Quick Look: Journey Beta

i'd love to play it, too bad it's not on 360

So is this a game?

Truly a beautiful rendition of Jawas running around the desert looking for salvage and slaves.

heard about this in the podcast; nice to see what this actually is

well... if I wanna wander around a beautiful, desolate environment, i'll just pop in shadow of the colossus again. It's kind of like this game, though capped off with some amazing, intense boss battles after said wandering. Or maybe I just don't "get it."

Day One. Got a nice 50 inch 1080p HDTV and Surround Sound. Can't Wait :D

Man, this is one of the few games that makes me feel like I need a PS3. Uncharted 3? Sure, sounds fun, but I'm not in any hurry. 
 
This game, thopugh, I have to play.

Either this is going to offer an interesting experience or it'll be incredibly pretentious. I'm not sure if I'm on board yet.

Yet another visually interesting looking tech demo like Flower that I would only play if it was free. I'm all for indie things out there but just doesn't seem like it'd be considered a game.

@Scrumdidlyumptious said:

Patrick explains things too much and for too long in quick looks.

I disagree. I enjoyed his commentary on the game and its development.

@AndrewB said:

The discussion of this game on the podcast was painful.

Everytime I see a comment like this I always wonder what is meant by it. How was it painful to listen to a bunch of guys talk about a game?

I heard it took a midnight train to get there.

I been through the desert on a horse with no name, it felt good to be out of the rain.

I think they made this game for me. I want it so bad.

If you're the sort of person who cares about how the Sixaxis enhances the experience, you'll probably go out of your way to use it anyway regardless of the options given.

Anyway, this looks good. I like quiet, arty, low-impact games like this where you just sort of sit back and absorb the presentation.

sand

also: just one more dune

Holy shit, this game looks amazing.

The game looks absolutely amazing, but to be honest:
It doesn't look that much fun to play.
Don't know what to think of that.
I will definitely buy it though

Brad: "Play the game ANY WAY YOU WANT IT"

Ughhhhhhh.

Listening to Brad try to talk about it on the Bombcast, I had no clue what to think about the game other than "oh, one of them artsy games". I love Shadow of the Colossus, but Ico wasn't really my thing. At the same time, I liked Flow...but not Flower.

Seeing this Quick Look, I wish I owned a PS3 so I could play this damn thing! It looks gorgeous, and there's such good subdued and implied storytelling in it. The best part is that I was making up my own story the entire time that they were playing it. I'm also excited to see more game-like mechanics in one of their games. I definitely want to go on this journey.

As for the "no friends" thing in multiplayer, I'm cool with that. The idea of being in the desert...and then randomly coming across a complete stranger after being in isolation... I can only imagine the elation you could feel.

@AndrewB said:

The discussion of this game on the podcast was painful.

Everytime I see a comment like this I always wonder what is meant by it. How was it painful to listen to a bunch of guys talk about a game?

I'm really loving everything about this. It seems amazingly artistic in practically every aspect. The multiplayer also seems like some of social experiment.

@supercubedude said:

@Rocospi said:

Please get other people other than Brad to do these before he blows his load all over the QLs.

I wish Jeff had been on this. I think it would be more useful to have one person who's clearly into it and someone who's skeptical.

I was just gonna say, I'm glad its Patrick and Brad in this QL. Glad to have a lack of cynicism.

Looks great, so goddamn great!

BOOO-urns!

Though, the way you walk in the sand is kind of crazy. How is it that the sand five feet in front of you in being disturbed? Maybe that'll be fixed by the time the game comes out.

Actually, unless there is some explanation for it (I haven't listened to any of the QL yet, just scanned some video), the sand tech is pretty terrible. It shouldn't flow like water... unless that's what they're going for.

Patrick explains things too much and for too long in quick looks.

machinegunless

It doesn't look that great to me. And the platforming looks rather boring. I don't have a PS3, so I couldn't play it anyway.

@bkbroiler said:

@supercubedude said:

@Rocospi said:

Please get other people other than Brad to do these before he blows his load all over the QLs.

I wish Jeff had been on this. I think it would be more useful to have one person who's clearly into it and someone who's skeptical.

I was just gonna say, I'm glad its Patrick and Brad in this QL. Glad to have a lack of cynicism.

Pretty much my thoughts. It's okay to be into a game, it's okay to praise it, and it's definitely okay to be objectively critical, but Jeff shits on everything artistic 100% of the time, so his opinion on Journey or any game like Journey is automatically moot to me.

Giant Bomb sells me on another game.

totally machinegun-less

Guess it's not for me just running around a good looking desert for no real reason, I guess I am too stupid to "get it".

The physics of sand moving around the player characters feet remind me of the boob physics in Dead or Alive Paradise games.

Truly a beautiful rendition of Jawas running around the desert looking for salvage and slaves.

Smash cut to message boards full of people telling me I'm playing Journey wrong because I use the right stick.

@Nomin said:

LONG LIVE THE FIGHTERS

My name is a killing word.

This game is certainly pretty to look at, but boring to watch. Perhaps playing it myself will change that?

what patrick was talking about with someone who couldn't control the game how they wanted and couldn't get into it because of that, that's me.
 
i own both flow and flower, but i've only played either like twice, because most of the time i like the idea of playing it more than actually tilting a controller around and hoping i can go where i want to go instead of just doing it with the stick.

This looks just Incredible. I've heard alot about this game, and I was really interested in it, and now that I've actualy seen it in motion... man, I can't wait to experience this. My eyes were just glued to the screen throughout the whole thing.

Journey TNT. Make it happen!

This game looks like awesome therapy for those stressful days. I can't wait.

I hope this game is better than their previous two games. Both flOw and Flower weren't very good. 

This is Day One for me, but I am not so impressed with this footage. My only fear about this game was that it would be boring, and that looked pretty boring. I mean... what'd they do?

I really wish that games would design with a beta in mind. Rather then putting the first 20 minutes of your game up for a beta design a level specifically for the beta or something so I'm not scared to play your game before launch and wreck the experience.

I know in some instances the point is to see how people react when they're in a production map or what ever but still.

Be careful to walk without rhythm...

I thought Flower was rather boring and pretentious. However, Journey feels different and more interesting...and more varied. It also has the freedom that Flower sorely lacked (but hinted at).

This looks like the perfect game to me.  I may buy a PS3 just to play this