The WhatsNext verdict
Journey is essential for players who want a brief, beautiful, emotionally charged pilgrimage with music and anonymous companionship at its heart. Those wanting deep mechanics or a conventional adventure should look elsewhere.
What it does best
A soundtrack that carries it
Atmosphere you can drown in
Does what no game did before
A story that hits hard
What might put you off
Minimal gameplay and very short length
Deliberate, contemplative pacing
The setup
What you are walking into
A third-person adventure game in which the player, controlling a robed figure, makes a pilgrimage through a desert landscape to a rugged mountain with a beacon of light in the distance while uncovering the history of their people, rescuing and cooperating with friendly creatures, avoiding predatory ones and communicating with other travelers.
Where it lives
Genre
Vibe
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