Finally something interesting... Journey by Thatgamingcompany

[naff]

Only PS3 can have games this sophsticated. 360 wishes they could have games like this, instead everything ahs to have tits and glvoes

[Joe Molotov]

Boring-ass Shadow of a Colossus Rip-off in Desert With No Colossi, only on PS3.

[naff]

I'm all over this game btw. Flower is great, never played flOw.

[Brehvolution]

shm. haters. motherfucking haters. Go bro some dude up the ass. 

Shaking His Manhood

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

I liked HSMP more when he was an unabashed disgusting Xbot.   

 

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[brob]

The army of effete art fellows is ever growing in this time of casulol.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

But if I go all Sony faghag, I want someone to shoot me.  Promise me.

[Brehvolution]

Can't fight the pendulum.

It is possible to enjoy a game on PS3 and not be considered a sfag. Look at Smooth Groove.

[Smooth Groove]

Zero, that's 'cause I'm no biased system fanboy, which means I'm still the enemy. 

[WrikaWrek]

Fuck you hitler, you gotta stay with the ship.


We ride together, we die together, Bad Boys for life

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

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.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

I'm totally down for some Ubisoft Lazer Tag though.

pew

pew

pew

[WrikaWrek]

 

[Smooth Groove]

Hell yeah, Wrika, keep the x-dude bro spirit alive!

[Don Flamenco]

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.

[Barry Egan]

Someone gets it 

[Cormacaroni]

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'.

[Fresh Prince]

Cormac bring the heat 

[pilonv1]

Books and film have nothing on Heavy Rain or Ico

[Bildi]

I find this screen intellectual, yet emotive.  Books just can't compete with that.

[Fresh Prince]

Games aren't art.

[Smooth Groove]

I find this screen intellectual, yet emotive.  Books just can't compete with that.

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Looking at an ordinary wallpaper stimulate you intellectually and emotionally?  

[Cormacaroni]

I think he'd jizz a rope if he installed one of those fancy ones, with the tropical fish.

[Bildi]

Fanciness diminishes the intellectualism.

[Fresh Prince]

 

[Phoenix Dark]

I find this screen intellectual, yet emotive.  Books just can't compete with that.

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Looks like something my little cousin could put together in Microsoft Paint

[Smooth Groove]

EB exclusive screenshot from my secret indie game. 

I doubt you troglodytes can appreciate the beauty of its stunning minimalism. 

[Bildi]

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).

[brawndolicious]

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?

[Cormacaroni]

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?

[chronovore]

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.

[Fresh Prince]

[BlueTsunami]

BUT IS IT ART

[Don Flamenco]

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

[chronovore]

BUT IS IT ART

It's hotel art.

[cool breeze]

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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.

[brob]

DID SOMEONE SAY ICE PICK?! !? 








 

[Smooth Groove]

BUT IS IT ART

It's hotel art.

thread title change plz

[iconoclast]

Wow El Shaddai looks awesome. Definitely keeping my eye on that.

[Barry Egan]

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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.

[Barry Egan]

Some quotes from the Giant Bomb preview http://www.giantbomb.com/news/a-journey-to-thatgamecompanys-new-psn-game/2207/

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

[Third]

Looks amazing. Another GOTY contender.

[Diunx]

Sony keeps bringing elegance,class and culture to this industry

[Raban]

Obligatory:

Games aren't art they're a service.

[Rman]

I'm hyped!

[etiolate]

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.

[brawndolicious]

Obligatory:

Games aren't art they're a service.

there's a difference?

[Beezy]

Obligatory:

Games aren't art they're a service.

there's a difference?

seriously?

[Raban]

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.

[brawndolicious]

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?

[Raban]

I guess? I dunno. I don't even know what I'm talking about.

[chronovore]

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!

[chronovore]

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!

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Some quotes from the Giant Bomb preview http://www.giantbomb.com/news/a-journey-to-thatgamecompanys-new-psn-game/2207/

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.

[jiji]

Sounds like Aquanaut's Holiday, just on land, in the desert. I'm down.  Pure exploration can be pretty fun (for me).

[Third]

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Looks...interesting.

[naff]

Multiplayer sand adventures   

[BlueTsunami]

I'll be getting this

[Joe Molotov]

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?

[Yeti]

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