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Afrika Is Alive!

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Sony has opened a new teaser site for Afrika, as barren as the desert, but at least we know it's still coming. This comes after SCEE refused to comment on the game suddenly appearing on Play Asia for a release in August.
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Afrika finally raises its head - ps3attitude.com | By: DolphGB
Afrika screenshots - talkplaystation.com | By: daparky
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LinuxGuru - 584 days 7 hours ago
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The best trailer for this game.

What really impresses me is the animation (take a look at the cheetah, as it calmly walks off a rock towards the end of the video....you can NOT say you aren't impressed by that incredible animation...sh*t....it doesn't even LOOK like animation....it looks REAL), and the HUGE amount of animals on screen....that's a lot of AI routines...

The textures are phenominal also....and this trailer was from a WHILE ago....many many months.


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nofilter - 584 days 7 hours ago
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The game does look wonderful.
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Kain81 - 584 days 6 hours ago
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1.2 - The Music is beautiful too
^^
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wAtdaFck - 584 days 6 hours ago
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That trailer is beautiful, love the music too.
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freakyzeeky - 584 days 6 hours ago
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1.4 - "You shall rise..."
lol, I couldn't resist... That's a catchy number there. ;)
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ajeben809 - 584 days 6 hours ago
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1.5 - geebus
these guys have been keeping this game quite for a while, i want to see more and know more about this now
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sonarus - 584 days 6 hours ago
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All i want to know is WTF is this game before i commence with the OMG GOTY Sony is awesome i bow to thee nonsense:D
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Watkins - 584 days 5 hours ago
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there's a trailer on the page? I just see a rhino passing by again and again. Is it loading? Spent 14 minutes waiting now. Not optimized for swedish 100/100 mbit connections? ...
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Mc Fadge - 584 days 5 hours ago
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1.8 - Watkins,
No trailer, just the walking rhino, that's all :3

AFRIKA SNAP! <33333
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omni_atlas - 584 days 4 hours ago
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this is an unofficial video created by a fan. Basically is spliced some of the released videos and added an mp3 track to it.
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DrakenSilverwing - 583 days 19 hours ago
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1.10 - Thank you
that was just increadible... music.. animations.. the realism.. somethin right out of the discovery channel.. after seeing that i don't care what you do in the game i'll be getting it just to roam afrika and enjoy what i see.. i can just imagine the potential of this game.. everything is always changing with it.. everytime you come back to the game or something things change animals die or move on.. i wonder if there would even ge an end? i hope this comes out soon!.. its been such a long wait
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gonzopia - 583 days 13 hours ago
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The music in that trailer, btw - is Mattafix - Living Darfur.


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Mr_President_ - 584 days 6 hours ago
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The graphics are amazing, but what is the object of the game?
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ice_prophecy - 584 days 6 hours ago
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2.1 - If it were up to me
I'd want to be N!xau

from "The Gods must bE Crazy"

And hunt animals, while on the mission to return the coke bottle from the heavens back to its rightful owner.

edit: Please tell me that there are people old enough to remember this ingenious movie...
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sa_nick - 584 days 6 hours ago
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I think your a photographer who has to take awesome photos.

Probably like that pokemon game... but good.
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nbnt - 584 days 6 hours ago
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i think its just snap a picture

you will be a camera man

like pokemon snap
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Mr_President_ - 584 days 6 hours ago
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Thats sounds pretty boring.
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 584 days 5 hours ago
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2.5 - sorry
Don Cheadle's nostrils ruined it for me...

...same goes for Crash.
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Mc Fadge - 584 days 5 hours ago
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2.6 - Well
You obviously never played Pokemon Snap ;D!
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tk - 583 days 20 hours ago
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2.7 - Only down South
Most probably many will not have seen Gods must be crazy (1 or 2)...
South African film
Very funny. For those who can rent it - highly recommended.
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cmrbe - 583 days 18 hours ago
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2.8 - Gods must be crazy
is a very,very funny movie. I still remember it.
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TruthBTold - 583 days 18 hours ago
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2.9 - ice_prophecy
yup, I remember that movie, hillarious, watched it a couple of more times after. That coke bottle really stired up a lot of trouble LOL. It was painful watching them hit each other on the head or get hit by the bottle when trying to throw it back up to the gods. Good movie, for those who havent seen it, go rent it, you will crack up.
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Kain81 - 584 days 6 hours ago
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3 - Oh man this game looks beautiful
I hope we can see some gameplay-footage in the next days or weeks.
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gonzopia - 583 days 13 hours ago
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3.1 - I'd just like to know the premise
It does look beautiful. I'm a big fan of the Planet Earth series (which I proudly own on Blu-ray) and I finished it recently. I particularly enjoyed their footage of the African wilderness. If you can capture that in a game, that's a point for you.

But while this "game" called Afrika has me stoked on that level, I'm just not sure what it's "about". Is it a game, or a visual experience? A game typically has conflict, adversity, or clearly assigned objectives. I don't know if "take the best photo you can of a zebra" qualifies as adversity or a challenging objective, but I could be wrong.

I mean, in real life - sure... count me in. On the PS3 - I'm a little apprehensive until I've seen some gameplay footage or at least read an article on the gameplay.
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1stKnighT - 584 days 6 hours ago
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So I'm guessing your a photographer???? If that's the case than this game will probably sell about 7 copies worldwide.
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LinuxGuru - 584 days 6 hours ago
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Oh come ON knight, can't you appreciate some artistic games when you see them?

