Deemo vs Journey
Deemo
Deemo is a unique music rhythm game that doesn't only feature a gameplay which rewards carefully-timed taps; it also features a rich and heartwarming story about a mystical character, the Deemo, who has unwittingly found joy in having a companion, a little, amnesiac girl who fell from the sky, and yet realized that it will eventually have to let her go back to her own world. Despite being a creature of sorts, its struggles are oddly human and hence, it makes the game so much more relatable to so many.Aside from having brilliantly hand-drawn art to illustrate the storytelling, the game also has amazing gameplay that's simple enough to learn and intuitive enough to grasp quickly. The game contains over 220 songs of varying genres from all over the world too. In fact, from the story mode alone, you can enjoy more than 60 of its best songs for free.
Deemo is one of Rayark Games' most iconic, if not, best creations. The company manages to blend the fun of an action rhythm game with epic storytelling, resulting in a game that's unlike any other. If you appreciate a good story and enjoys rhythm games, you'll want to try Deemo.
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.