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Title: Finally something interesting... Journey by Thatgamingcompany
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 15, 2010, 08:23:02 PM
Stolen from GAF:

Journey™
FACT SHEET

Platform: PlayStation®3 system
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC
Developer: thatgamecompany
Rating: “RP” for “Rating Pending”
Release: 2011

OVERVIEW

The pioneers that brought you the award-winning PlayStation®Network titles flOw & Flower® are back with another title that challenges traditional gaming conventions. With Journey, thatgamecompany (TGC) continues its tradition of delivering simple gameplay and accessible controls in a rich interactive environment that invites players to explore and experience emotional chords that are still uncommon in video games.

An exotic adventure with a more serious tone, Journey presents TGC’s unique vision of an online adventure experience. Awakening in an unknown world, the player walks, glides, and flies through a vast and awe-inspiring landscape, while discovering the history of an ancient, mysterious civilization along the way.

Journey’s innovative approach to online play encourages players to explore this environment with strangers who cross their path from time to time. By traveling together, they can re-shape the experience – creating authentic moments they will remember and discuss with others.

KEY FEATURES
INTUITIVE CONTROLS AND EXPERIENCE –Players with differing skill levels and/or moods can experience the game at their own pace.
LUSH AND EXPANSIVE ENVIRONMENTS – Grand landscapes filled with dynamic sand and cloth. Fully simulated sand dunes ripple and slide as players move across them.
FRESH ONLINE ADVENTURE – Players explore a mysterious world, discovering its hidden history. People are free to travel alone, or adventure with strangers that they meet along the way.

(http://i46.tinypic.com/8yerrs.jpg)

(http://i50.tinypic.com/zikb42.jpg)

(http://i47.tinypic.com/t9cow9.jpg)

(http://i49.tinypic.com/2ih3r01.jpg)

(http://i45.tinypic.com/w9b4h1.jpg)

(http://i50.tinypic.com/14xijwo.jpg)
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: demi on June 15, 2010, 08:23:56 PM
You sleight every other game but find this interesting? You fucking loser
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 15, 2010, 08:25:10 PM
Yep.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: demi on June 15, 2010, 08:25:57 PM
You really are a GAFfer. Get out of here.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Cormacaroni on June 15, 2010, 08:27:05 PM
Sony is bringing PS1 back? Awesome.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 15, 2010, 08:28:00 PM
You really are a GAFfer. Get out of here.

Hell no....well, except for stuff like this.  Maybe.

It's like Ico make by the guys that did Flower.  I know that's like EB suicide, but fuck yeah I'm interested.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: cool breeze on June 15, 2010, 08:28:07 PM
Flower 2: The Deflowering


this game sounds really cool.  Focus on exploration and if they're able to make the game feel as good as Flower, I'm sold.  But all I can think of is running into another guy online and him yelling like a tard.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 15, 2010, 08:29:16 PM
Quote
LUSH AND EXPANSIVE ENVIRONMENTS – Grand landscapes filled with dynamic sand and cloth. Fully simulated sand dunes ripple and slide as players move across them.

If that's being touted as one of the KEY FEATURES for this game then I don't have much hope.

Dynamic cloth AND sand.  In one game.

No more swaping out to get both effects.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Barry Egan on June 15, 2010, 08:31:34 PM
This is the type of shit I would buy too if I played/owned videogame consoles.  Fuck all y'all.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Smooth Groove on June 15, 2010, 08:32:17 PM
:yuck

Bring that art-wannabe shit back to GAF!
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: BlueTsunami on June 15, 2010, 08:32:50 PM
Oh man oh man oh man oh man, this looks and sounds like a 3D version of Knytt (in design principles, simplicity, mood and exploration). I'm intrigued!

I wonder if there'll be good atmospheric music or tilting towards more ambiance? (or both?)
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: demi on June 15, 2010, 08:33:04 PM
This is the type of shit I would buy too if I played/owned videogame consoles.  Fuck all y'all.

