Usman Ihtsham of WhatIfGaming writes: "We received some exclusive details at GC 2008 regarding Sony's exclusive safari photo adventure for the PlayStation 3 console. The sad news is that it's pretty much a given that the title will not be making a debut to Europe especially America anytime soon or ever."
That illustrious Sony press event on February 20th is just one week away, and with the PS4 reveal entirely possible (in a huge venue nonetheless), we wanted to end our three weeks of PS4 questions on the games. So, the PlayStation LifeStyle staff was asked:
Which Launch Title Would Make You Buy a PS4?
-PSLS
That picture feels so inappropriate... but it's just a rocket with Kaz's face... right? Is that the first look at a first party launch game?
The thing I'm wondering about the next gen consoles is, for example, whether we'll see a second round of titles like Crysis 3 come out for them. You know, it'll initially launch on PS3, 360 and PC ... but then down the road will the new consoles get a version with improved graphics, etc. !!! Ya? Na?
IGN:
Last week, we brought you the games that time forgot - those games stuck in development limbo that they may never escape. But there's another category of lost games: the ones that never make it out of Japan. Back in the PlayStation 2 era (and the SNES era before that), there were hundreds and hundreds of them every year. Now there are many fewer, but the odd one still slips through the net.
A quick glance through this generation's consoles reveals a range of gems which have sadly never been given the chance to shine on the global stage. While there's always the option to import, wouldn't it be wonderful if we could forget about exchange rates and taxes and pick up these titles a little closer to home?
BigShinyRobot: Afrika is Rhino Studio’s first attempt at creating a game on the PS3. Unfortunately, reviews have been mostly unfavorable as it just doesn’t appeal to most audiences. Most people I talk to about it just assume that it’s just insanely boring. Actually, I’d be willing to bet that most gamers today who would even turn it on wouldn’t last 15 minutes before switching it out for Call of Duty or Grand Theft Auto. The reason, I believe, is that modern gamers need that constant barrage of stimulation to the senses and this game is presented at a much slower pace. However, I have always been a huge supporter of new ideas because the thought of another cookie-cutter FPS makes me gag. I will admit that my first impressions of Afrika were……well, a bit off.
i wanted this game a lot, but when i tried it it sucked a lot.
It could have been very good game if:
1. Huge open world
2. Rpg elements, like stats how long you survived in the wild, what you acomplished, many side quests, secrets, seling rare photos and for cash buying all kinds of cool items and so on.
But i repeat first and most important thing should have been huge open world and freedom.
I may be the only one in either North America or Europe but I really wanted to play Afrika. After seeing the first trailer I was amazed by how the animals looked and when I saw trailers after that the game looked even better. So when I hear a game like this that is different then games that are out on the market right now it sucks. Because I like seeing these out side of the box games. So I would have loved to play this. So I just hope Sony rethinks the idea of not bringing the game out and decides to bring it out in other parts of the world too.
y am i not suprised,im in europe and i dont see this game doing well over here.....but if u add a gun im sure it will sell alot ;D
this is not my type of game,it reminds me of pokemon snap and i hated that game so much!!!!! if u want a causal game just wait till LBP comes out (-_-)
games that u take pictures of things are kinda dumb!!!
article says small small possibility ; (
i've been interested in this title for the longest.. since i first heard about it....
i know sony has some solid hits on their table coming up and that i'm enjoying but what is up with this japan only crap?
between last year and now there were some titles that were japan only that could have helped the ps3 in the U.S.
but they never localized them....
i'm not sure who at sony made the decision to make this a japan only release
but as a ps3 owner who truly appreciates his ps3
FREAK YOU SONY and who every the dumbazz who made this decision...
Afrika would have been a solid Pre-Order for me not to mention one of those titles i would have pushed on my friends....
i'm almost ready to write Sony an email
not that i think it would do anything but the fact that i'm willing to take the time out to do so expresses how mad i am about this...
I don't know why lotsa people made a big deal about the graphics, it doesn't look that good to me, just look at the ground textures, the characters look very Sega arcadey type. Wasn't this game like in development for 3 years? I'm guessing it will come to NA eventually to recoup for the production, or maybe as a download if the file isn't too big.