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Journey
Rank and Play ID: RNP-IGDB-1352

Journey

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Critic rating
93.9 / 100
14 votes
Release
Mar 13, 2012
Genres
Platform, Adventure

Overview

A third-person adventure game in which the player, controlling a robed figure, makes a pilgrimage through a desert landscape to a rugged mountain with a beacon of light in the distance while uncovering the history of their people, rescuing and cooperating with friendly creatures, avoiding predatory ones and communicating with other travelers.

Storyline

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…

Screenshots

Gameplay and promotional screenshots

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Awards

Recognition from industry awards shows

British Academy Games Award for Artistic Achievement
2013
Won
British Academy Games Award for Audio Achievement
2013
Won
British Academy Games Award for Game Design
2013
Won
British Academy Games Award for Multiplayer
2013
Won
British Academy Games Award for Music
2013
Won
Annie Award for Best Animated Video Game
2012
Won
Game Developers Choice Award - Game of the Year
2012
Won
Game Developers Choice Award - Best Design
2012
Won
Golden Geek Award for Most Innovative Game
2012
Won
British Academy Games Award for Best Game
2013
Nominated
British Academy Games Award for Game Innovation
2013
Nominated
British Academy Games Award for Story
2013
Nominated
Golden Geek Award for Best Video Game Visuals/Artwork
2012
Nominated
Golden Geek Award for Best Indie Video Game
2012
Nominated

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