But you dont. So fuck off. Leave too.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Beezy on June 15, 2010, 08:33:39 PM
demi :lol
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Fresh Prince on June 15, 2010, 08:34:42 PM
Sounds stupid.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on June 15, 2010, 08:35:22 PM
Only PS3 can have games this sophsticated. 360 wishes they could have games like this, instead everything ahs to have tits and glvoes
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 15, 2010, 08:36:25 PM
Oh for fucks sake Methodis.  You're not helping here.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: iconoclast on June 15, 2010, 08:37:37 PM
So is this going to be thatgamecompany's first game or is it another "experience"? Looks interesting at least.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: BlueTsunami on June 15, 2010, 08:40:22 PM
I'ma listen to this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBBHJZD7BXM

...and play "Journey" and think about heavy shit like life, spirituality and the ying yang relationship of love and lust :fbm

:bow Sophisticated Gaming :bow2

:bow Sand and Cloth physics working in tandem :bow2
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Himu on June 15, 2010, 08:41:24 PM
sony continues to impress
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Robo on June 15, 2010, 08:42:20 PM
I am a big poofter for minimalist art styles applied to videogames, so needless to say, I think this looks amazing.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Smooth Groove on June 15, 2010, 08:42:34 PM
WTF, Blue?  

You turning into some kinda new-age hipster?  :lol
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: BlueTsunami on June 15, 2010, 08:46:21 PM
WTF, Blue?  

You turning into some kinda new-age hipster?  :lol

I've always been, albeit closeted :'(

But I'm definitely in the group that digs the minimal approach to design elements (and not in the Nintendo way).
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: brob on June 15, 2010, 08:46:52 PM
unf unf unf unf

This is my shit. I'm with you mr. Potato. Gimme this arty shit.

Is it move or Sixaxis or standard controller?
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Himu on June 15, 2010, 08:49:25 PM
WTF, Blue?  

You turning into some kinda new-age hipster?  :lol

I've always been, albeit closeted :'(

But I'm definitely in the group that digs the minimal approach to design elements (and not in the Nintendo way).

Word.

The rest of these chumps can go back to their boring fragfests.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: brob on June 15, 2010, 08:51:03 PM
Any word on when there will be more info? I need video. I haven't masturbated to pictures since I was 12 and my parents got a computer.  :'(
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: WrikaWrek on June 15, 2010, 08:53:35 PM
Hipster central
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Cormacaroni on June 15, 2010, 09:06:17 PM
Man, can't wait to experience this CLOTH. To think I've been content with being shot at from helicopters, piloting spaceships and riding on dragonback and boring stuff like that all these years.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 15, 2010, 09:10:43 PM
It's online.  We can all meet and marvel together.


I really want to see a video of this.  Just going by Flower, I'm pretty confident it'll look pretty damn amazing in motion.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: brob on June 15, 2010, 09:16:19 PM
The lack of froth in this thread is criminal.  :maf
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Cormacaroni on June 15, 2010, 09:20:47 PM
I think a lot of these authentic moments we'll be sharing and remembering with others will be along the lines of 'Hey, remember that sandy place? Sandy, wasn't it. Yeah. Pretty sandy.'

Also, it needs more buttsecks with heavily-mustachioed men to be a real Saudi simulator.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: tiesto on June 15, 2010, 09:22:45 PM
Sounds like it could be slightly interesting, hopefully there is some semblance of a game here.

Thought it would be a followup to this when I saw the name:

[youtube=560,345]A3BDXlMtyUo[/youtube]
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: brob on June 15, 2010, 09:23:06 PM
someone tell shake to stop lurking and get in here so I can scream about art.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: chronovore on June 15, 2010, 09:24:53 PM
Mandatory criticism to be in line with this rest of this thread: HEY WHY ARE DEVELOPERS ALWAYS USING GRAYS AND BROWNS. WELCOME TO PC GAMING 1990, BITCH.

OK, now that's out of the way: I'll buy this, and be thankful I have a PS3 to play it on. I liked both ~flOw~ and Flower; they're short, but fun and playfully different.

Oh is this where the namby pamby tea party is being held? Did you girls bring your pink frilly dresses? Tell me more about those sand dunes.
The lack of froth in this thread is criminal.  :maf

I was just teasing. :-*

These guys haven't done wrong so a new game from them is always good news. Plus I love exploring environments and the game focuses on that. Will be an interesting PSN title.

Sounds like you got this game's sand in your panties already, Slime.

Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Himu on June 15, 2010, 09:28:32 PM
I think a lot of these authentic moments we'll be sharing and remembering with others will be along the lines of 'Hey, remember that sandy place? Sandy, wasn't it. Yeah. Pretty sandy.'

