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At this point in the game, I'd rather hear what TNL has to say rather than a mainstream garbage site.
If we put a good chunk of TNL's opinions together and averaged it out we'd probably end up with a boring list of the usual suspects.
Not that there aren't some legitimately great games that end up on Every List, but I don't think we really need to talk about Portal yet again.
Portal is awesome though, who cares about Journey
Journey is every bit as good as Portal. Come at me.
I have never heard as many people call a game a "life altering experience" or similar stuff as much as I have with Journey. I just don't get it. Did I miss out on the free peyote with game purchase? Yes, it's visually stunning and relaxing to travel through but that's about it. There's nothing wrong with that. I'm sure it's what the developer set out to make, and I don't fault the game for it, but there's just so much pretentious writing over a game that doesn't have much depth to it.
Not to someone who has never read a chapter book to completion.
I can certainly see how a "story" with a "conflict" that is "resolved" without the employment of a machine gun, curb stomp, or two machine guns would be transcendental for someone for whom modern video gaming is the sole source of artistic and intellectual stimulation. I know a grown man with a mortgage and a bed frame and a 401k who will tell you to your fucking face that Xenogears is the best story he's ever read. And you know what? It probably is.
It definitely pulls at those games-as-art strings that always result in the worst hyperbole.
I would never argue that the game mechanics are interesting but I think the anonymous, seamless co-op experience is something really special. Other than that it's just a perfectly executed beautiful experience (to me, because I'm an artsy faggot)
Dude, adult videogamesmen were moved to tears at the Twilight Princess trailer. Journey is certainly a few artistic notches above that.
Philistines gonna Phil.
I hope they write up Dark Souls/Demon's Souls - games like 'em are getting fewer and farther between each generation.