Areia: Pathway to Dawn

Meh. I'm not going to recommend it. Journey is one of my favorite games, and this is an obvious inspiration from it, but it just falls short. The gameplay is linear platforming with a few spatial puzzles. Then....it just ends. That's the entire game. :-\

A shorter, uglier, and alot less fun to play Journey that has the audacity to end with a "To be continued".

As a Journey player, I find this game a pleasure to play. While it is not in the same league as Journey, it is becoming a fun alternative.

If you're thinking this game will scratch an itch left by [i]Journey[/i], then think again. It plays like it was made by someone who had [i]Journey[/i] described to them but never played it themselves. Everything feels off with this game. The character animations are only vaguely related to what you're doing, the controls are floaty and inaccurate, and it's never entirely clear where you're supposed to be going or what you're supposed to be doing. A poor [i]Journey[/i] wannabe made by people who didn't understand that game and its exquisite mechanics in the first place. Avoid.

Interesting short game, with some unknown replayability. There are supposedly secrets that appear after you beat the game once. Also, no clue how to get the majority of achievements.

Engagement is so low that I was able to watch foreign movies, with subtitles, and still know what I was doing here. It's short and the ending is abrupt. The puzzle element is simple and becomes a battle of figuring out how far you can travel. There just isn't much here. There's potential but that's about it.