Journey
SCORE: 70
If you are one of those people who believe
the destination is not important, then you will probably swallow Journey
right up. You could get a mouthful of sand when you realize you reached
the wrong destination at the end of life. Remember Family Friendly
Gaming is trying to point you toward the right destination.
Journey is a strange game on the Playstation 3, PS4, and PS Vita
platforms. You play a robed character on a journey through a desert.
There is a shining light at the top of a mountain. Go there. Along the
way players work out action adventure puzzles and learn new skills. Like
turning on these rustic looking runes. That are in what looks like
ruins.
Graphically Journey is bland. Maybe that was on purpose. It does not
impress graphically for a home console video game. The music is eerie,
and sometimes creepy. The lack of conversation, and direction can cause
the player to talk to the television set. It does not help though.
The controls in Journey take some getting used to. The camera is moved
with the gyroscope. Which can be painful at times. Especially when you
forget that after watching a cut scene movie. Then the wrong buttons are
hit trying to correct the wayward camera. The rest of the controls in
Journey make sense.
The goal of Journey is to get to the end. This is done one area at a
time. The goal of each area is to find the exit, then figure out how to
get there. There are a variety of different game play mechanics that
Journey makes the player use. Experimentation is the best course of
action in a game like this.
Players have some strange special powers that interact with objects in
Journey. I am not clear if it is supposed to be magical, spiritual, or
what. I believe families will want to know about that aspect of this
game.
- Luke
Graphics: 70%
Sound: 60%
Replay/Extras: 80%
Gameplay: 60%
Family Friendly Factor: 80%
System: PS Vita/PS4/PS3(tested)
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: thatgamecompany
Rating: ‘E’ - Everyone SIX and OLDER ONLY
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