- Shooter, Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Away: Journey to the Unexpected is a colorful first person adventure game that combines action, negotiation and rogue-lite elements Progress through the levels and the story, choose your path, but above all, recruit allies. All the strange characters you meet in game can be played in first person, and it’s up to you to find the right answers to get them to join your team! Idiotic workmen, mysteries from outer space, oddball friends, and fast combat await!
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Contemporary, unpretentious, warm and cool.
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- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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NintendoWorldReportNeal RonaghanFeb 20197.5/10Away: Journey to the Unexpected is a thoroughly abnormal game that triumphs when its oddities all click. When you're rolling out there switching between your little boy, robot bounty hunter, and drunk wizard and blazing through battles against colorful foes, it's excellent, but when the repetitive areas and roguelite malaise starts to creep in, it falters. If all works out, by the time you hit that point, you'll be rolling the credits.
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TrueAchievementsMark DelaneyFeb 20193.5/5 starsAway: Journey to the Unexpected tries to do a lot at once, which is a tall task for a game mostly built by just a pair of people. Ultimately, its strange direction lends to the charm of it all, but it's also clear the game is lacking in a few key areas — namely, shoddy combat and inconsistent level randomization. Still, it was billed as a "feel-good" indie and I'd have to agree. Despite its faults, I'm happy to have played this weird game.
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PlayStation UniverseAlan StrawbridgeFeb 20197/10Magic mushroom design, endearingly wacky NPCs and visually plush environments are mixed with simple and fun gameplay countered with patience testing level repetition adding up to a fairly unique short and sweet FPS.
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Sick CriticSamuel TaylorFeb 20191/10A direction-less, offensive and pitiful mutation of genres that doesn't leave a strong mark in any ripped from other sources.
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Nintendo TimesJay KittelsonFeb 20193/10AWFUL - Look elsewhere for a rogue-like adventure game. With sloppy controls, terrible combat, and irritating noises that will drive you insane, Away: Journey to the Unexpected will begin your journey to the loony bin.
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About the game
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Aurelien Regard Games
- Publisher
- Playdius, Dear Villagers, Plug In Digital
- Released
- February 5, 2019
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person
- Engine
- Unity
IGDB rating 5.3/10 from 4 ratings.
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