After years of PlayStation exclusivity and one yr of Epic exclusivity, Journey‘s travels finally brought it to Steam today. Developed by Thatgamecompany, Journey is a beautiful little adventure in which you play as a small cloaked figure trekking through a desert, with puzzles dotted about in your way. You don’t must undergo it on their own although, since you’ll come throughout different gamers on this planet that may make it easier to.
The twist on that is which you could’t really talk with these gamers with any type of voice or textual content chat. In reality, you received’t really know who helped you in your travels till you attain the game’s finish credit. What you are able to do, nonetheless, is make little musical chirps to get your pal’s consideration.
I keep in mind having such a way of surprise once I first performed Journey. It’s set in a beautiful panorama with just a few different hooded travellers operating round, making an attempt to determine issues out. At first I had no thought these different little Journeyers had been precise actual life gamers, I assumed they had been simply NPCs following me about. When I realised, it gave me such a heat feeling. In a game that originally makes you are feeling lonely, all of a sudden I had a pleasant stranger as my companion, guiding me by means of.
You don’t must take my phrase for the way pretty Journey is, although. The podcast crew talked about it a bit final yr on an episode all about games that give us a sense of discovery and exploration.
Journey is out there on Steam proper now for £11.39/€12.49/$14.99. That’s £four cheaper than it’s on Epic.
