, it might be an issue worth pointing out to the developer.
Sync, I’ll be sure to let them know. Thanks!
If you’re looking for a similar type of game, I played GRIS recently which reminded me quite a bit of this.
Nice, much appreciated
Gris hooked me much more than Journey.
Gris broke me lol. It was so beautiful, so emotional.
It left a permanent mark on me. I love it so fucking much.
I am right there with you. I feel like I’ve discovered a type of game altogether that I need to pursue.
Oh man! I didn’t know this game was on PC! Has been on my must-play list for years, but it was a PlayStation exclusive.
Board that Steam train.
Chop choo!
I’ve been playing video games for about 30 years and this is hands down one of the best games I’ve ever played.
Edit: other noteworthy mentions - outer wilds, the original ps2 amplitude, and NieR Automata are some other stand out masterpieces of my life.
I dig outer wilds, I’m writing down the other two now, thanks.
Journey was unbelievable.
I literally could not believe how caught up I was in it while enjoying the entire ride.
Yes!!! The only* game I’ve played start to finish in one sitting. The entire experience had me riveted. RIVETED.The aesthetic was perfect. The visuals, sound, music, art design, fiction! So good!
*okay I guess other than You Have to Burn the Rope.
Couldn’t agree more. Riveted.
I’m actually listening to the soundtrack right now.
I hadn’t heard of you have to burn the rope, but I just looked it up and that’s very funny.
Eh, looks artsy which is fine if that’s what you’re into.
I dig art
They have another game called Sky
I was just looking at sky on the Play store.
Have you played sky?
I’ll have to go back and try their older games too.
Not who you were replying ot but if you liked Journey I wager you’ll love Sky as it is similar but bigger and more varied.
Edited to add: Flower and Flow were both great games as well. thatgamecompany.com are good at what they do.
I love playing Flower so much, it’s my favorite calming game
Take a look at Bulwark, the Falconeer Chronicles. It’s very calm.
I play it all the time. Its Journey with some FOMO, but they bring some items you missed back every other 2 weeks. Its my chill escape.
Which console do you play on?
Phone and computer. “I run” my dailies on my phone and actually play on computer.
Okay, thanks, appreciate it
Sky is wonderful but after you’ve played through it and explored around a bit, the content cycle is pretty obnoxious and requires you to really play damn near every day hardcore to unlock all the stuff in their season pass before it’s gone. Fortunately 99.9% of it is purely cosmetic and the bits that aren’t are just little toys, so you can easily just play it for the actual game content, which doesn’t really go away.
It made me a better person.
If that is meant literally, how did it make you a better person?
I appreciated the combined poetry of something so much it made me more tolerant and optimistic and excited about life and people on the whole.
Turned the dial.
It’s the one game I would suggest hands down to anyone to play. From non-games on up. The game is a short masterpiece and one of a very few to elicit an emotional reaction out of me. I cannot sing it’s praises enough.
I am definitely sharing a boat with you.
I’m sad that they had to monetize sky the way they did to keep the service up. It’s clearly what they wanted out of journey but couldn’t accomplish the first go. If you like journey, play sky, children of the light
That’s how I felt after finishing Outer Wilds.
I wonder if the outer wilds was less successful than it was because there was another game called outer worlds.
I still don’t know which game is which, and i played on of them
outer worlds was basically a non bethesda 3d fallout game that wasn’t fallout, seemingly largely inspired by firefly in regards to the cast of characters and some aspects of the plot. you even randomly have your ship’s cargo hold filled with cows like the opening sequence of lne episode of firefly.
outer wilds is on my backlog and I know nothing apart from being told to play it repeatedly.
I haven’t played The Outer Worlds, but the screenshots look to me like just a regular old sci-fi game (not necessarily a bad thing though).
But Outer Wilds actually impressed me. If you plan to play it, don’t watch any gameplay videos. Go into it with zero expectations.
I liked outer wilds, played that last year.
I do go on long walking journeys in real life but haven’t ever flown a DIY space ship; maybe that’s why journey hit me harder
Wasn’t Abzu made by the same studio? Also very chill game
Not the same studio, but same director and music composer
My sister plays the game a lot.
She’s earned the white robe, and plays regularly to show other players around, and draw them hearts in the sand/snow.
Very cool. Thanks
That’s really adorable, thanks for sharing!
Some games you sometimes load just to hang around. This is one of those. Lovely game.
I’d add Valley and Sable to this group.
Thanks, I’ll look them up
Been enjoying my time with Sabel so far. Love the French sci fi comic art style.
Oh this comment had me poring over images, now I’m very excited to play.