Also, it needs more buttsecks with heavily-mustachioed men to be a real Saudi simulator.

lawrence of arabia the game
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: demi on June 15, 2010, 09:30:34 PM
I can't wait to talk to you guys on how to best accecorisze my cape with the beautiful sand dunes. Should I go with the stoic copper or be unique and run with the auburn?

In your case, you shouldnt wear anything at all. I gain great pleasure in imagining you with sand in your buttcrack
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: brob on June 15, 2010, 09:33:07 PM
shm. haters. motherfucking haters. Go bro some dude up the ass.  :maf
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: BlueTsunami on June 15, 2010, 09:34:59 PM
How cool would it be that you reach the endpoint, that ray of light beaconing off that mountain and the wanderers have all gathered here. One of the wanderers stands out from the rest. You walk up to him or her and ask them for some water. They remove their veil... it is Himu. THE END.... errr, I mean ~Fin
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Barry Egan on June 15, 2010, 09:36:33 PM
shm. haters. motherfucking haters. Go bro some dude up the ass.  :maf

???

Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Fresh Prince on June 15, 2010, 09:37:16 PM
So in short instead of having a holiday like a normal person you can play JourneyTM like as asspie and a poor
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: TripleA on June 15, 2010, 09:39:52 PM
Wow Sony keep delivering  :D
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 15, 2010, 09:40:09 PM
shm. haters. motherfucking haters. Go bro some dude up the ass.  :maf

???



Sanding His Mule
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Great Rumbler on June 15, 2010, 09:40:20 PM
I like the look and feel of it, but what do you actually DO?
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 15, 2010, 09:41:25 PM
You walk around and shit.  Try on capes.  Look at sand.  You know, the usual.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: WrikaWrek on June 15, 2010, 09:42:18 PM
Just look at who wants this, Ghenghis of course had to be one of them.

Brandnew and etiolate to come waving hello too.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: brob on June 15, 2010, 09:42:25 PM
shm. haters. motherfucking haters. Go bro some dude up the ass.  :maf

???


I was aflame with rage. the second and last letters seemed to have switched places. sorry.


spoiler (click to show/hide)
:maf :maf :maf :maf :maf :maf :maf :maf :maf :maf :maf :maf :maf :maf :maf :maf :maf :maf :maf :maf :maf
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Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 15, 2010, 09:44:00 PM
Just look at who wants this, Ghenghis of course had to be one of them.

Brandnew and etiolate to come waving hello too.

Come on Wrika....join us.  The skinny pants crowd.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: BlueTsunami on June 15, 2010, 09:46:49 PM
This is the type of game you pour out some expensive wine for

(http://imgur.com/Hi11I.jpg)
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: BlackMage on June 15, 2010, 09:47:51 PM
dude i want to walk across a desert
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: brawndolicious on June 15, 2010, 09:49:08 PM
lemme guess, you control the character by shifting the sands.  Eventually, they crawl into a grave and die.

I mean, however the fuck you want to define art, I'm willing to call a game that but at least go play something interesting like Assassin's Creed or Mirror's Edge.  What is this?  Probably a $10 dolla death sim.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: BlueTsunami on June 15, 2010, 09:50:11 PM
Oh man, I thought of a good alternate name

Pilgrimage to Mecca: The Longest Journey

spoiler (click to show/hide)
I :heart you Himu!
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Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 15, 2010, 09:50:13 PM
What is this?  Probably a $10 dolla death sim.

Sounds good.  I'll bite.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Barry Egan on June 15, 2010, 09:51:05 PM
lemme guess, you control the character by shifting the sands.  Eventually, they crawl into a grave and die.

I mean, however the fuck you want to define art, I'm willing to call a game that but at least go play something interesting like Assassin's Creed or Mirror's Edge.  What is this?  Probably a $10 dolla death sim.

