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hooooly shit! has anyone else played journey? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 months ago by Varyk@sh.itjust.works to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
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I feel like that game literally changed my life in the 2 hours or whatever it took me to play it.

That game is so beautiful. It made me a better person.

I was absolutely entranced.

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[–] radix@lemmy.world 65 points 5 months ago (7 children)

I saw so much praise for this game, which got me to buy. Then I genuinely felt like I played a different game than everybody else.

Not that I thought it was bad or anything, I just walked across the landscape for 2h15m and then haven't thought about it since.

[–] RandomStickman@kbin.run 49 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The amazing part for me is running into a stranger and we have to communicate with the limited system in game. Outside of that it's a competent "walking simulator" with decent puzzles and great art. If that's not your thing I get it.

[–] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 38 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Wait that other person I saw was a real person and not an NPC?? 🤯

[–] falkerie71@sh.itjust.works 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yup. When the game ends, you will see a list of player IDs you've met during your journey

[–] thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's so wild. I met one person and I was just following them around to see where the "AI" was taking them. I thought it was very advanced for an older game 😅 I think I may not be the smartest

[–] kellyaster@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Don't feel too bad lol. It's structured to feel like a single player game, which they may have done a little too well. You aren't the only one to not realize.

It's such a beautiful game! I need to play it again.

[–] delitomatoes@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Regular players are red, think if you meet someone in white, they 100% the game

[–] ratofkryll@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 months ago

IIRC white means you got all the secret glyphs in one playthrough.

[–] tenacious_mucus@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 months ago

Nope. White are real people, too. You respawn white back at the beginning (i think you have the option to, so you could stay red as well) if you managed to find all the glyphs. Ive been the White Traveler lots of times.

[–] Klaymore@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

I played with my friend over Discord and somehow we got matched with each other the first time, so we didn't get to play with strangers or anything. Still was fun though.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My partner and I had VERY different experiences.

SPOILERS

I played and got a friend right away, my friend was VERY chirpy and led me around and when I had to poop I tried to communicate it and they KNEW… They were the perfect partner. I really felt like a made a deep connection with this person I couldn’t communicate with. I teared up and when their Steam name showed at the end credits I added them immediately and we have a long chat about our experience.

My partner? First friend joined, was a speedrunner. Just ran ahead without so much as a chirp. Nobody else was joining so we started over. Got another friend who randomly dropped out after a bit. Finally found another friend who also just left about 3/4 of the way through. Frustration; quit.

[–] Xanis@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

After I unlocked the White Robe I used to go back into games and find people. Then I'd just chill with them chirping, giving subtle hints on where things were, and being patient while floating around levels. It remains one of my favorite games of all time.

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 5 months ago

That’s totally what my person was doing, and they definitely had white robe. Bless you for making people’s experiences amazing. You’re the best kind of player!

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago

Oh, sorry. I was absolutely mesmerized.

I'll be remembering it for quite some time.

My mind is still spinning.

[–] aCosmicWave@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This was exactly my experience as well! The same thing happened with Witcher 3. Sooo much hype but no matter how many times I’ve gone back to it, I just can’t get into it.

[–] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

Witcher 3 took me a few attempts before I finally got into it. And those types of games were always my favorite.

I don't think Witcher 3 stuck until the DLCs. Now I'm sad I'm done with the game...

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

Downvotes just for having an opinion, wild.

[–] verycoolusername@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I had a similar experience. Funnily enough I love walking simulators, or slow burns with similar mechanics so I was exactly in the target audience for this game but somehow it didn't click with me. I can understand which elements make the game great, but these elements have been done better by other games (in my opinion). I have great respect for the craft though.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm combing through these comments, which games have done this better?

I am definitely interested.

[–] verycoolusername@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

With the emphasis that they have done certain elements better: Brothers: A Tale of two sons (Show, Don't Tell) , Dark Souls (silent companion), Shadow of the Colossus (feeling of isolation/scale). I might add some more if I find the time.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh I definitely prefer the show Don't tell in journey more, if I'm understanding that category. And I did love Brothers.

I didn't have a silent companion, but comparing by how many people have told me about the silent companions of this game versus a huge thread about dark souls and elden ring I had recently and nobody mentioning a silent companion, I'm going to grain of salt that one.

Are the silent companions in dark souls like elden ring where you summon friends to help you fight?

I do want to play Shadow of the Colossus, but that game kind of beats everyone in terms of scale right?

Isolation? Hm. Interesting.

I really should play shadow of the Colossus.

Is that still Playstation exclusive or is it anywhere else yet?

[–] verycoolusername@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I believe it is still an exclusive

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Dang. Wasn't that game super popular? I wonder why it still exclusive.

[–] verycoolusername@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I stand corrected - there are versions for other platforms available according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_(2012_video_game)

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Oh haha, my bad, I was talking about Shadow of the Colossus earlier.

I was wondering if that was non-exclusive yet. I'll go check.

Yeah it still exclusive to PlayStation. Bummer

[–] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

I'm with you here.

I played it just recently so I didn't get to play with as many people as I'm sure there were at the start. I did encounter others frequently enough though. Even played with 1 person for a big chunk.

It was fine. It's pretty and it has soul for sure but it's not a transcendent experience like so many seem to describe. Maybe I'm broken in my own way, maybe I missed something, maybe I don't understand art. Who knows.

I had fun though and it was worth the price.

[–] PrinzKasper@feddit.de 3 points 5 months ago

Same here, it's by all accounts a decently competent but ultimately very basic puzzle platformer. Don't get the hype.