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A robed figure in a desolate world undertakes a journey towards a distant, glowing mountain. A robed figure in a desolate world undertakes a journey towards a distant, glowing mountain. A robed figure in a desolate world undertakes a journey towards a distant, glowing mountain.

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10 years later, the best video game about nothing still lives up to the hype

A simple, beautiful adventure brought harmony to PS3 players around the world.

Seinfeld is famously a show about nothing. Obviously, there’s content on the show, but at the time of its release, every ’90s sitcom had some sort of gimmick. A show about funny people just being friends went against commercial trends. These same trends stifle gaming creators too. Are there any games that broke with conventional wisdom? Did time prove them right? Yes and yes — and one of the most noteworthy instances of this just turned 10.

Journey from thatgamecompany took the world by surprise when it was released on March 13, 2012 because it was, on the surface, about nothing. There’s no dialogue, no clear plot, and no token objectives. Yet the atmosphere and level design are so compelling that the game won the hearts of millions (and its fair share of GOTY awards, too).

Journey broke through during a deeply formulaic era of gaming. A look at the top-selling games of 2012 reveals nothing but 2s, 3s, 4s, and annual franchise staples. You could set your market forecast by Call of Duty , Madden, and others. There was Battlefield 3 , Elder Scrolls V , and Mass Effect 3 .

And then there was Journey .

Indie gaming had been steadily gaming Steam (pun intended) since the late 2000sm and releases like Minecraft and Braid showed the potential for well-developed, innovative titles. Along with Steam, Xbox Live Arcade became an important marketplace for indie developers.

Journey takes place in a series of sandswept ruins.

Sony didn’t have the indie support it does now but knew enough to let talented creators experiment by thinking outside the box. Journey was easy to underestimate. There’s no dialogue, no clever plot twists, no shooting or looting or gold. But it’s a shining example of how pure design can shatter expectations for what games should be to show us what they could be, instead.

The magic of Journey is in its aesthetic. Players begin the game in a sweeping desert landscape littered with ruins. The only objective is from a brief cutscene showing someone, something off in the distance dominated by a huge mountain.

So you move. And this is where Journey begins to hook you immediately. It just feels so good . Something about gliding over the wind-whipped sand dunes and skittering up crumbling staircases feels soft and precise. You float and fly along with one of the greatest original soundtracks of all time.

This was the first video game soundtrack to get nominated for a Grammy, and Austin Wintory’s orchestral genius remains a gold standard to this day. (If you’re a hardcore audiophile gamer, the OST is getting a vinyl re-release from iam8bit to celebrate the occasion). In many ways, Journey affirms the power of music as a narrative device, so don’t play it on shitty headphones.

Journey ’s OST is an all-timer.

Players also found meaning in the engaging, but minimalist, multiplayer. You don’t do matchmaking or lobbies. Instead, you encounter other players at random and travel from discovery to discovery together.

In choosing emotional depth over violence , Journey forged thousands of core memories for gamers who had never experienced anything together besides conflict and competition. Conventional multiplayer pits gamers against each other, Journey puts them together instead.

Journey is available on PC and the PlayStation Store, where it's currently on sale .

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Journey is an adventure game developed by ThatGameCompany and released by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2012 on PlayStation 3, as a Sony Exclusive title.

Due to its ongoing success, it got ported to several platforms:

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Since the very start, the game had a very strong community, people that fell in love with the game and playing it all over again. Over the years, they discovered many interesting things and are still playing it. Journey is a very special game, it's best enjoyed "blind", with no knowledge about it before playing it for the first time.

The Journey effect [ ]

"According to Chen (one of the founders of TGC), the company focuses on creating video games that provoke emotional responses from players." [1]

You will be thrown into a scary, yet, wonderful new world, with no idea who you are or what you're doing, besides one singular goal.

Even worse: there is no guidance, no helpful hints to bail you out: you have to find out everything by yourself and make your way through the what seems like an endless desert.

The stunning visuals (best enjoyed on a big screen, played with a controller) and the Grammy nominated soundtrack will do their part to cause a wide variety of emotions.

Beware: Journey is a beautiful game, but it often manages to cause emotions like despair, confusion, fear or sadness too. This is part of the experience.

Journey is all about empathy and respect. Upon meeting a figure like you, you are forced to make decisions. Sometimes, they want to go further or go on an endless exploration. If both are stubborn, they will part ways.

Just like finding a new friend in life, you might walk for a while, lose contact or stay friends until the very end. You will enjoy the time spent together and probably respect each others flaws.

Journey is also a game about sand, cloth, and various creatures you meet on the way.

The more you play Journey you will discover slight differences or see things, that seem new. It may be hard to describe, but here are some expressions from longterm fans of Journey :

• Does this look different now?
• This never happened before.
• It's so scary.
• I have never seen this.
• It is a hard game. (meaning not only gameplay, often the game causes emotions and not all are "nice", just like experiences in life)
• I want to learn more about this.
• Interactive zen video. So relaxing.
• Everytime something new.
• It's so funny.

Journeys success continues through the years, it received over 100 awards. Several "Game of the Year", many BAFTA awards, the soundtrack got nominated for a Grammy (Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media ) and so on.

Wikipedia link to awards: Journey (2012 video game), Reception .

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Born as the last title of a contract with Sony Computer Entertainment , the development of Journey required far longer than expected, taking over three years to complete. A troubled project during the making of which the studio Thatgamecompany faced delays, tensions and almost risked bankruptcy.