Make up theme of game --> Criticize game based on made up theme
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: brawndolicious on June 15, 2010, 09:57:02 PM
Make up theme of game --> Criticize game based on made up theme
The part where you die after seeing shifting sands and lost civilizations actually doesn't sound bad.  But I have a feeling that the game itself will lack any real structure based on TGC's last games which makes whether you like it or not pretty much totally subjective.  In that case fine whatever, but it's like what's the hype about?
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: TakingBackSunday on June 15, 2010, 10:00:26 PM
this looks tits
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 15, 2010, 10:05:35 PM
Make up theme of game --> Criticize game based on made up theme
The part where you die after seeing shifting sands and lost civilizations actually doesn't sound bad.  But I have a feeling that the game itself will lack any real structure based on TGC's last games which makes whether you like it or not pretty much totally subjective.  In that case fine whatever, but it's like what's the hype about?

I think most people can agree that Flow was garbage but I was pretty impressed by Flower.  I'd probably never play it again as it was more of a one off kind of experience but it was certainly memorable and it gives me hope that TGC can do something just as good if not better here.  Plus the mysterious theme and minimalist art style works for me here.  It reminds me of something Team Ico might do.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Oblivion on June 15, 2010, 10:07:56 PM
Ugh. Art fegs.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: MCD on June 15, 2010, 10:11:23 PM
deviantart the game
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Cormacaroni on June 15, 2010, 10:11:42 PM
This reminds me a little of A Tale in the Desert, only without all the crafting and the economy and well, anything else to do except wander around and look at sand.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tale_in_the_Desert
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Smooth Groove on June 15, 2010, 10:16:25 PM
I liked HSMP more when he was an unabashed disgusting Xbot.   :-\
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: OptimoPeach on June 15, 2010, 10:19:46 PM
Count me as interested, although I won't be waiting with bated breath. Need to see some video at least

I need to start making a list of PS3 exclusives to snatch up for whenever I get enough money to throw at a slim
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: naff on June 15, 2010, 10:21:26 PM
Only PS3 can have games this sophsticated. 360 wishes they could have games like this, instead everything ahs to have tits and glvoes

(http://ericyahnker.com/jpg%27s/2007_Turdhat3.jpg)
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Joe Molotov on June 15, 2010, 10:23:41 PM
Boring-ass Shadow of a Colossus Rip-off in Desert With No Colossi, only on PS3. :bow2
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: naff on June 15, 2010, 10:27:15 PM
I'm all over this game btw. Flower is great, never played flOw.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Brehvolution on June 15, 2010, 10:27:48 PM
shm. haters. motherfucking haters. Go bro some dude up the ass.  :maf

???



Shaking His Manhood
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 15, 2010, 10:30:35 PM
I liked HSMP more when he was an unabashed disgusting Xbot.   :-\

 :(

[youtube=560,345]-jZZJH6szTs[/youtube]

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/2496112532_cf9b82fa05.jpg)
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: brob on June 15, 2010, 10:31:57 PM
The army of effete art fellows is ever growing in this time of casulol.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 15, 2010, 10:32:04 PM
But if I go all Sony faghag, I want someone to shoot me.  Promise me.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Brehvolution on June 15, 2010, 10:35:05 PM
Can't fight the pendulum.

It is possible to enjoy a game on PS3 and not be considered a sfag. Look at Smooth Groove.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Smooth Groove on June 15, 2010, 10:45:04 PM
Zero, that's 'cause I'm no biased system fanboy, which means I'm still the enemy.  :punch

Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: WrikaWrek on June 15, 2010, 10:52:01 PM
Fuck you hitler, you gotta stay with the ship.


We ride together, we die together, Bad Boys for life
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 15, 2010, 10:56:52 PM
It's not like I'm throwing away the fucker.  Hell, I just bought a new 360 a couple of months ago.

But I ain't going to be petting Skittles anytime soon.  I'll leave that up to braver folks than I.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 15, 2010, 10:58:18 PM
I'm totally down for some Ubisoft Lazer Tag though.

pew

pew

pew
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: WrikaWrek on June 15, 2010, 10:59:05 PM
 :gun
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Smooth Groove on June 15, 2010, 11:28:11 PM
Hell yeah, Wrika, keep the x-dude bro spirit alive! :rock
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Don Flamenco on June 16, 2010, 01:40:39 AM
Archetypal Evilbore anti-intellectualism on display here. Please vacate this discussion and proliferate your detritus in a thread about something a little more to your speed.  Might I recommend a Halo thread (or whatever thrill-murder simulator is sexing teenage synapses these days?)  Run along now, you ignoramuses are dampening the complexion of my life experience.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Barry Egan on June 16, 2010, 02:07:02 AM
Someone gets it  8)
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Cormacaroni on June 16, 2010, 02:13:27 AM
Archetypal Evilbore anti-intellectualism on display here. Please vacate this discussion and proliferate your detritus in a thread about something a little more to your speed.  Might I recommend a Halo thread (or whatever thrill-murder simulator is sexing teenage synapses these days?)  Run along now, you ignoramuses are dampening the complexion of my life experience.

