Journey: Collector’s Edition is actually a somewhat misleading title for this selection of thatgamecompany games. In fact it functions more as a boxset of the studio’s work to this point, containing as it does all three of their PS3 titles as well as a raft of extras a bonus material that make the value proposition considerable even for those already familiar with their ouvre.
The company’s first game, flOw, was based on co-founder Jenova Chen’s MSE thesis. Taking the role of a series of more complex aquatic organisms the game sees you delve deeper and deeper in a microscopic world consuming, growing and evolving over time. With no real goal or fail state the game functions more as a sandbox experience, and whilst basic, looking back it clearly sets the tone and feel of the subsequent games the studio would release...
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