However, the result was a title that would forever change the idea of what a video game can be. Released for Playstation3 in 2012, Journey set a higher standard for interactive entertainment, and its emotional resonance made it unforgettable to all those who played it.

A beginning shrouded in mystery

Golden dunes shimmer under the blinding rays of dawn, dancing in the heat haze. A shooting star cuts across the sky and over the desert, where a lone figure sits among the sand, shrouded in a red cloak. Journey is the tale of a mysterious protagonist, as it travels to the beacon that is the mountain at the horizon. During this adventure the player will uncover the secrets of a long-lost civilization, as well as meet other travellers on the path toward the glowing peak.

The art of Journey’s game design

Today hyper-realistic graphics and stunning aesthetics have almost become a requisite of modern video games, regardless of genre. From Assassin’s Creed to Cyberpunk 2077 , visuals play a big role in the popularity of a title. And yet, many still struggle in conveying a unique message through it, discarded in favor of the entertainment factor. As a result, often the story serves as a frame to provide context, but is otherwise disconnected from the gameplay. This is where Journey stands out.

While the idea of exploring ancient ruins is far from new, the concept of the title is: a journey through life , expressed in a way that only video games can. Without dialogue nor writing, but through pure game design . A stylistic choice later used by other indie videogames, such as INSIDE and RiME . Paired with phenomenal visuals and incredible use of score , it makes for a gaming experience unlike any other.

In Journey there are no fights to face, and no choices to make. The mechanics themselves are few and immediate: walking, jumping and singing . Despite this seeming simplicity, the story of Journey holds a depth that has to be experienced. It manages to create a complete immersion during its short duration, without any inconsistencies to disrupt the narration flow. A good use of its limited mechanics as well as of the strengths of its medium, without overstretching itself. Instead, its brief but moving story is best enjoyed in one go .

Companions on a shared path

As the player moves their first steps in the game, they come to discover the magic of the cloth. By finding magical glyphs, the scarf of the protagonist will grow in length, the power imbued in it allowing to soar for long periods of time. However, another unexpected aid will come to the help of the protagonist.

From the second level on, the game connects randomly with other players, and a second cloaked figure will appear. An unknown ally with whom the player can choose to travel or not. A kind of cooperation whose limitations make the shared bond all the more meaningful. Because if musical notes are the only mean of communication, the flawless game design makes it essential and functional.

With this unique multiplayer function , a stranger soon becomes a companion whose presence enriches the game experience . One wishes to play tunes with them, share discoveries, and stick together through all the ups and downs. And while it is not guaranteed to play with the same person all the way to the end, it still heightens the emotional impact of the title. A journey that is started alone, but whose fulfillment is reached together.

An unforgettable emotional tale

In the end, this video game does represent a journey in itself, one that leaves its meaning open to personal interpretation. It offers something that few titles do: an emotional reward , not unlike Chihiro’s own journey in Spirited Away . The intent of Thatgamecompany to create video games that speak on an emotional level culminated with Journey , which created an in-game world where feelings resonate . And as the scenery evolves from scorching deserts to freezing peaks, so do the emotions evoked.

Even music plays a fundamental part, contributing to the beauty of the experience. The notes sung by the protagonist merge with the score, mirroring the actions in-game. Moreover, the soundtrack becomes more and more orchestral as the story proceeds, and when accompanied by another traveler new instruments join in . A clever use of sound design , also present in Gris .

And as credits roll, the track “I was born for this” plays; the only one featuring lyrics, five literature excerpts sang in five languages. From Beowulf to the Iliad , it is no coincidence for them to be all examples of the hero’s journey. The score thus ends as it started with the soft notes of a cello tune, a hint to the cyclic nature of the videogame . Praised worldwide for its emotional storytelling, Journey won several awards, including “Game of the Year” at the 2012 D.I.C.E. Awards . Inspired by the success and mechanics of this title, Thatgamecompany is working on a new mobile videogame: Sky – Children of the Light , soon available for Playstation as well.

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'Journey' Wins Big at DICE Video Game Awards

The innovative video game stole the spotlight at the 16th annual D.I.C.E Awards.

Feb 8, 2013— -- The PlayStation 3 title Journey , an innovate game which uniquely does not have guns, violence, or even dialog, stole the spotlight at the 16th annual D.I.C.E Awards on Thursday night in Las Vegas.

The downloadable game created by thatgamecompany won eight awards including Best Art Direction, Innovation in Gaming and Best Game, the top award.

"This shows that a game with soul matters," said Jenova Chen, the creator and director. "A game with true feeling, emotion and love can [beat out] huge budgets."

Journey and its success represent a departure from traditional shooter and platform game genres that have dominated the video game industry for decades.

"This is the top of the top of the industry. These are the people that determine in many ways the future of our industry," said Kellee Santiago, game designer and president of thatgamecompany. "I just really hope that the recognition that Journey got opens up so many doors for other developers to pursue their own dreams and the kind of games they want to make."

On the red carpet, a group of aspiring young Latino designers gathered around and asked for autographs from Santiago, the half-Cuban, Caracas-born Latina game designer, a rarity in an industry dominated by white men.

"I believe Journey deserves all its awards because they innovated in ways that other games haven't," said Jose Figueroa, one of the fans. "They're not afraid of taking the risk of creating something entirely new, knowing it might not succeed."

