The Journey Back Reviews

I was actually enjoying the game until I got to the creature statues. I got all the gems into the eyes and a big pedestal is supposed to come out of the ground so you can punch in some numbers that you get. I only know this because I watched a walkthrough because I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. I wasn't doing anything wrong. The pedestal never came up. I even replayed the level, still nothing. Waste of time. Maybe I should just download it on my phone and it'll probably work there since you can get it on Playstore. Blah. Good thing it was only 99 cents.

Sorry, this game is just not good. The puzzles are way too easy, mostly "fetch item and insert someplace" or "use obvious clue on panel around the next corner". Not very entertaining.

The Journey Back Positives: + Nice little story + Good puzzles + Some parts are nicely designed + Quite fun to play + Ok variation + Relaxing + The animals + Nice music + Good walking speed Negatives: - Very short - Low FOV - Some head-bob - The way you use your inventory should have been solved easier and better - The graphics are a mixed bag - Size ratio is a bit of sometimes - Bugs Total Score: 7/10

Meh walking sim (I facetiously qualify this as a walking sim as the puzzles are too easy). The story doesn't pull me in and the physics can sometimes be uncanny. If you have time to spare and don't necessary want to play a quality game to pass the time, you might like this. Not me though.

An interesting little game, that I feel is more of an exploration game than a puzzle game. The art was unique and interesting, and it was a pretty neat world to move around in. None of the puzzles were particularly challenging, I would have liked to see more from them as a matter of fact - there were some neat ideas I would've like to see explored more. But for a couple bucks it's a cool experience. I think the game could have benefited from some tightening up of the controls, and a sensitivity slider.

Can't recommend... because it is too buggy to finish... For example... only on red Gem to be had... so the dragon can't be unlocked. (apparently, one of the chests gliched and lost a jem). Also, one of the levers gliched out of position, and stays that way... even when restarting.

I feel like I have never wanted a neutral option more! I found the puzzles pretty easy but had to look online for hints in a couple of spots. I liked it ok for a point and click simple walkthrough. Interesting back story. One thing I want to give a warning about, it you easily get motion sick the movement in this game might be an issue. I had to take sea sick pills to get through it but maybe I am more sensative than most!

This is my first ever review so bare with me if it's a little bit rubbish. I bought this game because I had £2 left in my bank account (living the poor student life as you can see) and I had the option of either buying this game, or spending it on a pack of sausage rolls before work. And as much as I love sausage rolls, I feel like this was the better investment. Although not a ground-breaking game, I did quite enjoy playing through it. It takes about an hour to finish, maybe less but I'm actually really terrible at puzzles so I got stuck on a couple of occasions. The story was okay I guess, but it's pretty obvious what the big conclusion is gonna be within about ten minutes of playing. The graphics confused me to begin with, the stylisation just looked to me as a bit lazy but I soon grew to actually find the environment charming in its own way. Although, I put a strong emphasis on 'environment', as the only character model within the whole game isn't exactly up to the same standard...you'll see what I mean. I would just like to say that my biggest issue with this game, apart from a few bugs here and there, was the sound. Some of the sound effects for doors opening etc. were so over the top and quite often didn't even really sound like what they were supposed to. And there is a weird breathing that's hardly noticeable all throughout the audio which I'm not sure whether it's accidental or intentional but once I noticed it it really put me off. My main judging criteria is whether I had fun playing this game, and I can whole-heartedly say yes. At less than £2, it's worth the price, and I feel like a lot of love went into making it despite its imperfections which make it a rather charming and enjoyable game to play. Leave the sausage rolls for now, buy this instead.

The Journey Back is such a vibrant and good looking game, with a nice soundtrack and some decent puzzles that'll make you question why society puts the door key right under the doormat. Although it's not rediculously long this game provides you with more than $2 of good times and is well worth the price tag. I enjoy the 10+ birds in the game that make the atmosphere that much more enjoyable and the spinning windmill is pretty sweet. This game has a few problems, not so much glitches as much as bugs and general game design faults, let me list the few I found in my time playing: -Stairs act like a slippery slope, if you're not walking up you'll randomly slip down? -At the top of the windmill if you head inside through the door you kinda spaz out a little but it's not too bad. -They've labeled a block purple on a billboard when it's pink, now this is the part where I got stuck so I'm not sure if this was some sort of fault or if I'm just retarded at puzzles. All in all this game is about a 5-6 out of 10, if it were to give you more to the story and gave you a few things to read (that gave you a clue as to why you'd crashed and such) it would be swell, I mean the character could be 10 and could have illegally driven a car, but I guess we won't know? If you'd like to have a quick look at this game before you purchase it, or if you get stuck at an early area or whatever the reason you feel like having a look at the game I've made a quick 7minute video that just shows off the game a little, feel free to take a look into that and enjoy your lives bbz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_bQ-t-A2sw

This game takes about an hour to finish. It's a bit buggy at certain parts (I was able to skip an entire puzzle by simply being able to jump over a fence), but all in all it was a fun hour. The puzzles are not difficult. At all. The interface was also really wonky and that coupled with the inconsistent graphics constantly remind you that you aren't playing a AAA release. That said, I really did enjoy the surreal environments and I thought the plot was great. Is it worth $2? I'd say the game is priced fairly or is at least in the ballpark. Pick it up!