Renault on 14/2/2019 at 22:05
50 bux? Where you shoppin man...
Renzatic on 14/2/2019 at 22:09
Should've said I'd be willing to pay that much. Chances are well and good it'll come out for around $20.
icemann on 15/2/2019 at 03:45
If its as much of a time sink as the first game then your in for a good solid amount of gaming.
Pyrian on 17/2/2019 at 20:24
Flower and Journey are walking simulators? I guess we can slot the term alongside "immersive sim" in the list of genres that no longer actually mean anything.
henke on 18/2/2019 at 08:17
What would you classify Journey as, if not a walking simulator? To me it fits squarely in the genre, as it's about experiencing a thing, rather than any kind of challenging gameplay.
Haven't played Flower, so I can't speak for that.
Judith on 18/2/2019 at 08:28
An impression game. Or even an adventure game, although obviously not the "point and click" one. QWOP is walking simulator, although a rather paraplegic one. "Walking simulator" is a moronic term that should be long forgotten by now. Ironically, it was a joke term made by a game dev, but unfortunately it ended up similarly to "PC Master Race" one.
henke on 18/2/2019 at 09:15
Hey I agree it's a dumb term, but it's so widely used now that I think we might be stuck with it. When you say "walking sim", most gamers know what kinda game you're talking about. When you say "impression game" no one knows wtf you're talking about.
Thirith on 18/2/2019 at 09:33
My first reaction was the same as Pyrian's, but with respect to Journey I can kinda see how it could be described as a walking simulator. Nonetheless, the game feels very different from Gone Home and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, which I'd describe as the digital equivalent of site-specific theatre, and for me those are the archetypical walking sims. There are more overlaps with something like Proteus, but all in all I'd consider Journey its own thing, not least because of the multiplayer element, but also because unlike many so-called walking simulators Journey foregrounds its objective of getting from A to B. You're not just in the world to be in the world, you're there to reach a clear goal, which is more incidental in Gone Home etc.
IMO the term, whether it's used mockingly or ironically, doesn't fit Flower at all.
Judith on 18/2/2019 at 10:15
That's why I prefer "adventure game", as it's a very broad term. And I can add more precise descriptions to it, like Edith Finch can be a first person adventure game.