The game pairs players together online to pursue an epic journey that inspires an emotional – if not spiritual – experience.

Journey 's soundtrack is nominated for a Grammy, the first time a video game is up for the award.

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Experience the wonder in this anonymous adventure where you travel on a life’s passage, with the chance to connect with companions along the way.

a mysterious world

Alone and surrounded by miles of burning, sprawling desert, you soon discover the looming mountaintop is your goal. The passage will not be easy but this experience of a lifetime will help you discover who you are, what this place is, as you arrive at your purpose.

beautiful art and music

Soar above ruins and glide across sands as you explore the secrets of a forgotten civilization.  Featuring stunning visuals, haunting music, and unique online gameplay, Journey delivers an experience like no other.

The release of Journey attracted over 100+ industry awards and media accolades, with some naming the game as their ‘Game of The Year’ in 2012.

"A glorious, thoughtful, moving masterpiece"

- entertainment weekly, "mysterious and beautiful", "an incredible, emotional game", "one of the most amazing game experiences of my life", - gamesradar.

© 2012 Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC. Developed by thatgamecompany. Journey is a trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC.

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For many of those outside the industry or who don't count playing games among their hobbies, it can be easy to see video games as vacuous, violent, and repetitive. Of course, this may have been more true a decade or so ago, before the medium became as mainstream as it is today and attitudes began to shift more profoundly. Game stories are making their way to wider audiences and showing skeptics that there can be more to the pastime than shooting and explosions. The upcoming TV adaption of The Last of Us is a classic example of this cross-platform transition, and might bring even more people into the realm of video games after its release.

While narrative-focused games were nothing new ten years ago, Journey 's release made plenty of players and critics sit up and pay attention, and hailed a new era of creativity for the medium. Journey provided an experience for gamers that was purely magical, that transcended aspects that can traditionally divide like identity and geographical space, and that provided a cohesive and beautiful adventure unlike any other. The game was a masterpiece when it was released, and it remains a masterpiece to this day.

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How A Game With No Dialogue Spoke To So Many

Thatgamecompany pulled off something miraculous when it released Journey in 2012 . The developer created an experience that could be shared, that felt emotionally charged, and that was truly impactful in a game that didn't have a single word of dialogue or barely any characters. The story was gleaned purely through environmental factors and an extremely limited number of cutscenes. Despite its elements of cooperative gameplay, players could barely interact with each other except for musical chimes. The other player that gamers would occasionally encounter was completely anonymous, and their gamertag would only be revealed as the credits rolled.

This masterful idea created a sense of closeness despite the anonymity, and the way players could choose to work together in the robed characters' journey towards the mysterious mountain forged a bond that went beyond words. With this mechanic, gamers were unknowingly interacting with other players all over the globe, and it didn't matter what time zone they were in or what languages they spoke. The encounters were completely by chance, and Journey players might just as easily lose their game partner as they would bump into another. No other title has managed to capture this magic in quite the same way.

The design of the game was breathtaking, with the vastness of the environments served to make players immediately aware of their insignificance, while also filling them with wonder. From the arid and orange-tinted desert with its rolling dunes and crumbling structures, to the hostile snow-covered mountainsides with buffeting winds and floating adversaries; Because the game's design was slightly fantastical and vaguely cartoonish in its aesthetic, Journey 's award-winning design has held up well over the past decade. It has a timeless, universally beautiful look that pushed boundaries when it was released, and still feels impressive today despite the releases of new generations of consoles and vast improvements in graphics.

Why Simple Is Sometimes The Best

Journey didn't function like a normal video game. There were no scores, no lives or health bars to keep track of, no experience points to gather to unlock a new ability or weapon. The core mechanics were simplistic and straightforward, with players searching for glowing symbols in order to add length to the robed figure's scarf and enable them to jump and glide for longer.

The musical notes that the character could emit helped to communicate in some fashion with other players, or summon cloth creatures to help scale obstacles. The simplicity of the controls made Journey a game that could appeal to experienced and inexperienced gamers alike and shifted the focus to the environments over things like combat or strategy. Along with the straightforward gameplay, there was only one goal — players needed to make their way towards the distant mountain.

This stripped-back approach lets other elements of Journey shine, proving that games don't need to be packed full of content like Horizon Zero Dawn in order to be entertaining or impactful. Journey is a meditative, atmospheric, and stunning antidote to the fast-paced combat of a shooter, or the overly-complex environments of an open-world action adventure. It has a clear structure, goal, and gameplay system that doesn't crowd the player or demand too much. They let the game speak entirely for itself, and consequently, Journey shines like a particularly peaceful beacon amidst the tumultuous and often aggressive seas of video game content.

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How Soundtracks Can Impact A Game

Just like other visual or interactive mediums, video game soundtracks have an undeniably profound impact on how people experience them. They can elevate a title, encourage emotional responses, and add a layer to the experience that otherwise wouldn't be achievable. Journey became the first video game soundtrack to be nominated for a Grammy in 2013, and the game's music remains one of its most poignant and impressive elements.

The soundtrack is revelatory, and provides emotional heft to some key instances that remain unforgettable; like the moment certain vistas are revealed, or key changes occur in the way that players are experiencing the world. Journey 's music is one of the aspects that transform it from a simple gaming experience into something more — something more akin to a work of art.

