The Journey

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The Journey is a single player casual simulation game. It was developed by Mugurel-Adrian Enache and was released on November 1, 2016. It received neutral reviews from players.

The Journey is a VR experience classified as a scientific, educational and adventure game which is based on the exploration of the human body.

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Single-Player

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Audience ScoreBased on 12 reviews

atmosphere1 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

Interesting and educational concept about exploring the human body in VR.
Immersive atmosphere with engaging storytelling and learning elements.
Appreciated as an impressive effort from a small studio with creative level design.

Controls are awkward, unintuitive, and frustrating, causing disorientation and difficulty navigation.
Technical issues such as poor menu design, bugs, frequent pitch black screens, and performance problems.
Some design choices harm immersion and user experience, including awkward chair positioning, confusing UI, and intrusive quizzes.

story
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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75%
The story is initially engaging, offering an intriguing backstory about aliens studying human biology to avoid humanity’s fate. However, frequent pitch-black screens make it difficult to discern if the game is progressing or frozen, causing some frustration but not significantly hindering the overall experience.
- “It even starts as a nice story-telling experience - once you get past the main menu - and it is simply an interesting backstory you want to learn more about.”
- “You are given a vague backstory about aliens wanting to study a human's biology to avoid meeting the same fate as the human race.”
- “The game tends to go pitch black very often, and it's hard to tell if it's frozen or just taking its time to progress the story.”
- “This caused me to have to restart the story, though that wasn't really much of a setback.”
gameplay
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The gameplay features well-designed levels and an educational exploration of the human body, offering engaging mechanics to experiment with. However, some players find the mechanics frustrating, which can hinder progress. Overall, it is impressive considering it is the first game from a small studio.
- “The levels are well designed, and while you explore the human body and learn new things, you can have fun with toying with the mechanics. Most importantly, this game was not made by some big company; no, it was made by a small studio and this is their first game. From my point of view, I think this is pretty impressive what they made.”
- “I haven't yet made it too far into the game because the mechanics were too frustrating to continue playing.”
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game exhibits noticeable stability issues, with users reporting buggy and erratic behavior that impacts the overall experience.
graphics
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find the graphics underwhelming, often experiencing long periods of darkness and minimal visual engagement that make the game feel broken or unpolished.
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from poor optimization, causing performance issues such as hitching and stuttering even on mid-range hardware like a GTX 980. Additionally, unclear ship boundaries and dark environments contribute to disorienting gameplay.
- “It's hard to understand where the perimeter of your ship is, so you end up hitting the wall a lot, which causes your ship to spin around in most cases. This sometimes leaves you confused as to where you are because it's so dark. The game runs pretty poorly on my GTX 980 in certain places. I run almost every other VR app on medium/high settings (I have over 70 of them) very well without hitching or stuttering, but this one seems to do it in places I can't understand because there don't seem to be too many things it needs to render.”
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The atmosphere is engaging and immersive, effectively encouraging learning by requiring players to understand the content before progressing to the next level.