Journey to the Savage Planet

 PlayStation 4
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7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 88 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 24 out of 88
  3. Negative: 14 out of 88
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  1. MGTSLT
    Jan 28, 2020
    10
    Excellent and entertaining game very similar to Metroid Prime. Awesome final boss!
  2. 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 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 hoursSo 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.… Expand
  3. 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 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    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    … Expand
  4. 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. 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
  5. Keririririrurir
    Jan 28, 2020
    10
    This game is sooooo fun That’s all I’m going to say get it you have to
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  6. sityoazzdown
    May 24, 2020
    8
    A good exploration game with decent platforming and metroidvania elements. They even threw in some afterthought combat, but truly nothing in this game overstays it's welcome, and almost everything except for the main missions are voluntary. In this game, you will walk around and explore a new planet, finding resources to upgraded basic gameplay/ or neccesary gameplay to advance the story.A good exploration game with decent platforming and metroidvania elements. They even threw in some afterthought combat, but truly nothing in this game overstays it's welcome, and almost everything except for the main missions are voluntary. In this game, you will walk around and explore a new planet, finding resources to upgraded basic gameplay/ or neccesary gameplay to advance the story. Some areas are locked off until you require the right upgrades. The platforming is nothing revolutionary, but it works. Finding gameplay upgrades through a combination of platforming with right materials/ combat is strangely addicting. The combat is elementary and basic, but it works and it isn't stuffed down your throat. Fun boss battles though, reminiscent of old school games.

    Pros:
    + Good platforming and metroidvania elements
    + exploration

    So-So:
    * No mini map
    * aesthetic might be too elementary to some?

    Cons:
    - elementary combat with only one weapon
    - overrated comedy aspect

    To end, great game with nothing shoved down your throat, and at the correct price.
    I also would be lying if I said I didn't want more mature theme combat, with more weapons, but it is what it is. If you didn't tell me this was a new IP, one guess I would've made was this must be a remaster of a ps2 game. But alas, buy if you want an exploration game with platforming and light metroidvania elements. I'll say it's about an 8-12 hour game for the average gamer, but it's short and the perfect length.    … Expand
  7. eisberg77
    Apr 27, 2020
    9
    Lots to explore, lots of humor, the graphics are very nice looking. There is a lot of platforming while exploring, but it is really fun platforming with various ways to help with it.
  8. Lightjolly
    Jul 2, 2020
    9
    Journey to the savage planet is basically the goofy cousin of Metroid Prime. It's a metroidvania through and through, so it comes with the pros and cons of that genre.

    Pros: Exploration is fun and rewarding Lovely art style Nice soundtrack Overall great voice acting except for EKO, see in con's Polished game, little to no bugs Combat is fast and fluid Cons: Lot's of    Journey to the savage planet is basically the goofy cousin of Metroid Prime. It's a metroidvania through and through, so it comes with the pros and cons of that genre.

    Pros:
    Exploration is fun and rewarding
    Lovely art style
    Nice soundtrack
    Overall great voice acting except for EKO, see in con's
    Polished game, little to no bugs
    Combat is fast and fluid