After the initial few moments in the game, players might have thought they knew what it was all about. But after playing through Journey in its entirety , they would have been taken on an adventure that there was no way they could have predicted. It's touching, mature, uplifting, at once lonely and companionable, and stunningly visual. It provides something that games didn't before it was released, and arguably haven't in the decade since. It marked a turning point in how games could be seen or created, and the industry was never the same afterward.

Journey is available now on PC, PS3, and PS4.

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Journey is thatgamecompany's third release for Sony. Roam the lands discovering the history of an ancient civilization on a trek toward a distant mountain. Go at it alone or explore with strangers online.

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Journey is thatgamecompany 's third PlayStation Network game. It was announced at E3 2010 , and was released on March 13, 2012. Much like their previous two titles, it aims to be more of an unusual, experimental experience rather than a traditional game and is meant to evoke strong emotions from the player. It is the final game in a three-game deal that thatgamecompany signed with Sony, and was part of the Spring Fever promotion on PSN. On March 29, 2012, Jenova Chen announced, on his blog , that Journey had become the fastest selling game ever released in the SCEA region on the PlayStation Network. On July 21, 2015, Journey was re-released on the Playstation 4 and was cross-buy with the Playstation 3 digital version.

Journey has an ambiguous story that takes place in a ravaged landscape dotted with ruins. When the player begins a new journey, their character is sitting in a desert, with no backstory, name, or apparent purpose besides reaching the glowing mountain in the distance.

During Journey, the player will come upon two direct forms of storytelling. The first form they will encounter is glyphs, mosaic stonework that reveals some of the history of the area. The second form comes in between level visions. In these cutscenes a large white-robed figure shares, in pictographic vignettes, the past, present, and future of the player. The following is a literal interpretation, although many figurative interpretations are no less valid.

The world of Journey wasn't always in ruins. A white-robed culture once thrived here, at first living with nature and soon, with the help of the same power that allows the player's character to fly, overwhelming nature with structures, building higher and higher.

When this power dwindled, the culture split into warring tribes, building mechanical insectoid war machines rather than buildings. The war killed many, explaining the graves littering the landscape as the player progresses.

In its wake, the war left the ruined cities the player sees and the still functioning machines that impede their path.

Not all of this white-robed culture died, though. A final glyph reveals that the remaining few went back to the mountain from whence they came.

The player, meanwhile, is part of an endless cycles of many players journeying to and flying back from the mountain, a progression that makes some players act as newcomers, slowly finding their way, while others become mentors and guides having already found it.

Journey is a third-person adventure game where players play as a mysterious robed being who embarks on a journey to a mountain that emanates light from its peak.

The player has three distinct modes of interaction. First, they can chirp or shout. By pressing or pressing and holding the circle button, the player creates a bubble of influence and a tone specific to that journeyer. This tone allows the player to communicate with another journeyer. If one journeyer shouts near another, the shout will replenish the other player's jumping ability. Also, shouts can refresh old cloth and scarves throughout the game, giving life to the sentient cloth.

Second, they can fly. In Journey, players can jump and glide through the air, but only as long as their scarf will let them, as it designates how long one can stay airborne. When the player's scarf is lit and its symbols are showing, the player can press or hold the cross button to fly. The scarf can be lengthened, and thus strengthened, by collecting glowing symbols hidden throughout the environments. Besides interaction with other players, the scarf can be replenished through refreshed cloth, that which is also glowing and showing its symbols, and, later, through a mystic, water-like aura. This fact allows players to climb vertically indefinitely until the cloth or aura ends.

Third, they can run or slide. Basic movement on the left analog stick makes the character run. Desert sand can slow the player on an uphill, or quicken them on the downhill. Certain sections of the game revolve around continuous sliding downhill, while feels like a snowboarding game.

Journey tasks the player with solving puzzles to move on to the the next area. Environments are open, but strong winds keep players on the right track. Most puzzles involve freeing old cloth so that it opens up the path for the player. Players are also tasked with avoiding enemies with visible spotlights, as being caught in the light will fling the player and damage their scarf.

Multiplayer

Journey is considered unique when it comes to multiplayer, as it doesn't ask players if they want to play with others. It forces co-op onto the player by making them meet with other players at random. The game sees what level the player is on and inserts another player who's on the same level into their game. When another player enters, a white light will appear on the sides of the screen to lead the player to that other person if they want to join them. The only way not to play with others is to log off PSN while playing.

Players can work together by giving each other boosts of power, huddle together for warmth, or simply guide one another across the vast landscape. There is no way to hinder other players.

Players can only encounter others after the first area of the game, which becomes a level select hub after completion. Players can stay with each other throughout the entire journey if they wish. Doing so requires entering between level loads with that partner.

During the journey, the player will usually be unaware of who they are playing with. It is possible to play with friends if both enter the same area at the same time, but this involves out-of-game communication. Within the game, players only learn the PSN IDs of their companions after the credits, when the PSN IDs appear in chronological order. Players can only communicate by using the circle button to emit sounds. The longer the button is held down, the louder the note will be.

References to Past thatgamecompany Games

One of the cellular lifeforms from flOw can be found hidden in the temple in the sixth level. Finding the life form unlocks the trophy Ancestors .

A flower can be found in between two sand dunes in the third level. Finding the flower unlocks the trophy Mirage .

When the player completes their first journey, more embroidery appears on their robe. The more journeys the player takes, the more covered their robe becomes.

