Journey vs Monument Valley
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.
Monument Valley
Monument Valley is a fun 3D puzzle game that has risen to fame due to its unique and bizarre geometry. In this game, you will need to guide the princess Ida through various mysterious locations, each with a specific monument in place, solving the tricky and optical illusion-infused puzzles that the Crow People throws at you along the way. The game is not as linear you might think though - there are plenty of secret paths that you can uncover as well.For a mobile game, Monument Valley has the quality, elegance and depth of a PC game. It has that minimalistic charm that many adore as well. So, if you happen to enjoy 3D puzzle games, you might want to buy and download this game on your mobile devices.