8 Games That Radically Changed How You See The World

2. Journey

Journey Game
Thatgamecompany

Life can be so hectic and stressful at times that it becomes tough to step back, take a huge breath, and just appreciate the adventure in its entirety.

Journey is a wordless two-hour experience in which players traverse a beautiful landscape while heading towards a mysterious mountain in the distance. 

Throughout the adventure, players may come across others also playing through the game, but with no ability to communicate and no need to co-operate in order to make progress, there's a poignant ephemeral quality to these interactions.

In its entirety Journey feels like a simple but brilliantly effective metaphor for life, which is also a short thing filled with beauty and fleeting interactions with other human beings doing the very same thing as you.

Journey is a serene reminder to drink in the gorgeous moments, be open to others, and enjoy yourself, because it's probably later than you think.

 
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