If you crave intellectualism sans gameplay, might I suggest 'books' or 'films'.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Fresh Prince on June 16, 2010, 02:20:58 AM
Cormac bring the heat  :gun
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: pilonv1 on June 16, 2010, 02:37:18 AM
Books and film have nothing on Heavy Rain or Ico
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Bildi on June 16, 2010, 02:40:39 AM
I find this screen intellectual, yet emotive.  Books just can't compete with that.

(http://i47.tinypic.com/t9cow9.jpg)

Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Fresh Prince on June 16, 2010, 02:43:43 AM
Games aren't art.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Smooth Groove on June 16, 2010, 02:44:00 AM
I find this screen intellectual, yet emotive.  Books just can't compete with that.

(http://i47.tinypic.com/t9cow9.jpg)



Looking at an ordinary wallpaper stimulate you intellectually and emotionally?   ???
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Cormacaroni on June 16, 2010, 02:48:42 AM
I think he'd jizz a rope if he installed one of those fancy ones, with the tropical fish.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Bildi on June 16, 2010, 02:51:07 AM
Fanciness diminishes the intellectualism.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Fresh Prince on June 16, 2010, 02:52:28 AM
 :auscry
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Phoenix Dark on June 16, 2010, 02:59:09 AM
I find this screen intellectual, yet emotive.  Books just can't compete with that.

(http://i47.tinypic.com/t9cow9.jpg)



Looks like something my little cousin could put together in Microsoft Paint
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Smooth Groove on June 16, 2010, 03:06:47 AM
(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8073/45287433.jpg)

EB exclusive screenshot from my secret indie game. 

I doubt you troglodytes can appreciate the beauty of its stunning minimalism. 
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Bildi on June 16, 2010, 03:10:44 AM
Great art will always have more than its fair share of detractors.  It was the same with Ico (although I feel that had a bit too much gameplay to truly be art).
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: brawndolicious on June 16, 2010, 03:59:48 AM
Games aren't art.
There's only two definitions of art I can see somebody using:

1. It's just pleasing to the senses.  That could be anything from a lap dance to a renaissance painting.
 
2. It's commonly agreed upon that it's pleasing to the senses.  This is usually more morally acceptable and therefore "traditional" I guess.

AFAICS, having artistic merit doesn't really mean anything.  Not unless you are perhaps trying to express a social message of some sort.

From what I can tell, this game is just about chilling and wandering the desert into your grave.  What's wrong with calling it art?
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Cormacaroni on June 16, 2010, 04:08:54 AM
Games aren't art.
There's only two definitions of art I can see somebody using:

1. It's just pleasing to the senses.  That could be anything from a lap dance to a renaissance painting.
 
2. It's commonly agreed upon that it's pleasing to the senses.  This is usually more morally acceptable and therefore "traditional" I guess.

AFAICS, having artistic merit doesn't really mean anything.  Not unless you are perhaps trying to express a social message of some sort.

From what I can tell, this game is just about chilling and wandering the desert into your grave.  What's wrong with calling it art?

cause it looks boring as fuck?
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: chronovore on June 16, 2010, 04:44:08 AM
Gotta say, the first screenshots looked great, but the one at the top of this page reminds me of the kind of paintings found in mid-range hotels.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Fresh Prince on June 16, 2010, 06:38:38 AM
:spin
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: BlueTsunami on June 16, 2010, 09:42:53 AM
BUT IS IT ART
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Don Flamenco on June 16, 2010, 10:57:40 AM
Archetypal Evilbore anti-intellectualism on display here. Please vacate this discussion and proliferate your detritus in a thread about something a little more to your speed.  Might I recommend a Halo thread (or whatever thrill-murder simulator is sexing teenage synapses these days?)  Run along now, you ignoramuses are dampening the complexion of my life experience.

