The Long Journey Home (video game)

The Long Journey Home
Developer(s) Daedalic Entertainment
Publisher(s) Daedalic Entertainment
Writer(s) Richard Cobbett[1]
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
  • WW: May 30, 2017
Genre(s) adventure
Mode(s) Single-player
CPU 3 GHz Dual Core CPU
Sound DirectX 11
Display DirectX 11

The Long Journey Home is a space exploration video game by Daedalic Entertainment.

Plot

A crew of four human characters are lost in space, far away from Earth. On their journey back home, they meet aliens, offering them quests.[1]

Features

The content uses procedural generation to offer a diversified and open ended experience.[2] Ship moves are realistic, as the player has to use gravitational slingshot to navigate.[1] There is a steep learning curve to be proficient to travel.[1][3]

Aliens encountered have their own culture, so the player has to make decisions, risking a cultural misunderstanding.[3]

Reception

The reception to The Long Journey Home has been mixed. Its aggregate Metacritic score is 68%, with a User Score of 7.0.[4] Polygon, rating it 55%, explained that the game was "extraordinarily difficult to navigate" and "infuriating," concluding that it had failed to live up to the promise of a "truly narrative-driven roguelike."[5] IGN, which gave the game a 6.4, complained of "the weight of frustrating and tedious minigames" that were "often unfair."[6] Kotaku dismissed the game as built upon "a poorly-implemented version" of Lunar Lander, "an infuriating experience" and "a poorly thought-out homage."[7] In one of the game's most positive reviews, CGMagazine awarded it an 8.0, noting that while it might seem a "subpar pretender," it nevertheless was "an interesting exploration game that succeeds in a lot of ways, but never really seems to shine."[8]

History

The studio, Daedalic, was better known for point and click adventure games, with a strong narrative.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Smith, Adam (11 May 2017). "The Long Journey Home is a wonderful space odyssey". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 Campbell, Colin (15 May 2017). "The Long Journey Home offers a rich vision of space exploration". Polygon. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  3. 1 2 Ricchiuto, Madeline (13 May 2017). "Daedalic's The Long Journey Home Will Release On May 30th". Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "The Long Journey Home on Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  5. ↑ Caldwell-Gervais, Noah. "The Long Journey Home review". Polygon.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Leif. "The Long Journey Home Review". IGN.
  7. ↑ Gardner, Elliot. "Why I Can't Stand the Long Journey Home..." Kotaku.
  8. ↑ Lane, Martin. "The Long Journey Home Review - A Different Experience". CGMagazine.
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