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I see that Journey still holds the title of being the James Cameron's Avatar of video games.
Considering how successful Avatar was this is a compliment to Journey.
Sure, if that's how you want to interpret it. I mean, both received critical and commercial success despite being shallow pieces of garbage, and both made me seriously question anyone's mental health if they were somehow brought to tears by such shit, but sure whatever, it's a compliment.
Avatar was praised mainly for its technical merits, whereas Journey is praised for pushing the medium.
Disagree on their merits all you want, but your comparison doesn't stand.
lol, and exactly how did Journey push the medium? You walk, the end. Just like Avatar, it has no substance; it's a bunch of pretty colors with wind blowing in the background. A video game that receives such monumental praise should be praised for actually having praise worthy gameplay, as a movie should be praised for actually having a story of any substance. Instead, people were brought to tears on flash alone for both, and so I think my comparison stands perfectly.
Have you even played it? You come across as someone who has no idea what they're talking about.
Also, if something brings you to tears (not of sadness, obviously), it doesn't matter how, that means it's a great game. No other game has brought me to tears, not the Witcher 3, not Rocket League, not Dota 2, not fucking Super Mario. IDGAF if the gameplay has simplistic gameplay, if the game is beautiful. I don't understand why you would limit your gaming pallet over trivial categorizing.
I only rigorously bash games that I've played, so yes, I have and own Journey on the PS3.
Any "game" that has to completely rely on the player being suckered by emotion is a terrible game in my eyes. Gameplay is the defining feature of this medium, and Journey has none. You can still have an artsy fartsy game, and do gameplay, and do it well no less (see for example, NiGHTS into Dreams, a game which not only is capable of instilling emotion, it provides the same depth and difficulty as an arcade game). Stuff like Journey, I find to be completely dull and lazy in comparison, because I'm not using even a minimal amount of skill, nor am I using my head in any regard. As a video game, it fails at the most basic level, and so I find it comical that anyone can put it on an industry defining pedestal. I'm not limiting myself by talking negatively of it. I'm doing it because I think it's a bad and boring video game, and that's all there is to it.
Again, why are you limiting yourself with trivial categorization? Why does a peice of art need to be defined by it's genre (video games), and how does that limit it's quality? Like, it doesn't matter if it's a video game or a movie or a book, what matters is the base appeal of it as a form of expression.
Either way, I completely disagree with you on gameplay, Journey has good gameplay, very very smooth and immersive controls. It's linear and easy of course, ubt I'm not one to judge games by their difficulty (that's another thing I don't understand). DOTA 2, Souls series, journey, it's all the same to me, I don't care if it's difficult, just that it's engaging. Journey is incredibly engaging from the get go and is only 2 hours long, which is perfect because, as you said, many people find it dull. If it's dull, better keep it short. I've replayed it about 20 times.
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