What can you write about three games, where the journey is the reward. Actually, only so much that made these games are basically a meditation program. Who FPS, horror, Stealth Games loves, or complex role playing is hereby not happy it will be the one to open his heart and can sometimes soft emotions.
One could see it as a break from today's Spieleeinheitsbrei. So we come now to the individual games, all of which are unique in their shape, and if you absolutely want to make a comparison to the one or other game, offers here the best Ico or Shadow of Collossus to which it together as Completition you can buy on the market. (Those interested in the two games, a link is under the comments section below to include my review!)
- Who would not have the patience to read this rather detailed review, I recommend scrolling down the same, and further zulesen under the item 1.4 "Overall Conclusion".
But let us come now to the artworks in detail:
1.1 Journey
You walk through the desert, marked by dunes and sandstorms, a impede the progress frequently. The Eimsamkeit is surrounds an overwhelming and frightening, oppressive atmosphere. But then there is a building in the distance visible (hallucination?). No matter, you take the arduous path to, and will not be disappointed if you will, for example, be rewarded with a magical artifact.
Is it really all alone?
No, not yet a swarm of recognizable objects on the horizon. I follow the flock, and fetch him, of beautiful light, shadow effects and an atmospheric musical tones. In reaching I recognize that it is a swarm of fabric strips that I can bring to call me closer, so that this raises me and flying leaves to places that were not accessible to me before. Also the scarf I wear extended thereby and thus the flight time that I can initiate its own.
The control is restricted to the bare minimum as running for example, jump, fly, and if required enter a nondescript sound, which seemed so far fulfilled yet no purpose.
I walk on. Sandstorms and avalanches prevent rapid advancement and then, in the distance, one being that my appear similar. What does it mean? I'm trying to reach the nature and meet him, and give this indefinable sound I have just described. The nature responds in the same way my touch.
Here also the most interesting aspect of the game begins. The other Avatar is also a gamer from the Net (if you play with network connection), but there is no chat function. What sounds mean? Following his way, or I'll follow him to me. He leads me astray, or to a secondary target, which can perhaps be solved only for two, or I ignore him and let him thus alone?
It is this non-verbal relationship which one enters with the respective partners, is limited to only to interpret gestures and sounds. This deep, emotional partnership that you received with this remotely controlled avatar, you only know to appreciate this one should even lose sight of, or he gets out of the game.
One can describe this game just as restrictive fascinating, highly innovative and delightfully soothing and on the essentials. There are 2 to 3 hours partly breathtaking that one seemed perhaps too short at the end, but never gave rise to boredom or hectic, but are more likely to describe it as a mental and spiritual wellness treatment.
Atmospheric an exceptional game that every gamer should have played at least once in fact, because it is one. Unique. This game is, however, also polarize like no other, because there is no history to overcome and no major challenges. From awesome to what the fürn crap, every opinion will probably be represented.
But you will be surprised, it's still minimalist, and hereby we get to:
1.2 Flower
The first game where I used the SIXAXIS controller for the first time, and this for me, even made a heavenly, flowery fun.
For Game beginners:
SIXAXIS controller: by horizontal or vertical movement of the pad, the movement thus generated are transferred to the object to be controlled on the screen, thus steering, as well as speeding up processes, generated solely by the swing of the controller.
You start as a single petal by a barren and lifeless wasteland to fly, while others are not blooming flowers can however when flying to bloom bring, which then throw petals, which you then plug it in and after some time form a huge swarm of colorful leaves, which You control the first guide means flower SIXAXIS and pressing a button when necessary (no matter what) to hasten the swarm as a colored flowers Inferno through the countryside.
So then you start to bring all meadows for colorful splendor. A solid, given target does not exist. Even the simple flying around making great fun. The route is the goal. If it should in this game give a goal, so this alone is defined as a tristessen, comforting and loveless as well lifeless landscape back to life and colourfulness.
Various open Locations bring a little variety, and the associated spherical musical accompaniment, the skillfully the resulting blaze of color touches the icing and the whole staging highlights are likely to amaze every one "Zen" player with an open mouth. And anyone who thinks this is now but really the limit of what reaches minimalist, is disappointed because now comes yet:
1.3 Flow
Here, the the SIXAXIS controller intgriert same as in Flower, the was here again wonderful.
