History VideoGame / Journey2012

* BeautifulVoid: And how.

''Journey'' is a video game for the PlayStation3 created by [[http://thatgamecompany.com/ thatgamecompany]], best known as the creators of ''[=flOw=]'' and ''{{Flower}}''. You play as a robed figure who is crossing the desert to reach a mountain in the distance. As the game progresses, you will pass through several unique environments and ruins, uncovering more of the game's story as you go. It's something of an AdventureGame with light PlatformGame elements.

* ShoutOut: There are hidden references to ''[=flOw=]'' and ''{{Flower}}'' at certain locations in the game.

* [[spoiler:MomentOfSilence: At the end of the penultimate chapter, it slowly turns very silent.]]

* MrExposition: When you activate the shrine at the end of each level, a white-robed figure will show you a visual representation of part of the game's story.

* SceneryPorn: Massive desert with realistic cloth and sand effects? Yes please. Not to mention some of the views that you're able to see throughout the game.

* SilenceIsGolden: No spoken dialogue occurs in ''Journey''.

* AnimateInanimateObject: Banners and cloth you'll come across largely resembles a marine life with fish, jellyfish, kelp and so on like air was an ocean.
* [[spoiler:AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence]]: [[spoiler:Your character in the ending, and apparently what happened to the robed beings who survived the civil war.]]

Your character has only two real abilities: singing, which radiates out a sound wave whose size is proportional to how long you hold down the button - this is used to activate various objects; and jumping, which allows you to go sailing through the air - this ability uses energy, which can be replenished by touching the floating bits of cloth you encounter throughout the game; the amount of energy, indicated by the length of your character's scarf, can be increased by collecting glowing symbols.

Is, as of March 2012, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome the fastest selling PSN-game]] [[http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/03/29/journey-is-psns-fastest-selling-game-soundtrack-coming-soon/ of all time]].

Note that the game's story is ''very much'' meant to be experienced firsthand rather than read about, so check out the tropes below at your own risk.

** Also, some clever gamers have devised another method of communication besides singing. It involves tracing in the bit of sand just before [[spoiler: the end of the journey]]. The most common symbol? [[spoiler: A heart.]] [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming D'awwww.]]

!!Tropes found in ''Journey''

** VideoGameCrueltyPotential: ...or you can just desert them in a ditch somewhere. Your choice.

** Also, some gamers have devised another method of communication besides singing. It involves tracing in the bit of sand just before [[spoiler: the end of the journey]]. The most common symbol? [[spoiler: A heart.]] [[CrowingMomentOfHeartWarming D'awwww.]]

* [[spoiler:TerminallyDependentSociety]]:[[spoiler:The scarcity of red banners started the civilization-ending war.]]

* HereWeGoAgain

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: [[spoiler:Part of chapter 5 consists of a StealthBasedMission in which you have to sneak through a tunnel being patrolled by war machines. You'll repeat this exercise in chapter 7, this time hiding in the husks of dead war machines as live ones pass overhead. If one sees you, it'll grab and toss you a long ways and tear off part of your scarf, reducing your energy meter.]]

* Minimalism

* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:Those crates that contain the little scarves? Those are segments of the war machines.]]
** [[spoiler:In the second-to-last level, the glowing symbols are implied to be the souls of sacrificed robed beings.]]
** [[spoiler:All of the markers are implied to be the tombstones. You walk past dozens in the first section.]]

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: [[spoiler:Part of chapter 5 consists of a StealthBasedMission in which you have to sneak through a tunnel being patrolled by war machines. You'll repeat this exercise in chapter 7, this time hiding in shelters as they pass overhead. If one sees you, it'll grab and toss you a long ways and tear off part of your scarf, reducing your energy meter.]]

* [[spoiler:DarkestHour: At the end of the penultimate chapter, the main character is left without a scarf the mountain is more distant than it was at the start of the chapter and slowly fades away as the whiteout intensifies.]]

* TurnsRed: [[spoiler: When a war machine spots you, the searchlight will change from white to red.]]