Journey is an adventure developed by ThatGameCompany, released 13 March 2012 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 2.8 hrs to finish.
What Journey is
Journey is an adventure game developed by ThatGameCompany and released in 2012. It was published by Annapurna Interactive. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on PhyreEngine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Journey 's story is told wordlessly through in-game and pre-rendered cutscenes. The player's character begins on a sand dune in a seemingly endless desert. In the far distance looms a large, foreboding mountain with a glowing crevice that splits its peak. As the character approaches the mountain, they find remnants of a once-thriving civilization, eroded by sand over time. Scattered throughout the ruins at the end of each area are stones at which the traveler rests; these give the traveler the vision of meeting a larger, white-robed figure in a circular room, with art on the walls describing the rise and fall of the civilization, mirroring the player's journey. The player continues to…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 14 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Journey holds a critic score of 94 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 24 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 90, across 1,202 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 2.8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 6.1 hrs, roughly 2.2 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-2120 | AMD FX-4350, 4 GB RAM and Nvidia GTS 450 | AMD Radeon HD 5750. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB.
What it launched against
Journey launched on 13 March 2012, within three weeks of Mass Effect 3, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Devil May Cry HD Collection and Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition. It reviewed better than all of them. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Mass Effect 3, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Devil May Cry HD Collection, Mortal Kombat: Komplete Edition.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Journey yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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