Man swims at first as single-celled organisms through the water and tried by skillful maneuvering to catch other there wandering beings to eat up to. Each time you will hear a different piano tone, and my nature begins to gain in size, and can thus feast on larger creatures.
However, these are to be found in various water depths that can be achieved in that one eats a given for special single-celled organisms.
At some point, if you have one of the multicellular organisms, even larger creatures come on the scene, the one brave anknabbert with keystroke in place and thus reduced. If you bad luck has happened, of course, the opposite, and it is returned to the evolution of a few ranks down. Fights appear on the screen while hectic and be accompanied with the corresponding impulsive piano music, leave, since one has to fight or eat only a button, but basically calm gameplay intact.
Voltage at a different level. Minimalist but ingenious, and, above all, atmospherically engaging and inviting to dream.
Overall, one can go through in this universe Aqua prehistory of incipient life, various smaller evolutionary steps by you can then create up to 6 species. The gameplay is rather for the Dragons thought in between, because you deshäufigeren but already feeling gets to breathe a little life to a screensaver.
"Zen" -mäßiger it really is no longer now
1.4 Overall Conclusion:
Three wonderful, soulful and emotional games that are not for the action gamer absolutely. For those who have a heart for innovative, artistic and above all, quiet games, this Completition is warmly recommended, as it also still contains some additional content. Just the simple SIXAXIS controller, makes this game even beginners and casual players available, therefore a clear recommendation Games !!!
What the company "thatgamecompany" has succeeded with the developers Jenova Chen and Kellee Santiago here, has more in common with a work of art, as a vile Mainstream shooting title. Hopefully you will have another of them hear or see, as good Independent titles are barely available on console, and smaller developers companies are all too often bought by the market leaders, and thus each is not the Causalisierungswelle adapted version of the game is doomed.
Art is, however, always in the eye of the beholder, so I personally, for example, to although the absolute opposite direction of play, even GTA 5 and BioShock or The Last of Us as a total work of art. But art, as I said always in the eye of the beholder, or can be mostly explained by the so-called art connoisseurs to one may at least say the Games, as well as books, comics, films and pictures have become a timeless cultural property today.
Was the time where if you told that you play as a hobby videogames or even occasionally as an adult busy desöfteren ridiculed by the side down or compassionate glances who accepted, are now hopefully be final over, and with the help of titles such as Journey, Flower and Flow.
Especially these three titles are also very appealing to the fairer sex are likely, who had never what with dragons on his hat. This Completition was developed mainly under the leadership of women, but this does not mean that you should throw the man here does not look at it. So dear mothers / women who can start their hobby with your son / husband at all. Buys or lends you this game and ask your son / husband politely if he can perhaps do without his Playstation for a few hours, or even minutes, and let you must be silly Ballern convince the dragons not only !!! Especially since you need no training period for this game, but it is absolutely intuitive.
Those who are willing, even if it's only a few hours games meditation to pay the asking price, is, if he should feel addressed by this review, decide what to buy, even if the whole game but staging is relatively short. But even people who are ready for change of an innovative game idea, and are not fixed to a particular game genre should dare a look at it. For console game collectors Completition this should be compulsory purchase anyway.
All others should make a big circle around this Completition because they have absolutely nothing to do with the mainstream titles of our time.
Important:
- Who should dragons Journey without an internet connection, can be very much missed by the atmosphere of the game.
- Without the original controller with the SIXAXIS controller, at least Flower and Flow are not playable. I held up to these Games the SISAXIS control for superfluous nonsense. However, in this game makes sense, since it is well integrated. Controller of other vendors have this feature not usually, therefore they are often much cheaper than the original.
To find a link to my review of the original controller from Sony, as well as to the standard games like ICO & Shadow of stored Game Colossus is under the comments -
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Looking forward to your feedback, and everyone who has taken the time to read this rather detailed review. So if I could achieve no gain in knowledge with you, I hope you still have at least entertained.
Images or Screenshoots to the product reviewed here by myself, are looking at the published customer images!
Otherwise GOOD GAMING !!!