    Cons:
    Lot's of Backtracking
    Controller controls don't feel tight
    Eko, your ai companion's voice acting is pretty grating, but this can be turned in the options menu    … Expand
  9. Rikkit
    Mar 1, 2020
    10
    Cool game. Rare gem. If you like platforming - than this game is must have!
  10. Lagopus
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    Journey to the savage planet tries to be so many things and does amazingly well. I loved the Open world, although it can be confusing. In my playthrough this didn't matter, because it only took me 4 days to complete it. During these days I could develope a pretty good map in my head, so the only time I was lost was when I first entered each area. The missing map and the safety of theJourney to the savage planet tries to be so many things and does amazingly well. I loved the Open world, although it can be confusing. In my playthrough this didn't matter, because it only took me 4 days to complete it. During these days I could develope a pretty good map in my head, so the only time I was lost was when I first entered each area. The missing map and the safety of the spaceship due to being pretty much the only pause function and safepoint in the game really immersed me into the role of a space explorer.
    The satiric part of the game is sometimes a subtle comment of your KI companion EKO, and sometimes a super funny video or email. The videos especially are bad in a good way. The best thing is the computer's loading screen though.
    Unlocking new upgrades was always a joy and they were always integrated in a way, that didn't stop you from exploring too much. The only exception were the two last ones.
    And the platforming - it felt awesome to jump around with the cool air control upgrades in the late game. With the world consisting of vertical or flying surroundings, this makes backtracking a lot faster and easier.
    Oh right. Backtracking. As a completionist I enjoy getting things and having them all. I do NOT enjoy searching things. Thankfully this game didn't make me do that, since it had helpful tools. Although having 100 orange goo, 32 upgrade materials, 18 lore objects, 10 fuel tanks and 196 scans to collect, it was never endless searching, nor was it running from one waypoint to the other.
    All in all it took me nearly 20 hours for only 30€. Stretching this game wouldn't have been a good idea. The number one reason I enjoyed this game so much, was because there was always something fresh and new. 10 additional hours would not have preserved this feeling. So I think this length is perfectly fine. If you love Sci-Fi, exploring, platforming and a little bit of Douglas Adams - go buy that game.    … Expand
  11. MinorT1769
    May 5, 2020
    10
    WOW! I LOVED this game. Most enjoyable experience I've had this year so far. The controls are smooth, the game is gorgeous, the cutscenes and in-game commercials are hilarious. They made collecting items very enjoyable. I ended up finding 100% of everything in the main game and in the "Trash" DLC.... and I was still wanting more! If you are a fan of games like Metroid Prime or BanjoWOW! I LOVED this game. Most enjoyable experience I've had this year so far. The controls are smooth, the game is gorgeous, the cutscenes and in-game commercials are hilarious. They made collecting items very enjoyable. I ended up finding 100% of everything in the main game and in the "Trash" DLC.... and I was still wanting more! If you are a fan of games like Metroid Prime or Banjo Kazooie, this is the game for you. Crossing my fingers for more DLC and sequels. A Must Play.… Expand
  12. CamyVero
    Aug 9, 2022
    8
    Muy buen juego. Aquel que espere encontrarse un No Man’s Sky que se olvide, no tiene nada que ver salvo que hay un astronauta en un planeta que no es la tierra y hay que catalogar especies extraterrestres, es lo único en común de este juego con el de Hello Games.

    En este caso me ha recordado muchísimo, salvando las diferencias, a la saga Metroid Prime. El juego en este caso tiene una    Muy buen juego. Aquel que espere encontrarse un No Man’s Sky que se olvide, no tiene nada que ver salvo que hay un astronauta en un planeta que no es la tierra y hay que catalogar especies extraterrestres, es lo único en común de este juego con el de Hello Games.

    En este caso me ha recordado muchísimo, salvando las diferencias, a la saga Metroid Prime. El juego en este caso tiene una historia de ciencia ficción que pretende ser una sátira de la corpocracia a la que parece que está derivando nuestra sociedad. En un futuro muy lejano se ve que la exploración espacial es un rentable negocio y como tal se envían empleados a bordo de cohetes, con los recursos muy justillos, a explorar planetas para obtener el beneficio de lo que allí se pueda encontrar.

    En la práctica tenemos un metroidvania de manual, en primera persona. Con las mecánicas conocidas. Tenemos un mapa con varias zonas que debemos explorar hasta el último rincón. Para poder acceder a ellas necesitamos habilidades que iremos desbloqueando a medida que avancemos, exploremos y cumplamos ciertos objetivos. Iremos descubriendo que el planeta no están tan deshabitado de fauna inteligente como creíamos y debemos investigar qué ha pasado allí a la vez que recolectamos recursos y combustible para poder volver a casa una vez hayamos cumplido nuestra misión.