If you crave intellectualism sans gameplay, might I suggest 'books' or 'films'.


If you took that seriously, might I suggest an ice pick up the nose
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: chronovore on June 16, 2010, 12:20:39 PM
BUT IS IT ART
It's hotel art.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: cool breeze on June 16, 2010, 12:27:02 PM
[youtube=560,345]mEZj5zt5PZw[/youtube]

El Shaddai

it's arty, but it also looks like it's a platformer and action game.  Finally they mix art with something to do.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: brob on June 16, 2010, 12:36:43 PM
DID SOMEONE SAY ICE PICK?! !? 


(http://i46.tinypic.com/2db77g2.jpg)

(http://i45.tinypic.com/2445de0.jpg)

(http://killerpuppies.com/download-pathologic-pc-game.jpg)

 :hump :hump :hump :hump :hump
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Smooth Groove on June 16, 2010, 01:02:05 PM
BUT IS IT ART
It's hotel art.

:rofl

thread title change plz
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: iconoclast on June 16, 2010, 01:32:23 PM
Wow El Shaddai looks awesome. Definitely keeping my eye on that.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Barry Egan on June 16, 2010, 01:38:35 PM
[youtube=560,345]mEZj5zt5PZw[/youtube]

El Shaddai

it's arty, but it also looks like it's a platformer and action game.  Finally they mix art with something to do.

Too much gameplay.  Boring.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Barry Egan on June 18, 2010, 01:32:05 PM
Some quotes from the Giant Bomb preview http://www.giantbomb.com/news/a-journey-to-thatgamecompanys-new-psn-game/2207/

Quote
With Journey thatgamecompany is setting a record for the number of buttons used in one of its game: two. One is for jumping, and one is... singing? You run around with the analog stick and control the camera with Sixaxis tilt. Much like it did with flowers in, um, Flower, the developer has put a lot of effort into its sand tech in Journey, and you leave a trough behind you when you run around in it. You can also ski down sandy hills to move around faster.

Chen is tired of the empowerment fantasies inherent in most modern games. He said he wants to return players to a feeling of being small and powerless, with a sense of awe toward the wide unknown world. That means no rocket launchers or double jumps in Journey. The game is about exploring this strange world as a hapless character with no foreknowledge of his or her strange surroundings. There's an ever-present giant mountain with a beam of light off in the distance that serves as your constant goal, but other than that, you're just there to explore.

There will be some things to find. Chen ran behind a sandfall in one area and found a cloth covered with ancient glyphs on it. That seemed like some sort of collectible. Later, there was a bit of rudimentary platforming across a series of long tapestry-like pieces of cloth, which your character can "harmonize" with when it touches them, stiffening them and allowing you to climb on them. Finally, Chen encountered a statue that briefly came to life and imparted some sort of information to the player character, but he didn't elaborate on the meaning of that interaction. There will also be other AI-controlled characters in the game as well. What, you think they gave us anymore information about that?

:sp0rsk1 :sp0rsk1 :sp0rsk1
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Third on June 18, 2010, 07:07:05 PM
Looks amazing. Another GOTY contender.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Diunx on June 18, 2010, 08:45:00 PM
Sony keeps bringing elegance,class and culture to this industry :bow2
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Raban on June 18, 2010, 11:10:56 PM
Obligatory:

Games aren't art they're a service.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Rman on June 19, 2010, 01:05:01 AM
I'm hyped!
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: etiolate on June 19, 2010, 02:11:33 AM
I'm interested

BUT

I found SOTC open area lacking in mystery. A bit too desolate. Afraid about that happening in this as well. The idea of making gamers feel small instead of overpowered is interesting.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: brawndolicious on June 19, 2010, 02:16:32 AM
Obligatory:

Games aren't art they're a service.
there's a difference?
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Beezy on June 19, 2010, 02:19:07 AM
Obligatory:

Games aren't art they're a service.
there's a difference?
seriously?
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Raban on June 19, 2010, 02:21:15 AM
Obligatory:

Games aren't art they're a service.
there's a difference?

