Journey vs Please, Touch the Artwork
Journey
Journey is literally a quintessential "artsy" adventure game. Why so? Well, the game puts you in the shoes of a mysterious robed figure who you will control throughout your adventure across beautiful, quiet and mostly desert landscapes. Each landscape provides players with a puzzle to solve that will allow them to move on to the next scene, though players can simply roam around the place and drink in the gorgeous visuals.There isn't a lot of buttons in the game and that's fine enough since you really don't need much to solve the puzzles, but personally, I'm incredibly intrigued by the Sing function. Although it is used to solve certain puzzles, most of the time you'll probably be using it idly while your character is travelling. Depending on how long you press the button and how fast you do so, you can actually create amazing little tunes that you'd love to have it recorded down and turned into perhaps a ringtone or something.
That said, Journey is a game that's so much more than composing music and solving puzzles. It is a journey (like its namesake) to help the robed figure discover who he/she is and to help you figure out what's happened in the game world, resulting in the sprawling desert that spans most of the game.
Please, Touch the Artwork
Please, Touch the Artwork is a unique puzzle game that challenges you to do the unthinkable… to touch the artwork! Join Thomas Waterzooi – who’s that? – as he introduces us to the many different kinds of “playable” art. From connecting pixels with squares in a love story to drawing lines and filling in the colors in a light-hearted and slightly whimsical story about creation, you’ll, sometimes, have to wring your brains dry trying to figure out how to solve a puzzle. Don’t worry though! If you’re looking for a more relaxing and casual experience, the game has hints.All in all, Please, Touch the Artwork is a remarkable puzzle game that not only lets us do the (previously) unthinkable; it also let us all become abstract artists… in a way. You’ll get to solve a variety of colorful puzzles and enjoy the story, be it the humorous sort or the dramatic, with the help of a range of helpful tools like undo, reset, and hint if needed. So, what are you waiting for? Break all norms and let out the little rebel in our hearts in this one-of-a-kind puzzle game!