Intriguing! I guess Sony think there's no market for Afrika in the US, and are happy to palm it off. I wonder what their reasoning is? Will be very interesting to see how this pans out in terms of sales.
Afrika - TGS 2007 trailer
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Silent_Buddha
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It could possibly be a sign that Sony are less inclined to take risks with the current state of the company/economy.
It'll be interesting to see how many niche/fringe game types will be greenlighted for internal studios going forward.
Also be interesting to see if any other smaller IPs are allowed to be published/developed by a 3rd party to lower risk.
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SB
Jack Tretton's latest interview acknowledged that it's a tough time to sell future tech in 2008. Once the economy improves and they start to target the casuals, they should be more open to titles like Afrika again. In general, Sony can't afford not to innovate. They have higher cost than most organizations due to their size and overhead.
At this point, they have too many side apps (My biggest complain is that Unified Village channel).
At this point, they have too many side apps (My biggest complain is that Unified Village channel).
Afrika is coming to US tomorrow:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=17895622&postcount=1
(gameplay trailer in link).
Too bad it's the same day as Demon's Souls. Will have to revisit near holiday season.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=17895622&postcount=1
(gameplay trailer in link).
Too bad it's the same day as Demon's Souls. Will have to revisit near holiday season.
Watched some gameplay footage (http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09-afrika/50903?type=flv) for the first time. Looked pretty interesting. I saw where you had the one goal (film crocodile hunting), but other than that, are there any goals? Or are you just trying to take cool shots that are judged somehow?
Price on this is $39.99?? I'd like this if it was $19.99.
Price on this is $39.99?? I'd like this if it was $19.99.
Gradthrawn
Veteran
Where have you seen it for $39.99? Would pick it up at that price immediately.
I thought I read that in one of Patsu's posts in this thread. I couldn't find a definitive price, at least for the US.
The game admittedly isn't for everyone, you have to go into the game with the mindset that you like the idea of the game and are going to like the game. But if you care about games other than shooters and basic Wii shlock getting released I'd highly urge you to buy this game. I'm enjoying learning more about cameras than animals. You can tweak camera settings to adjust motion blur(shutter) and depth of field(aperture, zoom) and there are different kinds of lens.
I wish the framerate were better. It's chuggy and for a game that has so much driving and camera panning it makes me a little queasy. And it's not like the game looks all that great. The animals, humans, and jeep are the best looking things in the game, they have the highest resolution textures but high resolution textures are about as much as the game does, there isn't any fancy shading(especially lacking for fur) or normal maps. And forget about taking picturesque photos of the landscape as the landscapes look almost ps2 quality.
I wish the framerate were better. It's chuggy and for a game that has so much driving and camera panning it makes me a little queasy. And it's not like the game looks all that great. The animals, humans, and jeep are the best looking things in the game, they have the highest resolution textures but high resolution textures are about as much as the game does, there isn't any fancy shading(especially lacking for fur) or normal maps. And forget about taking picturesque photos of the landscape as the landscapes look almost ps2 quality.
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