Journey to the Savage Planet

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 57 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 57
  3. Negative: 1 out of 57
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  1. Slant Magazine
    Jan 27, 2020
    40
    The game’s themes feel like facile wallpaper over mechanics that feed into the ideas being critiqued.
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  1. Eurogamer
    Jan 27, 2020
    Gentle anarchy reigns in this brilliantly humourous adventure. [Eurogamer Recommended]
  2. Kotaku
    Jan 27, 2020
    It’s unfortunate that Savage Planet suffers from some annoying bugs and I wish the story came together into something more meaningful or interesting. I still had a blast playing it. I want more games like this in 2020: Games that aren’t focused on selling a battle pass or being 200-hour epics, a game that knows it’s wacky and embraces that and lets the player have fun in the world. In 2020 I need to smile more, and Savage Planet made me feel great, even if I was covered in goo.
  3. The Jimquisition
    Feb 2, 2020
    Journey to the Savage Planet is a fun little game that looks a bit like No Man's Sky and plays a bit like Metroid Prime. It's also full of bug-eyed round birds that are kind of adorable, and has a cute sense of humor. It's a fun little game that I've been having fun with because it's fun. How fun!

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User Score
7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 88 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 50 out of 88
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 88
  3. Negative: 14 out of 88
  1. Legion245
    Jan 28, 2020
    8
    So nearly a 9/10, but it misses a few beats later on in the game as it seems to stop pushing itself to innovate. That said, for a game that isSo nearly a 9/10, but it misses a few beats later on in the game as it seems to stop pushing itself to innovate. That said, for a game that is listed at £24.99 on console, I think you get a decent amount of entertainment for your buck here. It's definitely more fun with a mate in tow, and all together not a super deep game. The world is exciting to explore throughout, with around 15 hours of core gameplay and 25 to 30 if you want to 100% it. The FMVs are a standout point and just a great way to carry the games narrative. I really enjoyed the characters in these, plus the setting, style, and humor feel inspired by vertical early 90's tv, but inserted into a game with shiny current gen graphics and mechanics. A odd, But for someone who grew up in this decade, a pleasing experience all round.… Full Review »
  2. SuperkenGaming
    Feb 9, 2020
    8
    Journey to the Savage Planet
    No Mans Clank
    Journey to the Savage Planet is a first person 3d platforming adventure game that can be played    Journey to the Savage Planet
    No Mans Clank
    Journey to the Savage Planet is a first person 3d platforming adventure game that can be played solo or co op where you play as a character whos job is to collect information about a potentially inhabitable planet, before we bring humans there to live…
    and during this first few hours of this about 8 hour journey, Journey to the Savage Planet was one of the most charming and ridiculously fun games ive played in a while…
    Journey to the Savage Planet takes inspiration from games such as ratchet and clank, no mans sky, and I’m sure borderlands with its quirky humour and characters
    So many moments I would just bust out laughing about how dumb or self aware certain moments in this game were… and this humor is what makes journey to the savage planet such an overall charming experience…
    The world starts out full of secrets, wonder, and color.. youll be scanning items and creatures trying to catch them all, pokemon style… youll find branching and hidden paths that lead to upgrades for your health and stamina, all of this got its hooks in me instantly… I wanted to scan all of the creatures, collect all of the orange goo, and upgrade my character to their full potential… this is what journey to the savage planet does right with its collectibles.. they aren’t meaningless.. they all have a pay off, you feel true incentive to explore and collect… what journey to the savage planet doesn’t do right though, is constantly locking off paths that require you to come back later with new items… the concept of journey to the savage planet is simple.. you’ve gotta fix your ship, you need to go collect items to do so… but in your way are enemies, enemies that drop materials that you an then use to upgrade your gear, however to actually unlock said gear, you must stick to the story until youre given the mission to get said gear, and along your way you are teased with things you cant interact with.. which is a fine thing ti an extent.. but this is constant from start to finish…all youll want to do is explore and become more powerful, but the game wont let you… youre rewarded for finding these really well hidden secrets with a sorry come back later, and it just becomes discouraging after a while… especially in this games final stretch.. how do I not have every ability unlocked already? I stopped caring during journey to the savage planets 3rd act…
    which bring s me to my next gripe… Journey to the Savage Planet is a brilliant 3d platformerfor the most part, you have so many consumable items at your disposal to uncover secrets and traverse through this world… but much like every other 3d platformer… the spark stays, but fizzles the deeper you go into the game… each act getting progressively not as fun, until the point where your hoppinh around broken apart floating islands.. again just like every other 3d platformer… Journey to the Savage Planets magic was in its exploration and collecting.. it was in its adventure and humour… while it was still enjoyable, it was a mistake to rely and focus on traversal and gun play for the 2nd half of this game… and not only that – but it was also a mistake to toss this pokemon like collection system out the window by just reusing and reskinning enemies, this caused exploration to quickly lose any bit of excitement, whats around the next corner? Everything you just saw except now theyre yellow instead of pink.
    But with all of my gripes, Journey to the Savage Planet challenged me in all the right ways, the gunplay was just annoying enough for me to constantly feel in danger, it encouraged exploration in all the right ways, having me search for spawn and teleportation points so I could quickly go grab my dropped items if I died… this journey to the savage planet was a pleasant surprise, and one that im glad I made.
    I give Journey to the Savage Planet
    an 8/10    … Full Review »
  3. Headcase1001
    Jan 29, 2020
    8
    Cool Game. If you like platforming and funny characters, creatures, environments. Great CooP game. Just a silly game that is a fast story. ItCool Game. If you like platforming and funny characters, creatures, environments. Great CooP game. Just a silly game that is a fast story. It took me 8 hours to complete everything. Worth the price of $30 bucks. Umm if you like a cool little indie game check it out, you will like it.

    Headcase1001    … Full Review »
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