Champomade
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They were not done in the US though...
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IGN names Journey 2012 Game of the Year
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They were not done in the US though...
BlazingDarkness
Member
You gotta be fucking kidding me right? It's not even a game. I enjoyed playing/running through it, but it's not even fair to the other proper games that developers put some real efforts and money into developing them
Your opinion sucks arse.
I'm still disappointed by the way that some people are reacting to those that enjoy Journey. Isn't it enough to say that you don't like it because you think it's too short or too simple or whatever? Why take it further and argue that it's "not a video game" or that people who like it are just trying to "be cool?" Isn't it possible that some people just value different things in their interactive entertainment?
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=45768399&postcount=617
Journey is to Call of Duty as The Master is to Skyfall. Theyre both wonderfully crafted experiences in their own right, but there are those who will experience Journey and not get it. They will declare their time a waste and thats fine. There are others who will play Journey and look back fondly on their time in that world, and remember the emotions it created for them.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Part of my problem with Journey was that I was expecting something more open like Shadow of the Colossus and not stage-based like what we actually got.
You gotta be fucking kidding me right? It's not even a game. I enjoyed playing/running through it, but it's not even fair to the other proper games that developers put some real efforts and money into developing them
IGN trying to be cool? It doesn't make sense to me. But again, I've not been that active as a gamer for the past few years so the taste of gamers might have changed
Please give your goty so we can rip it to shreds.
TreasureHunterG
Banned
I have Journey.
I liked a lot, great gameplay, art design and graphics, but best game of the year is exageration. Although all these positive technical points, it's a quite simple game.
I liked a lot, great gameplay, art design and graphics, but best game of the year is exageration. Although all these positive technical points, it's a quite simple game.
LiquidSolid
Member
I think the whole thing is fascinating. Between Journey & The Walking Dead, we've seen that for many players, the illusion of freedom is as good or better than the real thing.
WTF? Are you seriously suggesting that other games give the player real freedom?
I have Journey.
I liked a lot, great gameplay, art design and graphics, but best game of the year is exageration. Although all these positive technical points, it's a quite simple game.
So what? How complicated it is has absolutely NOTHING to do with how good it is as a game. All that matters is the experience you had playing it.
The amount of effort, manpower, money, complexity, and dare I say even passion aren't really requirements for choosing a better game, or any form of entertainment.I have Journey.
I liked a lot, great gameplay, art design and graphics, but best game of the year is exageration. Although all these positive technical points, it's a quite simple game.
So what? How complicated it is has absolutely NOTHING to do with how good it is as a game. All that matters is the experience you had playing it.
Agree. I'm finding myself enjoying Hotline Miami ten times more than FC3, I would under no circumstance discredit the fun I had with the smaller title just by the virtue of it having a smaller budget and less 'A's. Screw overly bloated and somehow paradoxically shallow blockbuster games.
But it's not a game. It's a walking simulator on the same tier as Dear Esther.
Black Ops II should have won for sure.
This isn't forums.gametrailers.com, get out of here.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
Journey's lack of complexity is one of the main reasons why the game didn't make my personal top 10 for this year. That doesn't mean I think the game would be better if it was more complex, as I honestly don't, but the relative simplicity of it did play a factor into how much I enjoyed it compared to other games. Most of the games I find most enjoyable tend to be fairly complex, although there are some exceptions (Super Hexagon).So what? How complicated it is has absolutely NOTHING to do with how good it is as a game. All that matters is the experience you had playing it.
Complication implies that something was done inefficiently though, so I'm assuming you meant complexity.
TreasureHunterG
Banned
Journey's lack of complexity is one of the main reasons why the game didn't make my personal top 10 for this year. That doesn't mean I think the game would be better if it was more complex, as I honestly don't, but the relative simplicity of it did play a factor into how much I enjoyed it compared to other games. Most of the games I find most enjoyable tend to be fairly complex, although there are some exceptions (Super Hexagon).
Complication implies that something was done inefficiently though, so I'm assuming you meant complexity.
I agree with you and share your opinions too.
Agreed, in a sea of shoot bang blockbuster sequels, journey just isn't very intriguing.Those other games usually have intriguing facets to them.
I enjoyed Journey, got the message it delivered and honestly didn't give a fuck but that's because I no longer emotionally attach to media. I can easily understand the many reasons why a gamer would select it as their game of the year. Just as valid as the next subjective selection Imo.
The best part about this is I have friends swear up and down that goty awards are bullshit every year, except this one. Lol.
The best part about this is I have friends swear up and down that goty awards are bullshit every year, except this one. Lol.
I think the best purpose for the GotY awards is to highlight anything exceptional for people to check out (though ideally that'd be less marketing motivated and more how the staff really feel), and at least for me it's working as I'd prefer by getting me to buy Journey and to play through Walking Dead, and it convinced me to play RE4 when I was too wimpy for the series prior. But then that's also why I'm only really bugged by something like GameTrailers's awards, at least once they get to best per console: at that point they start to brainlessly rattle off the same games, or even on occasion pick a weak downport over a unique great game for that platform (Rock Band 2 as their last PS2 GotY award, and I half expect we'll see similar for 360/PS3 within a few years).
Wh-Whaaaat? IGN picked a good game for GOTY this year? I'm genuinely stunned.
ME3 even being in the RPG category makes me LOL though... But still, IGN has done better than expected with Journey. Now GAF has no excuse to not make it GOTY.
IGN picked Portal 2 last year, Mass Effect 2 the year before that, Uncharted 2 before that, then Fallout 3, then Super Mario Galaxy, then Okami.
For all the hate IGN gets around here I've never seen the site accused of picking poor GotY choices before.
IGN picked Portal 2 last year, Mass Effect 2 the year before that, Uncharted 2 before that, then Fallout 3, then Super Mario Galaxy, then Okami.
For all the hate IGN gets around here I've never seen the site accused of picking poor GotY choices before.
Hm. Yes, that is a good track record there. I haven't been a member here for too long, and it was at some point last year that I completely quit visiting all the "major" game sites (IGN being the most prominent), because my view of them started becoming...less than favorable. With that much cynicism it becomes easy to think that they'll continue to disappoint at everything they do.
Edit: so it's not that I'm accusing IGN of choosing bad games in the past. Just bad wording and disillusion with gaming news sites in general on my part.
Zombie James
Banned
just got it off PSN for 10 bucks. how long is it? should I use it as my handkerchief for dark souls PC?
It's about 2 hours long. Play it in one sitting for maximum effect.