Journey Trailer Brings Loneliness to Art Games

kouriichi

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It sounds cool. But it might fall pray to one of the biggest problems games do.

Being on a single console. Without the mixing and matching of ideas and concepts, games can just end out bland at time.
 

F-I-D-O

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I thought of a Jawa when I saw the person.
The trailer showed one hell of an example of how to build an atmosphere. But that PS3 spot at the end RUINED it.
That's an awesome soundtrack though. And the multiplayer seems intriguing.
 

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"those online may come across other human players on the way, but they can only be communicated with through primal means and not actual language."

So... one teabag for yes, two teabags for no, and three teabags for 'wanna help me boost trophies'?
 

teh_Canape

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TaboriHK said:
I can't wait to see how Halo kids artistically incorporate teabagging into this.
apparently, it's ps3 only

which only means

I fucking need a ps3
 

GundamSentinel

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Ah, another one to put on the 'must have' list. This looks like it could be another bit of everything I liked about SotC. Need my loneliness fix...
 

The Last Nomad

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This is one of those games I really really really wanna play but I am more than likely never going to...

How unfortuanate...
 

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Since they announced it it's been my most anticipated game of next year. Not even Uncharted 3's offerings of Naughty Dog level sand effects can draw my interest away from this. Now we finally have a trailer and I just want it more. I love thatgamecompany but why must they make me wait?
 

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Therumancer said:
Meh,

I might be slightly impressed if it didn't seem that most "artsy" games all want to try and tackle the same sense of lonliness, detachment, despair, isolation and similar things. The problem is we've already had games like "Shadow Of The Colossus" and "Limbo", not to mention a mixed bag of horror games.

I mean wonderful, people can make depressing and surrealistic things with video gaming. Don't expect much more than a golfclap for that one in of itself now. If we want to see games taken more seriously as an artistic platform I think we need some versatility. Could someone make a game just as "artsy" that is cheerful and upbeat? Right now I think that would prove more than yet another adventure of Emo Mcangst.
I can see your point (though flOwer isn't exactly "McAngsty" by any means, but that's not the point), though there's still room to grow. I think we're at a point right now where "artsy" games just have to be separated from the "fun" games to have any real merit, but they are by no means exclusive and they shouldn't be. Eventually I think developers will be skilled enough to mesh together more complex situations instead of having one supreme prevalent theme across the board.

That, and they're an indie company, so it's not like they have the budget.

OT: Despite all that, this still looks like a very interesting game. I loved flOwer, really got to me for whatever reason, and thatgamecompany is on my "List of Developers to Support" list, so I'll be getting it just to support the indies.
 

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You know what, after seeing this, I feel like singing "What's This?" from The Nightmare before Christmas. I mean, in an industry where you feel like very little is new or unique, seeing this just feels invigorating.

This game and the upcoming Team Ico games makes 2011 look like a bright year for my PS3.
 

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This sounds like MY kind of perfect game!

The art style also looks a hell of a lot like my own... check my avatar, look familiar to anything you just watched??

EDIT:

After watching the trailer again a few times, I am so fucking excited for this. Coupled with this and the re-mastering of ICO and Shadow of the Colossus I am seriously considering getting a PS3...

OH MY GOD I'M HAVING ORGASMS OF AESTHETIC MARVEL HERE!!!
 

BehattedWanderer

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Having missed this the first time, this is a strikingly beautiful beautiful piece that I cannot wait for.