Please?

If you can't, then troll over THERE ----->

Or who knows, maybe you're just saying that because it's a PS3 game. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the reason, actually.

Yes, he's a 360-er, and he takes every chance he gets to criticize the PS3, through snide remarks, crude insults, general misinformation, and lack of proper reasoning.
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Fishy Fingers - 584 days 6 hours ago
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So I'm guessing your a 360 only owner???? If that's the case then I'll probably see you in every PS3 thread.... worldwide.
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Kain81 - 584 days 6 hours ago
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4.3 - AFRIKA is a beautiful game
i dont need gore or Guns in all Games, this is something different i cant tell, its like i would go on a journey in Afrika.
This game is beautiful.
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thePatriot - 584 days 6 hours ago
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4.4 - I guess I will be one of those 7
cant wait
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LinuxGuru - 584 days 6 hours ago
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The game IS beautiful, and the sheer beauty of the animals and the amazing animations and textures made it look like I was watching National Geographic....it nearly brought me to tears!

I can imagine this being a download / Blu-ray hybrid like WarHawk or GT5p.

I'd buy this in a millisecond, just for the exploration aspect alone...If they recreate the plains, forests, mountains, deserts, valleys, rivers, and waterfalls like they really are, this game could surely be a hidden wonder amongst all the "biggies" out there.
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 584 days 5 hours ago
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4.6 - haha
How many copies did HAL sell of Pokemon Snap?
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Mr_President_ - 584 days 5 hours ago
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"If they recreate the plains, forests, mountains, deserts, valleys, rivers, and waterfalls like they really are"

Now that would be awesome.
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Diugu - 584 days ago
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4.8 - Hum...
If other than taking photos there is an adventure feel to it (traveling throught afrika, maybe some treasure hunt.. or something else.. without the need of all those guns) with all the great scenarious there are in afrika.

I'll be one of the 7. I am pretty sure there must be something interesting to it, can't wait to see what it is.
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KnaveX - 583 days 19 hours ago
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no i think they can make a special version for you where you can shoot the animals with plasma rays and eat their limbs, is that better? How about a deathmatch mode where you run them over with your jeep?
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kydrice - 584 days 6 hours ago
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I hope Bear Grylls is an unlockable character.
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Fishy Fingers - 584 days 6 hours ago
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LOL.... I was watching him the other day, he was showing how you can squeeze liquid out of Elephant c**p and drink it.

Crazy son of a b****
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gonzopia - 583 days 13 hours ago
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HOORAY FOR BEAR GRYLLS! Down with the mob mentality knocking the Bear. That man is a genius.
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Meresin - 584 days 6 hours ago
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I wish they'd managed to make the foliage look like it did in the TGS video from '06. I'm guessing that was a pre-rendered video. Unfortunate.

Still, the animals look spectacular.
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jkhan - 584 days 6 hours ago
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I think game would be like saving animals from hunters, diseases etc. taking photographs, kind of like openworld game. Where the whole world is simulation based, and you are part journalist part animal activist. You can upload photos and videos over the youtube. Now that would be awesome. Studying animals etc. like National Geographics.:P
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LinuxGuru - 584 days 5 hours ago
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That would indeed be very cool, perhaps a studying aspect is in there....you can take pictures of animals, and learn about them, their habits, related species, social interactions with eachother...

It would be pretty cool to be able to take video also....sharing unique animal interaction moments with your friends....like maybe one time you managed to sneak up on a lion as it was sleeping....or you swam in a small lake where giraffes were drinking, or perhaps even spotting a cheetah at 65mph chasing down a young gazelle...

Who knows?
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ice_prophecy - 584 days 5 hours ago
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the thought of this is sending chills down my spine!

See? it doesn't have to be a shooter to be a good game!
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tweaker - 584 days 5 hours ago
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Even if it's just focused on photography and roaming around, I'll be happy. It should be just like watching Animal Planet but better.
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e-ray - 583 days 23 hours ago
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Yeah I watch a lot of Animal Planet. I will be getting this game for sure! The sight of the meerkats and then that cheetah at the end.... absolutely amazing.
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awful - 584 days 5 hours ago
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No doubt bout it, it looks great. if you do go around taking pictures of the animals then i'll definately purchase it, be sweet if you get to close or annoy the animals they maul you or something
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 584 days 5 hours ago
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10 - yes
And at the end...

...you have to hunt Kratos.
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Fishy Fingers - 584 days 5 hours ago
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Real time aging animals? That would be cool.

aka... 4D animals ;)
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could you pic theres no missions its just an open world or if it was Online and we could all work together that would be cool if u get lost and a lion is ready to get u just u ur blue tooth head set to call for back up.
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Mc Fadge - 584 days 5 hours ago
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13 - Please!
Afrika Snap! :D

Hopefully:

- Full simulation of Afrikan savannah (wishful, though I believe this was discussed somewhere?)
- Ability to save photos to HDD and hang them up in Home (would be cool!)
- Decent-ish story, even if we had to take photos of poachers or something every now and then
- Addictive gameplay. If they can make the addiction like Pokemon Snap, I'll be happy. With all the variety of animals and the different poses, interactions, numbers etc, it could be awesome
- Graphics are the quality of the trailers (if not better :D)

And, yeah, if they can add these things, and it's fun to play, I'm definitely interested :3
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Mc Fadge - 584 days 4 hours ago
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14.1 - Taking photos
By the looks of things
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