@Austruck
I think I have another way to determine if the end game of this is worth your effort in frustration from the earlier desert levels. Have you seen The Fountain? Did you like it at all? That is one of my most favorite and emotional movies. I recognize some issues in it, but between the myth of it all, the climactic score, and the visuals (especially near the end), I am in pure awe when I watch that movie's final act. I experience a similar emotion when playing the final level of Journey! The score, the visuals, the (projected) emotion that I have for this character and more so if there is a companion; it all just comes together and I feel very much the same as I do when finishing The Fountain.
Maybe that's a better point of reference? maybe?
I think I have another way to determine if the end game of this is worth your effort in frustration from the earlier desert levels. Have you seen The Fountain? Did you like it at all? That is one of my most favorite and emotional movies. I recognize some issues in it, but between the myth of it all, the climactic score, and the visuals (especially near the end), I am in pure awe when I watch that movie's final act. I experience a similar emotion when playing the final level of Journey! The score, the visuals, the (projected) emotion that I have for this character and more so if there is a companion; it all just comes together and I feel very much the same as I do when finishing The Fountain.
Maybe that's a better point of reference? maybe?
Even zennier than Journey. I admit I did a lot of eye-rolling. Honestly, I'm not an insensitive cad. I just dislike generic "spirituality" that borrows from anywhere it wants to in an effort to seem deep. Sure, it was pretty, but... the main storyline itself was obvious and the spirituality was not the kind of thing I care for.
So... is Journey ALL desert then?