History VideoGame / Journey2012

It 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]]. In 2015, the game was released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. A PC port is [[https://www.pcgamesn.com/epic-store-journey-pc to be released in 2019]] exclusively on the Creator/EpicGames Store.

* ScrewDestiny: If you haven't found a partner or lost them before the end of the 5th level [[spoiler: the cutscene will show you braving the blizzard alone (again)]], but you can still find a new partner in the next level (and achieve your own CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming).

It 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]]. In 2015, the game was released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4.

* TheWanderingYou: [[spoiler:Played with. Mostly due to the fact that your character(s) always know where to travel during each journey, or ''end up there''.]] The characters you play as are sometimes referred to as journeymen, wanderers, or travelers since they don't have a name and the game is spent wandering from the desert to the mountain.

* BilingualBonus: The OneWomanWail credits song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hvX3lXViXI I Was Born For This]], consists of lyrics not only from many different languages but derived from several classic sources:

'''To each his day is given''' (Latin, Literature/TheAeneid)

'''Time is it for me to go''' (Old English, {{Literature/Beowulf}})

'''Lost is my homecoming''' (Greek, Literature/TheIliad)

'''Along this road, this Autumn eve''' (Japanese, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuo_Basho Matsuo Basho]] haiku.)

* SilenceIsGolden: No spoken dialogue ever occurs. It just isn't needed. The only words in the entire game are written the options menu, the title screen, and the ending credits while the only spoken words are part of the ending song "I was born for this", which is in multiple languages and hard to decipher or understand without knowing the lyrics and sources.

'''I was born for this''' (French, JoanOfArc)

'''I was born for this''' (French, JoanOfArc)

Compare and contrast ''VideoGame/LostWinds'', which is practically its UsefulNotes/WiiWare and [[{{IOS}} iOS]] equivalent, ''VideoGame/StarSky'' for UsefulNotes/WiiU and also on [[{{IOS}} iOS]], and ''VideoGame/{{Abzu}}'', which was developed by some of the same people who created ''Journey''.

Compare and contrast ''VideoGame/LostWinds'', which is practically its UsefulNotes/WiiWare and [[{{IOS}} iOS]] equivalent, or ''VideoGame/StarSky'' for UsefulNotes/WiiU and also on [[{{IOS}} iOS]].

Compare and contrast ''VideoGame/LostWinds'', which is practically its WiiWare and [[{{IOS}} iOS]] equivalent, or ''VideoGame/StarSky'' for WiiU and also on [[{{IOS}} iOS]].

* PreOrderBonus: The game was made available for purchase one week before its official release date. Buying it within this time frame gets you a free dynamic [=PS3=] theme; in addition, [=PlayStation=] Plus subscribers can access the game a week early.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Over and over and over again.]]

* DropInDropOutMultiplayer: Sometimes you might not even realize that someone else is around until you see your screen glow because of their singing and it can be easy to leave another player's game by accident.

''Journey'' is a video game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 created by Creator/ThatGameCompany, best known as the creators of ''[=flOw=]'' and ''VideoGame/{{Flower}}''. You play as a nameless 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.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The minimalist adventure style seems similar to ''VideoGame/{{Ico}}'' and ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus''.

'''To each his day is given''' (Latin, TheAeneid)

'''Lost is my homecoming''' (Greek, TheIliad)

* PreOrderBonus: The game was made available for purchase one week before its official release date. Buying it within this time frame gets you a free dynamic PS3 theme; in addition, [=PlayStation=] Plus subscribers can access the game a week early.

* PreOrderBonus: The game was made available for purchase one week before its official release date. Buying it within this time frame gets you a free dynamic PS3 theme; in addition, UsefulNotes/PlayStationPlus subscribers can access the game a week early.

''Journey'' is a video game for the PlayStation3 created by Creator/ThatGameCompany, best known as the creators of ''[=flOw=]'' and ''VideoGame/{{Flower}}''. You play as a nameless 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.

It 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]]. In 2015, the game was released for the UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 4}}.

* PreOrderBonus: The game was made available for purchase one week before its official release date. Buying it within this time frame gets you a free dynamic PS3 theme; in addition, PlayStation Plus subscribers can access the game a week early.

'''Along this road, this Autumn eve''' (Japanese, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuo_Bash%C5%8D Matsuo Basho]] haiku.)

* AscendedGlitch[=/=]ThrowItIn: During a phase in which thatgamecompany had trouble getting the ending levels to properly resonate with playtesters, one test ended prematurely when a glitch caused the game to seem like it was over [[spoiler: right after you die in the snowstorm]]. The playtester found this false ending so profoundly moving it brought him to tears; this inspired tgc to put in significant extra effort (see DoingItForTheArt) to turn the actual ending into something equally moving.

* BilingualBonus[=/=]GeniusBonus: The OneWomanWail credits song, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hvX3lXViXI I Was Born For This]], consists of lyrics not only from many different languages but derived from several classic sources:

* DramaticThunder[=/=]AStormIsComing: This can be heard near the end of the penultimate chapter.

* DesertPunk: More magic than Sci-fi but the ruins you come across make the setting feel like this sometimes, especially after [[spoiler: finding working War Machines and learning that the deserted lands you have been traveling across are of the AfterTheEnd varity.]]

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything:

* ThePhoenix: [[spoiler: A possible interpretation of the characters. Considering the cycle of re-birth they undergo everytime you beat the game, not to mention their clothes are red or white with yellow designs. This may be enforced by the fact that red is the "coldest" color of natural fire while white is the "hottest", which fits with how White Robes have more energy than red robes.]]

* NightmareFuel: Generally, the two levels where [[spoiler:Guardians]] are present. [[spoiler:But the penultimate sequence of the game (when the track "Nadir" plays) is just unnerving out of the sheer intensity of trying to keep moving even when the elements are against you.]]

-->Kono michi ya, Yuku hito nashini[[note]]she mispronounces nashini as 'nishini'[[/note]]\\

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: If you play through the game without a companion and then one joins you later, the mural that you see at the end of chapter six will only show one red-cloaked person until it pans to the level where your friend joined, when two will show from there until the endgame. The reverse is also true - if you lose your partner in the Temple (for instance, they go back down for bonuses and you don't), the mural will show you partnered for the sections where you were together... and facing the winds alone at the end.

* MomentOfSilence: At the end of the penultimate chapter, it slowly turns very silent as your own life fades away.]]

* MoodMotif: Certain musical instruments heard in the game are associated with various events. For an example, bass flute is for the white figure seen at the end of most chapters. Certain instruments play only when being with a companion.

* ShoutOut: There are hidden references to the other games developed by Creator/ThatGameCompany.

Compare and contrast ''LostWinds'', which is practically its WiiWare and [[{{IOS}} iOS]] equivalent.