The first area becomes a chapter select and bonus tracking hub. The player can go to any of the 7 levels by entering the shrines for each. In each shrine are the glyphs or empty frames where they would be, depending on whether the player has found them. Also in the hub is an open-air ruin that records all the scarf-lengthening symbols the player has found.

Additionally, while the player's scarf does not retain its length between playthroughs, if the player collects every symbol, they unlock a circle of white, vertical scarves behind the area that records symbol collection. If the player enters this circle, their robe goes from red to white. White-robed players' scarves refill with power whenever they are on the ground, making their flying ability essentially unlimited. Players can reenter the circle to return to the red robe.

Journey has achieved both commercial and critical success. It currently holds the record as the fastest selling game ever released on PlayStation store . Journey has received universal acclaim, with a score of 92/100 on Metacritic .

Journey was nominated for 11 D.I.C.E. Awards , and won in the following eight categories:

• Game of the Year
• Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction ( Jenova Chen )
• Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
• Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay
• Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
• Casual Game of the Year
• Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
• Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

Journey Soundtrack

The music was composed by Austin Wintory , He also did the soundtrack for another thatgamecompany game called flOw

• 1. Nascence - 1:45
• 2. The Call - 3:39
• 3. First Confluence - 1:45
• 4. Second Confluence - 2:20
• 5. Threshold - 6:05
• 6. Third Confluence - 1:45
• 7. The Road of Trials - 4:16
• 8. Fourth Confluence - 1:07
• 9. Temptations - 4:13
• 10. Descent - 2:40
• 11. Fifth Confluence - 1:23
• 12. Atonement - 6:11
• 13. Final Confluence - 2:06
• 14. The Crossing - 1:58
• 15. Reclamation - 2:16
• 16. Nadir - 3:37
• 17. Apotheosis - 7:07
• 18. I Was Born for This - 4:41

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Journey (2012 video game)

Journey is an indie adventure game developed by Thatgamecompany , published by Sony Computer Entertainment , and directed by Jenova Chen . It was released for the PlayStation 3 via PlayStation Network in March 2012 and ported to PlayStation 4 in July 2015. It was later ported to Windows in June 2019 and iOS in August 2019.

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In Journey , the player controls a robed figure in a vast desert, traveling towards a mountain in the distance. Other players on the same journey can be discovered, and two players can meet and assist each other, but they cannot communicate via speech or text and cannot see each other's names until after the game's credits. The only form of communication between the two is a musical chime, which transforms dull pieces of cloth found throughout the levels into vibrant red, affecting the game world and allowing the player to progress through the levels. The developers sought to evoke in the player a sense of smallness and wonder and to forge an emotional connection between them and the anonymous players they meet along the way. The music, composed by Austin Wintory , dynamically responds to the player's actions, building a single theme to represent the game's emotional arc throughout the story.

Reviewers of the game praised the visual and auditory art as well as the sense of companionship created by playing with a stranger, calling it a moving and emotional experience, and have since listed it as one of the greatest video games of all time . Journey won several " game of the year " awards and received several other awards and nominations, including a Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media nomination for the 2013 Grammy Awards . A retail "Collector's Edition", including Journey , Thatgamecompany's two previous titles, and additional media, was released in August 2012.

In Journey , the player takes the role of a robed figure in a desert. After an introductory sequence, the player is shown the robed figure sitting in the sand, with a large mountain in the distance. [1] The path towards this mountain, the ultimate destination of the game, is subdivided into several sections traveled through linearly. The player can walk in the levels, as well as control the camera, which typically follows behind the figure, either with the analog stick or by tilting the motion-sensitive controller . [2] The player can jump with one button, or emit a wordless shout or musical note with another; the length and volume of the shout depends on how the button is pressed, and the note stays in tune with the background music. [3] These controls are presented pictorially at the beginning of the game; at no point outside of the credits and title screen are any words shown or spoken. [1]

The robed figure wears a trailing magical scarf which allows the player to briefly fly; doing so uses up the scarf's magical charge, represented visually by glowing runes on the scarf. The scarf's runes are recharged by being near floating pieces of red cloth, or a variety of other means. [4] Touching glowing symbols scattered throughout the levels lengthens the initially vestigial scarf, allowing the player to remain airborne longer. Larger strips of cloth are present in the levels and can be transformed from a stiff, dull gray to vibrant red by singing near them. Doing so may have effects on the world such as releasing bits of magic cloth, forming bridges, or levitating the player. This, in turn, allows the player to progress in the level by opening doors or allowing them to reach previously inaccessible areas. The robed figure does not have visible arms to manipulate the game world directly. [3] Along the way, the player encounters flying creatures made of cloth, some of which help the player along. In later levels, the player also encounters hostile creatures made of stone, which upon spotting the player rip off parts of the figure's scarf. [2]

In each level, the player may come across one other player temporarily connected to their game. When players approach each other they charge one another's scarves. They cannot communicate with each other beyond patterns of singing. Players can help each other by activating strips of cloth or showing paths, but cannot hinder each other and are not necessary for completing any level. [2] When two players finish a section at the same time they remain together into the next one; otherwise, they are connected to new players when they move on. While all the figures generally look the same, individual players can be told apart by unique symbols which are shown floating in the air when they sing and are displayed on their robes at all times. [5] Players may also gain decorative patterns on their robe with successive playthroughs which can be distinguishing. [6] The entire game takes two to three hours to complete. [2]