    El aspecto gráfico es simpático, colorido y bonito y el rendimiento del juego es una delicia en PS4, así que en versiones superiores del hardware debe ser aún mejor.

    No es un juego excesivamente largo. Investigando bien y completando todos los objetivos durará unas 15 horas, si vamos a saco a la historia unas 7 u 8. Una vez la termines, es útil mencionar que puedes seguir jugando para hacer las tareas secundarias que te queden.

    Un juego muy chulo que he descubierto gracias a los servicios de suscripción, en este caso de PS Plus, pero también lo he visto en game pass. Se le puede dar una oportunidad, es muy entretenido. Uno de esos ‘tapados’ a los que no les darías una oportunidad salvo que te lo dejaran probar.    … Expand
  13. inmh
    Jun 1, 2022
    8
    Pros:

    Funny, action-packed, beautiful environments. I really enjoyed the fact that you can bury your "past" bodies; it was a funny little side-mission. Lots of stuff to do, lots of things to collect. This game did not crash even once on me, and I cannot recall the graphics bugging or acting up at all. It also doesn't drag on forever. Cons: Some of the missions are bizarrely    Pros:

    Funny, action-packed, beautiful environments. I really enjoyed the fact that you can bury your "past" bodies; it was a funny little side-mission. Lots of stuff to do, lots of things to collect. This game did not crash even once on me, and I cannot recall the graphics bugging or acting up at all. It also doesn't drag on forever.

    Cons:

    Some of the missions are bizarrely difficult (one of the science experiments in particular is hellish), the terrain is tricky to traverse and backtrack through sometimes.

    My one REALLY big complaint, however, is that you cannot pause this game. If you hit the menu button, or even try to tweak the settings, you are subject to being attacked and your only warning will be a vibrating controller.

    Overall I liked this game. It was frustrating at points, but not insurmountable.    … Expand
  14. Moki11
    Jan 19, 2021
    9
    One of those few games where nothing feels obsolete. Fun, funny, easy to pick up, a blast to play. Highly recommend it!
  15. Jimsort96
    Sep 9, 2020
    9
    Cartoon’ish, funny, emerging and had a blast while playing it. A very underrated game!
  16. Leocolt
    Nov 20, 2020
    8
    This game was over quick yes but I had a blast playing it. It has charm, it has humor, and a satisfying gameplay core.
    Exploring ARY-26 and discovering all of its secrets was very fun and I will remember moments of it for years even if its campaign only lasted me a single weekend.
    If a funny version of Metroid Prime looks like a great idea to you or you’re a fan of cooperative    This game was over quick yes but I had a blast playing it. It has charm, it has humor, and a satisfying gameplay core.
    Exploring ARY-26 and discovering all of its secrets was very fun and I will remember moments of it for years even if its campaign only lasted me a single weekend.
    If a funny version of Metroid Prime looks like a great idea to you or you’re a fan of cooperative multiplayer, this game is especially recommended.    … Expand
  17. Morados9
    Jan 3, 2023
    10
    Es tan precioso y dulce... Es adorable, es ingenioso, divertido... Es tan original...

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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
  1. Gaming Age
    Apr 16, 2020
    58
    Journey to the Savage Planet is a frustrating game. Not because it’s that hard (it’s not, at least not intentionally), and not because it’s broken (at least not too much). No, it’s frustrating because it’s so close to being a good game, and you can see the tweaks that would have made it a good game…but absent those tweaks, it all just feels like a giant missed opportunity.
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  2. CD-Action
    Mar 17, 2020
    75
    While it starts exceptionally strong, towards the end the game gets boring and the finale seems as creative as something I myself could have written in ten minutes. [04/2020, p.52]
  3. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 16, 2020
    80
    Its a wild, crazy, weird world out there. And you and a fellow victi…friend will be able to explore it. If you have been looking for an actually fun and enjoyable survivor exploration game then look no further. Even with a few hiccups, it can still be a nice adventure.
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