Round-up: Critics review Journey to the Savage Planet

Journey to the Savage Planet review round-up

• VGC (4/5) – “Typhoon’s 30-person team should be applauded for creating a confident and inventive adventure in a crowded genre, and with their debut title no less.”
• Polygon (No score) – “The game doesn’t shy away from its cautionary parable of environmental exploitation and corporate greed, and it doesn’t relegate it to window dressing.”
• Eurogamer (Recommended) – “The similarities to titles like No Man’s Sky and The Outer Worlds are numerous, and several mechanical aspects of the gameplay echo those of others, too, but to be fair to developer Typhoon, Journey to the Savage Planet cultivates its own charm.”
• VG247 (4/5) – “What Savage Planet does deliver in the place of commentary is a nagging sense that its world would be better off without you. As in Far Cry 4, the locals only suffer for the presence of meddling players.”
• USGamer (2.5/5) – “The moment-to-moment exploration is enjoyable, but the act of combat offers very little in the way of a challenge. The score and insane FMV adverts give Journey to the Savage Planet a lot of personality, but the tiresome parody nature of the writing really lets it down.”
• IGN (6/10) – “This comedy exploration experience blasts off with a lot of fresh ideas, but doesn’t quite stick the landing.”
• Game Informer (8/10) – “Journey to the Savage Planet presents you with a well-constructed world full of fun collectibles to hunt down and interesting wildlife to survey, but the way the world design encourages and rewards exploration is its biggest accomplishment.”
• Kotaku (No score) – “With its wacky humor and colors, shorter length and focus on adventure and exploration, Journey To The Savage Planet reminds me of the games we used to get all the time back in the PS2 era of gaming.”
• Games Radar (4/5) – “A short and satisfying space adventure which really is laugh out loud funny”
• PC Gamer (84) – “Funny, fresh, and full of surprises, Typhoon’s debut blends genres expertly. Co-op doesn’t add much, though.”
• Push Square (6/10) – “It might lack some polish, but Journey to the Savage Planet is an enjoyable jaunt across a strange, open-ended landscape. ”
• God is a Geek (8/10) – “Journey to the Savage Planet is a smaller, happier version of what No Man’s Sky should have been at launch. Filled with things to find, trials to survive and, most importantly, genuine personality.”
• Metro UK (8/10) – “A beautiful, colourful, and bitingly satirical sci-fi Metroidvania that also has a welcome respect for your spare time.”
• Destructoid (No score) – “Journey to the Savage Planet was such a fun way to kick off the decade, and I’m going to bring it up at the end of the year when people inevitably begin asking about the overlooked gems of 2020. ”
• TheSixthAxis (8/10) – “A rollicking space adventure, Journey to the Savage Planet has the smarts to make you laugh out loud while taking shots at consumerism and big business.”
• Xbox Achievements (75) – “An involving romp across a strange, alien environment with giant mushrooms, flying fish things, and one-eyed beasties, Journey to the Savage Planet can be a slightly repetitive affair at times, but the wealth of gadgets, metroidvania traversal options, and wilfully daft moments of humour pull it through.”