Journey is a wordless story told through gameplay and visual-only cutscenes. The player's character begins near a small sand dune in a vast desert. Walking to the top of the dune, the character can see looming in the far distance a large mysterious mountain with a glowing crevice that splits its peak. As the character approaches the mountain, they find the remnants of a once-thriving civilization, eroded by sand over time. Scattered throughout the ruins at the end of each area are stones where the traveler rests and has visions of meeting a large, white-robed figure in a circular room. Art adorns the walls, describing the rise and fall of the player character's civilization, which also mirrors the player's journey. As the player journeys into the remains of a once sprawling city at the base of the mountain, they find they must also contend with roaming, ancient, and hostile automaton weapons referred to as machines, left over from a war that ended the civilization, over the greed of more cloth for the once ancient and thriving tribe.

A vision shows the traveler crumble before reaching their destination, but the traveler chooses to continue on. Eventually making it safely to the mountain itself, the traveler begins to make their way up it, struggling as they enter the colder climates and encounter deep snow and high winds. With the crevice still a fair distance away, the traveler falls and collapses in the snow. Six of the white-robed figures appear before the character and grant the traveler new energy, allowing the player to reach the summit of the mountain and walk into the crevice as the screen fills with white. The player is then shown the game's credits, playing over the ending cinematic scene. This scene shows a shooting star emanating from the crevice and traversing the path the traveler took through the ruins, and shows glimpses of other robed travelers heading towards the mountain. Eventually, the star comes to rest at the sand dune where the game began, and the player is given the option of starting the game again. As the credits end, the player is shown the usernames of the other travelers who were with the player during the journey.

Journey was the last game made under a three-game contract between Thatgamecompany and Sony Computer Entertainment , the first two being Flow and Flower . Development of the game began in 2009, after the release of Flower . The 18-person development team for Journey was composed mainly of creators of the company's previous games; co-founder Jenova Chen was the creative director and Nick Clark returned as lead designer. [7] Kellee Santiago , producer of Flow and Flower , did not reprise her duties, concentrating instead on her role as the company's president, and was replaced by Robin Hunicke . [8]

When development began, Sony expected the game to be completed in a year, rather than the more than three it finally took. [9] Thatgamecompany always expected to need an extension; according to Hunicke, they believed finishing the game within a year was "unrealistic". [10] Development ended up taking even longer than anticipated, as the team had difficulties paring down their ideas for the game and maintaining efficient communication. [10] Over the course of development the team grew from seven to eighteen people. [7] [9] At the end of the second year, when Sony's extension had run out, the game did not spark the emotions in the player that the team wanted. Sony agreed to another one-year extension, but development ultimately exceeded even that. [11]

The stress of the project led to the feeling there was not enough time or money to complete everything the team wished to, which added to the stress and caused arguments about the design of the game. The developers ended up reducing the overtime they spent on the project to avoid burning out, though it meant further delays and risked the company running out of money as the game neared completion. In a speech at the 16th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards in 2013 , Chen admitted the company had indeed been driven to bankruptcy in the final months of development and that some of the developers had gone unpaid at the time. [11] Hunicke described the solution to finally finishing the game as learning to let go of tensions and ideas that could not make it into the game and be "nice to each other". [9]

The game is intended to make the player feel "small" and to give them a sense of awe about their surroundings. [12] The basic idea, as designed by Chen, was to create something that moved beyond the "typical defeat/kill/win mentality" of most video games. [13] The team initially created a prototype named Dragon that involved players trying to draw away a large monster from other players but eventually discarded it after finding it was too easy for players to ignore each other in favor of their own objectives. [13]

The developers designed Journey like a Japanese garden , where they attempted to remove all the elements that did not fit, so the emotions they wanted to evoke would come through. [14] This minimalism is intended to make the game feel intuitive to the player, so they can explore and feel a sense of wonder without direct instructions. The story arc is designed to explicitly follow Joseph Campbell 's monomyth theory of narrative, or hero's journey, as well as to represent the stages of life, so as to enhance the emotional connection of the players as they journey together. [15] [16] [17] In his D.I.C.E. speech, Chen noted that 3 of their 25 testers had cried upon completing the game. [11]

The game's desert setting is largely based on the Middle East , and incorporates Arabic culture , art and architecture . Jenova Chen and art director Matt Nava did not want the setting to be too Western or Eastern, so they felt the Middle East was an ideal middle ground. In addition, Journey also incorporates Chinese and Tibetan cultural influences, drawing from Chen's childhood in China. [18] [19]

The multiplayer component of Journey was designed to facilitate cooperation between players without forcing it, and without allowing competition. [14] It is intended to allow the players to feel a connection to other people through exploring with them, rather than talking to them or fighting them. [12] The plan was "to create a game where people felt they are connected with each other, to show the positive side of humanity in them". [14] The developers felt the focus on caring about the other player would be diluted by too many game elements, such as additional goals or tasks, as players would focus on those and "ignore" the other player. [14] They also felt having text or voice communication or showing usernames would allow players' biases and preconceptions to come between them and the other player. [20]

