{"id":567,"date":"2012-06-09T00:42:45","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T00:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/?p=567"},"modified":"2012-06-10T12:15:57","modified_gmt":"2012-06-10T12:15:57","slug":"that-game-company-journey-review-i-like-ish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/archives\/567","title":{"rendered":"Mini-Review: That Game Company & Journey – I Like…ish"},"content":{"rendered":"

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That Game Company<\/p><\/div>I am a sucker for good downloadable games and when I first got my PS3, I jumped all over Fl0w<\/b>. Later, I had some extra funds and Flower<\/b> was my choice after reading such stellar reviews. Finally, Journey<\/b> has landed and I was intrigued from the get go. I had to try this out. Now, none are games<\/i> in the classic sense, but all were rather entertaining. Ultimately, I’m not entirely sure how I feel about the whole lot, so here are reviews for each. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This was one of the first games I got on the PSN…you know, around launch when new consoles just don’t have a ton of stuff. It was cool and different. The Sixaxis controller was gimmicky but I thought the game was OK. Months later I went back to finish the game off and it was an OK game. It was relatively fun but nothing I had much desire to return to. After getting a bunch of trophies, I was good and haven’t touched it since.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The reviews for Flower<\/b> were remarkable and the colors looked phenomenal. The game was a very cool diversion, relaxing and free. I was actually a bit bummed as the game progressed and the bright, vibrant colors progressed into a dull, dark palette. Ultimately it was a great game, something I went back to more than once (as I lost my save game) but haven’t really given the time after 100%ing the trophies. Thinking of it now, I would even play it again soon. It’s calming and soothing. The motion controls felt more natural than in Fl0w<\/b>. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As the news of Journey<\/b> came, it was an almost-certain purchase. I waited a bit, but upon purchasing it I wasn’t immediately sold. Every time I wanted to go back to it, it was late at night and the game promptly put me to sleep. Today I had some time and managed to finish the game. The online integration was a very interesting change. The soundtrack was one of the best in a downloadable game (nothing is going to trump Shatter<\/b>) and the title was as fitting a title as any game I’ve ever played. Ultimately though, I’m unsure of how I feel about the journey. I was told I need to go through the game in one sitting and I can see the draw to that. The ambience of Journey<\/b> was a unique change to the norm and there were some incredible sequences. For the $15 price tag, I don’t know if the replay value makes it worth it. Will I go back to it? Not sure. I think I will, if only just for some trophies. Beyond that though? I don’t know. I can add that the entire outro sequence was exciting and exhilarating. It was a very cool and fun portion of the game and I would<\/i> go back to play this again.<\/p>\n

So, that makes three That Game Company<\/b> games. I’m enamored with one of them. The first is something I’ll almost certainly never play again. I’m still on the fence about the last one. <\/p>\n

Bigger than replay value though, all three games are unlike anything else I have played. Barring a generally weak concept for whatever they put out next, I’ll line up to get it immediately. New and interesting ideas are always welcome and really should be supported. Sure, Uncharted<\/b>, Gear Of War<\/b> and all those big titles are spectacular. There’s something to say about games like these. I would recommend it…but only to a certain type of gamer. That’s not a bad thing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am a sucker for good downloadable games and when I first got my PS3, I jumped all over Fl0w. Later, I had some extra funds and Flower was my choice after reading such stellar reviews. Finally, Journey has landed and I was intrigued from the get go. I had to try this out. Now, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,4,28],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-games","category-reviews","tag-journey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=567"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":573,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567\/revisions\/573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}