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varidogI've been playing Journey recently. It's a very short game with a few interesting premises.
The main body of the game consists of taking a journey, jump-flying about, and generally having a pleasant time of it. Mostly, there's not danger. You find these special points where you can lengthen your scarf, and thus, also give yourself more jump-fly.
The main character is sexually ambiguous, by design, so can be read either way.
Much of what you encounter is cloth, so you run into flying cloth slips, kites, cloth trees, and other such flexible designs.
What makes the game interesting is that you can encounter other people playing the game. You can't talk, except for single musical notes, and you can help each other jump-fly. In general, it's easier to stick together. Also, the more experienced people know where to find all the scarf motes and any other special places.
On my first playthrough, I thought this was an NPC, but it turned out, was a real person who generously stuck with me through the last four sections.
At the very end, there's a place where you can walk designs into the snow. On my most recently playthrough, a companion stuck with me, then wrote a heart.
I think that this game filters for certain types of gamers, the folks who are less competitive and more cooperative.
When streaming, I almost always get somebody watching. Those folks who like this game really really like this game.
The main body of the game consists of taking a journey, jump-flying about, and generally having a pleasant time of it. Mostly, there's not danger. You find these special points where you can lengthen your scarf, and thus, also give yourself more jump-fly.
The main character is sexually ambiguous, by design, so can be read either way.
Much of what you encounter is cloth, so you run into flying cloth slips, kites, cloth trees, and other such flexible designs.
What makes the game interesting is that you can encounter other people playing the game. You can't talk, except for single musical notes, and you can help each other jump-fly. In general, it's easier to stick together. Also, the more experienced people know where to find all the scarf motes and any other special places.
On my first playthrough, I thought this was an NPC, but it turned out, was a real person who generously stuck with me through the last four sections.
At the very end, there's a place where you can walk designs into the snow. On my most recently playthrough, a companion stuck with me, then wrote a heart.
I think that this game filters for certain types of gamers, the folks who are less competitive and more cooperative.
When streaming, I almost always get somebody watching. Those folks who like this game really really like this game.
