15 Greatest Multiplayer Video Games Of The Decade (So Far)
7. Journey
Weirdly enough, you could go through the entirety of Journey without even knowing that you were playing online at all. Because while you make the game's trek across deserts, through mountains and into the depths of the Earth you're often joined by another character who looks exactly the same as you, yet you're never explicitly told who or what they are.
And it took me a while to realise that this was another real life person on the same journey as me, making the same mistakes and finding the same secrets that I was. It doesn't take long to form a sort of symbiotic relationship as you help each other through the game either, as you naturally lead the way during certain sections while dropping back and trusting your partner during moments where you have no idea where to go next.
While it's mechanically pretty familiar stuff, the atmosphere and flow of the game make this companionship so special. By the end of the experience you truly feel as though you've formed a bond with this other person, forged from limited communication options that mean you never run the risk of something like hearing music blasting through the headset like in so many other multiplayer games.