Not anymore I suppose. A service is something made to appeal to everyone, art is something that can appeal to anyone, or no one.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: brawndolicious on June 19, 2010, 02:41:24 AM
Obligatory:
Games aren't art they're a service.
there's a difference?
Not anymore I suppose. A service is something made to appeal to everyone, art is something that can appeal to anyone, or no one.
So the difference is totally subjective?
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Raban on June 19, 2010, 02:48:42 AM
I guess? I dunno. I don't even know what I'm talking about.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: chronovore on June 19, 2010, 04:39:31 AM
I ran out of sand and cape jokes. You cultured elite win this round. :'(
Come now, you're on the shore of some new uncharted land, cloaked in mystery! Surely the mantle of thread-troll is not out of your reach for one of your grit!
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: chronovore on June 19, 2010, 04:40:34 AM
BTW, I request thread title change. Someone made one with the actual name of the game and dev on it, and they locked it because this nondescript one has pages of response already.

Edit: Thanks!
Title: Re: Finally something interesting......
Post by: Hitler Stole My Potato on June 19, 2010, 10:48:14 AM
Some quotes from the Giant Bomb preview http://www.giantbomb.com/news/a-journey-to-thatgamecompanys-new-psn-game/2207/

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With Journey thatgamecompany is setting a record for the number of buttons used in one of its game: two. One is for jumping, and one is... singing? You run around with the analog stick and control the camera with Sixaxis tilt. Much like it did with flowers in, um, Flower, the developer has put a lot of effort into its sand tech in Journey, and you leave a trough behind you when you run around in it. You can also ski down sandy hills to move around faster.

Chen is tired of the empowerment fantasies inherent in most modern games. He said he wants to return players to a feeling of being small and powerless, with a sense of awe toward the wide unknown world. That means no rocket launchers or double jumps in Journey. The game is about exploring this strange world as a hapless character with no foreknowledge of his or her strange surroundings. There's an ever-present giant mountain with a beam of light off in the distance that serves as your constant goal, but other than that, you're just there to explore.

There will be some things to find. Chen ran behind a sandfall in one area and found a cloth covered with ancient glyphs on it. That seemed like some sort of collectible. Later, there was a bit of rudimentary platforming across a series of long tapestry-like pieces of cloth, which your character can "harmonize" with when it touches them, stiffening them and allowing you to climb on them. Finally, Chen encountered a statue that briefly came to life and imparted some sort of information to the player character, but he didn't elaborate on the meaning of that interaction. There will also be other AI-controlled characters in the game as well. What, you think they gave us anymore information about that?

:sp0rsk1 :sp0rsk1 :sp0rsk1

Singing?  Even better.

Day 1.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting... Journey by Thatgamingcompany
Post by: jiji on June 19, 2010, 12:02:43 PM
Sounds like Aquanaut's Holiday, just on land, in the desert. I'm down.  Pure exploration can be pretty fun (for me).
Title: Re: Finally something interesting... Journey by Thatgamingcompany
Post by: Third on December 10, 2010, 07:28:22 AM
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaWFLuaLkm4&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Looks...interesting.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting... Journey by Thatgamingcompany
Post by: naff on December 10, 2010, 08:40:34 AM
Multiplayer sand adventures  :o  :bow2
Title: Re: Finally something interesting... Journey by Thatgamingcompany
Post by: BlueTsunami on December 10, 2010, 09:05:08 AM
I'll be getting this
Title: Re: Finally something interesting... Journey by Thatgamingcompany
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 10, 2010, 04:31:56 PM
I'll be getting this

So are you saying you welcome it with...open arms? That even when trolls were trolling it, you didn't stop believing?
Title: Re: Finally something interesting... Journey by Thatgamingcompany
Post by: Yeti on December 11, 2010, 08:03:10 AM
Video blocked by viacom
Title: Re: Finally something interesting... Journey by Thatgamingcompany
Post by: chronovore on December 11, 2010, 08:27:32 AM
I'll be getting this

So are you saying you welcome it with...open arms? That even when trolls were trolling it, you didn't stop believing?

Dude, just decide on one Journey song to riff.
Title: Re: Finally something interesting... Journey by Thatgamingcompany
Post by: BlueTsunami on December 11, 2010, 08:38:26 AM
:lol
Title: Re: Finally something interesting... Journey by Thatgamingcompany
Post by: Third on December 11, 2010, 10:32:48 AM
First trailer:

[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiDPT04f6rA&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]