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Journey is an indie adventure game developed by Thatgamecompany and published by Sony Computer Entertainment You play a traveller swaddled in red robes, beginning atop a desert sand dune with a view of a shining mountain on the horizon. You’re given no direction; instead you’re guided by the natural impulse to move towards that looming, distant beacon. Control is intentionally simple and unobtrusive; you can only walk, jump and sing, but Journey still crafts some astounding scenarios from those bare gameplay ingredients. It has you surfing down sand dunes in the fading light, scaling towers, flying on the wind and cowering in underground ruins as you slowly uncover what could have happened to the civilisation that must have once lived there. It’s steeped in vague religious imagery; shrines, billowing robes, a solitary desert setting that can’t help but evoke the Old Testament from time to time. Gentle puzzles and hidden scraps of material that extend your fluttering scarf and let you stay airborne for longer provide the only traditional gameplay elements to be found in this adventure. Instead, the enjoyment comes from inhabiting and admiring its world. You will rarely play a game that makes you feel so much like you’re actually there as Journey does. There is not the slightest inconsistency in its art direction, and this, together with extremely clever sound design and natural signposting, absorbs you in the game’s world entirely. High dunes act as boundaries, and your eye is always instinctively drawn towards where you’re supposed to be headed next, whether through lighting, camera direction or. At no point was I pulled out of Journey’s world through clumsy design or a single frame of unnatural animation. 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. Full Walkthrough Journey - Collect All Ancient Glyphs And Glowing Symbols Playlist -
