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this is joey davidson senior editor at technobuffalo calm and i'm here with a playthrough of journey so journey is a unique game it's from that game company to the same folks that broad PlayStation Network flower and flow their games in general are unique the kind of challenge what's consistently thought as gaming experience so this title check centered around two to three hours i played through it once and that's what's going to allow me to do what i do halfway through this playthrough here and you'll see what I'm talking about when i get there but i'm i'm gonna do this playthrough a little bit differently i'm not going to narrate the entire time or talk to you guys about the game because the game kind of it speaks for itself I actually really want to bike in this game a lot probably a lot more than I even thought it was essentially and as you're seeing unfold on screen here you're dropped in a desert and you're presented with a destination that's a mountain in the distance that's it you're just told to go the game gives subtle cues obviously as to where you should be going and how you should proceeding and it kind of teaches you as you go along but it doesn't beat you over the head with instruction I mean what you just saw there the controller on screen that's pretty much the most instruction you're going to get it does have cutscenes but there's no dialogue you're not beat over the head with narrative but there is a story here and I really won't get into the story at all of this game because it's probably aside from the aesthetics and the way it's played the story is probably one of the best parts of the title and that's something I certainly did not expect so as I descend from this mountain you're gonna see or this dune you're going to see the title of the game obviously and then you're going to see me kind of explore the desert and head to this big open circle area so within that circle area typically that's where you just proceed to your next step in the journey but since I completed the game that's the chapter selection hub so you're gonna see me kind of stand there and go off to the left and go into a room I'm actually picking my favorite space in this game I just wanted to show you guys what it's like and when you actually get to that level that that area that I'm going to take us to something special is going to happen but I'll tell you about that when we get there for now just enjoy a little bit of the aesthetics of journey also keep in mind that we did an interview with Austin Wintory the game's composer so the music you're hearing in the background we actually have an article on TechnoBuffalo calm it was an exclusive interview we did several months back and I'll get the guys when they post this to youtube to pop that link in the video description so it should be below right now if it's not I don't know what I'm gonna do so stay tuned to watch the play through journey and I'll be back once we get halfway through okay so here we go this is the level selection that I was talking about at the beginning of the play through so and again this is probably one of my favorite parts of the entire game it's absolutely gorgeous and towards the end especially which I probably won't be talking over that portion but you'll know what i mean when you see it but this is the special thing that i was talking about it we're about to get to it but in journey the multiplayer is handled probably unlike any other game I've ever played there is a multiplayer component you can play with two players at once but you'll never know the other person's username and you won't be able to speak with them to a microphone sounds weird I guess and if you're used to communicating in those traditional ways obviously as we all are it might seem almost like a turn off at first but it's totally not the way that the game is played it actually works we don't see the other player yet I'm when I go through a big jump you'll see them not this week a different name job but the way that we communicate once we realize that that we're together in a space is really unique will wind up seeing each other and then using that pulse you get that pulse by hitting the circle button when we see each other we'll start to work together and kind of move together in the same space and it's a really unique I've never actually had anything quite like it and this is actually the first time that I ever bumped into someone was when I was reporting this playthrough not very many people at the game right now I guess PlayStation Plus subscribers those with the review copy when I was reviewing it I didn't really see anyone at all it's pretty disappointing but you see him down there you see the the shimmering scarf and it seems start to pulse see those pulses that's him once he sees me and once we realize and I assume it's a he maybe it says she I don't know once we realized who's who will start to play together so you'll see how it works I'm going to leave it at that I'm also going to leave this playthrough there i'm just going to kind of like i said let the game speak for itself it should wrap up after we drop into a dark room so don't be called off card by the end when it comes this is journey for the PlayStation 3 it's available right now if you're a PlayStation Plus subscribers I believe it goes on sale next week for normal PSN users it should be 15 bucks again two three hours that may sound weird but it's not i've been able to play through this thing multiple times after even after recording this gameplay footage i managed to play through it again with the guy that you see me rolling with right now it's enjoyable and it's well worth the money so check out journey if you guys have a chance and i hope you enjoyed this playthrough we intend to bring you more and more as more interesting games come out and games that we think are worth your time alright guys take care you you