Journey was released on March 13, 2012, for download on the PlayStation Network . [21] A PlayStation Home Game Space, or themed area, based on Journey was released on March 14, 2012, and is similar in appearance to the game. [22] A retail "Collector's Edition" of the game was released on August 28, 2012. In addition to Journey , the disc-based title includes Flow and Flower ; creator commentaries, art, galleries, and soundtracks for all three games; non-related minigames; and additional content for the PlayStation 3. [23] In September 2012, Sony and Thatgamecompany released a hardcover book entitled "The Art of Journey", by the game's art director Matt Nava, containing pieces of art from the game ranging from concept art to final game graphics. [24]

On July 21, 2015, Journey was released on the PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 4 , ported by United Kingdom studio Tricky Pixels; [25] owners of the digital PlayStation 3 version of the game were able to download the new version for free. [26] The PlayStation 4 version of the game features improved graphics over the original, with a higher resolution and frame rate and improved texture quality. [27] [28] According to Tricky Pixels, the original PlayStation 3 game was "a masterpiece of PlayStation 3 programming" and porting the game to the PlayStation 4 was "an immense technical challenge". [27] Annapurna Interactive published ports of Journey for Windows and iOS in 2019, developed by Inline Assembly. [29]

• Journey Original Soundtrack Soundtrack album by Austin Wintory Released April 10, 2012 (digital)

The music in Journey was composed and orchestrated by Austin Wintory , who had previously worked with Thatgamecompany on the soundtrack for Flow . Wintory worked closely on the soundtrack with sound designer Steve Johnson, as well as the programming team, so the music would dynamically tie in to both the actions of the player and to sound effects caused by nearby game objects, and feel as if it were "unfolding in real time". [30] Johnson felt having short pieces of music that looped without reacting to the player would be a "missed opportunity", and wanted to create music that changed while still containing a composed emotional arc. Jenova Chen met with Wintory at the start of the game's development to describe his vision for the project, and Wintory left the meeting and created the core of the main theme before he reached his car, and composed and recorded the main cello theme for the soundtrack that night. He continued to work on the soundtrack for the next three years in a collaboration with the development team; he would create a track, which the team would use while creating an area in the game, and Wintory would play the section while revising the music and then send it back. Wintory spent time experimenting and discarding many ideas; while the first track, "Nascence", came easily, the final track, "Apotheosis", went through several widely varied attempts. [31] [32]

Unlike many games, where different songs have different themes for each character or area, Wintory chose to base all the pieces on one theme which stood for the player and their journey, with cello solos especially representing the player. Wintory describes the music as "like a big cello concerto where you are the soloist and all the rest of the instruments represent the world around you", though he describes it as not necessarily orchestral due to the inclusion of electronic aspects. [30] [33] The cello begins the game as "immersed in a sea of electronic sound", before first emerging on its own and then merging into a full orchestra, mirroring the player's journey to the mountain. [34] Whenever the player meets another person, harps and viola are dynamically incorporated into the music. [32] While the game's art style is based on several different cultures, Wintory tried to remove any overt cultural influences from the music to make it "as universal and culture-less as possible". [30] Tina Guo features as the cellist for the soundtrack. She is a close friend of Wintory and has performed "Woven Variations" with him, an eight-minute live orchestral variation on the Journey soundtrack. [33] All the non-electronic instruments in the soundtrack were recorded with the Macedonia Radio Symphonic Orchestra in Skopje , North Macedonia . [35] [31] A "Woven Variations" performance influenced the ending of the game: at the conclusion of development, Wintory was having difficulty with the ending to "Apotheosis", the final track of the game, while the development team was unsure how to end the player's journey at the top of the mountain. While they were planning a large, dramatic conclusion to both, in the concert Wintory had the orchestra fall away at the end of the piece to showcase Guo's cello performance. Inspired, Wintory and the team ended "Apotheosis" and the game the same way, with the game world fading away to leave only the player. [32]

The soundtrack was released as an album on April 10 on iTunes and the PlayStation Network. [36] The album is a collection of the soundtrack's "most important" pieces, arranged by Wintory to stand alone without the context of the player's actions. [30] The album comprises 18 tracks and is over 58 minutes long. It features the voice of Lisbeth Scott for the final track, "I Was Born for This". After its release, the soundtrack reached the top 10 of the iTunes Soundtrack charts in more than 20 countries. [34] It also reached No. 116 on the Billboard sales charts , with over 4000 units sold in its first week after release, the second-highest position of any video game music album to date. [37] The soundtrack was released as a physical album by Sumthing Else Music Works on October 9, 2012. [38] In 2012 Wintory released a download-only album of music on Bandcamp titled Journey Bonus Bundle , which includes variations on themes from Journey and Flow . [39] The soundtrack itself was subsequently released on Bandcamp on June 19, 2013. [40] An album of piano arrangements titled Transfiguration was released on May 1, 2014, on Bandcamp as both a digital and a physical album. [41] A two-record vinyl version of the album was released in 2015. [42]

In January 2016, Wintory started a Kickstarter for a Journey Live concert tour, in which the fifteen-piece Fifth House Ensemble from Chicago will perform the music from the game while a player works their way through the game. The ensemble will react to the player's actions, using a specially-scored version of the soundtrack, composed by Patrick O'Malley with Wintory's oversight, that breaks the music into small pieces to enable this reaction. Wintory had wanted to do a performance of the Journey soundtrack in this interactive manner but did not have the time to rework the soundtrack for this purpose. Wintory came to know Dan Visconti , the composer for Fifth House Ensemble , after Visconti published his praise for the Journey soundtrack and had encouraged other members of the ensemble to play the game. The group saw how Journey ' s soundtrack had been used for various Video Games Live concerts and believed they could pull off Wintory's vision of an interactive concert, doing most of the reworking of the soundtrack under Wintory's direction. [25] Sony provided Wintory with a modified version of the game with the music disabled for the concert performance. [25] The Kickstarter was launched for $9,000 in funding for a four-city tour, but within a few days already surpassed its funding levels, allowing for more cities to be included. [43]

In March 2022, on the game's tenth anniversary, Wintory released a re-arranged version of Journey's soundtrack for a full orchestra performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, the London Voice choir, and cellist Tina Guo. Titled Traveller: A Journey Symphony , Wintory re-imagined elements of the soundtrack to use a larger set of instruments and players and a greater number of vocalists, taking the number of performers from around 30 on the original soundtrack to around 130, while trying to stay true to the original compositions. The album was funded and co-produced by Wintory and Andrea Pessino, co-founder of video game developer Ready at Dawn , for whose games Wintory has composed. It was released as a digital album and on vinyl. [44]

Journey received critical and commercial success worldwide. After its release, it became the fastest-selling game to date on PlayStation Store in both North America and Europe. [54] At E3 2011 , prior to release, the game won awards for best downloadable game from 1UP.com , GameSpy , and GameTrailers . [55] After publication, the game was heavily honored at end of the year awards. Journey was selected as the best game of the year by IGN and GameSpot , among others. [56] [57] Journey was an Interactive Narrative and Game + Play 2021 Peabody Award Winner.

The soundtrack was nominated for the Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media at the 2013 Grammy Awards , the first video game soundtrack to be nominated for that category, though it did not win. [58] Additionally, the game won the award for best music and was nominated for the best graphics award from IGN, and was selected as the best PlayStation Network game by GameSpot. [59] [60] [61] At the Spike Video Game Awards , Journey won awards as the best PlayStation 3 game, [62] the best indie game, [63] and the game with the best music, [64] and was additionally nominated for game of the year, [65] best downloadable game, [66] best graphics, [67] and best song in a game for "I Was Born For This". [68] It received the 2013 Annie Award for video game animation. [69] It won five awards at the 2013 British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards: Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Game Design, Online Multiplayer, and Original Music, and was nominated for Best Game, Game Innovation and Story. [70] [71] In March 2013, it won six awards at the annual Game Developers Choice Awards : Best Audio, Best Game Design, Best Visual Arts, Best Downloadable Game, the Innovation Award, and Game of the Year. [72] At the 16th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards , Journey won eight awards, the most honors received at the ceremony, which included " Game of the Year ", "Outstanding Innovation in Gaming", " Casual Game of the Year ", and outstanding achievement in " Game Direction ", " Art Direction ", " Online Gameplay ", " Original Music Composition ", and " Sound Design "; it was additionally nominated for " Downloadable Game of the Year ", and outstanding achievement in " Gameplay Engineering " and " Story ". [73] [74]

Journey received high acclaim from critics who praised the visual and auditory art direction as well as the emotional response playing with a stranger created. It received the IGN Best Overall Game Award for 2012 and Ryan Clements of IGN described the game as "the most beautiful game of its time", saying, "each moment is like a painting, expertly framed and lit". [3] Jane Douglas of GameSpot concurred, calling it "relentlessly beautiful" and lauding the visual diversity of the world and the depiction of the rippling sand; Matt Miller of Game Informer added praise for the animation of the sand and creatures, saying the game was visually stunning. [1] [2] The music was also complimented, with Miller describing it as a "breathtaking musical score" and Douglas calling it "moving, dynamic music". [1] [2]

Reviewers were especially pleased with the emotional experience of playing the game, particularly with other players. Christian Donlan of Eurogamer described it as a "non-denominational religious experience" that, with the addition of another player, moves beyond metaphors and becomes a "pilgrimage" to the player. [4] A reviewer writing for Edge magazine said the emotional arc of the game hits with "occasionally startling power", while Patrick Shaw from Wired said the game made him feel a "wide range of emotions ... wonder, fear, even sadness". Miller said all three times he played the game, "each time, without fail, individual moments... managed to give me goosebumps, and those moments have remained on my mind for weeks afterward". [5] [51] Joel Gregory of PlayStation Official Magazine praised the game's story for being open to the player's interpretation, leaving an ambiguity that drew him in. [49] The addition of an unnamed second player was described by Donlan as brilliant and as a "master stroke", and Edge said it made for "a more absorbing, more atmospheric experience". [4] [5] In 2019, Journey was ranked 48th on The Guardian newspaper's The 50 Best Video Games of the 21st Century list. [75]

The few criticisms for the game centered on its length and pacing. Clements noted that not all players would appreciate a game with a "deliberate, melancholic pace" and short duration, comments echoed by the Edge review. [3] [5] Miller noted the lack of complex gameplay elements in Journey , and Shaw was disappointed that the game was only a few hours long, though Douglas said the length was perfect. [1] [2] [51] Miller concluded the game could be compared to "a musical concert, a well-directed film, or a long-awaited book", while Clements concluded, "completing Journey will create memories that last for years". [1] [51]

• ↑ Additional work and assistance by Santa Monica Studio . Ported to PlayStation 4 by Tricky Pixels, and to Windows and iOS by Inline Assembly Ltd.

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