Some websites are saying that Afrika is going to get a release in the US thanks to the National Geographic getting into games.
Whilst Nat Geo are definitely getting into gaming I can’t find any evidence that this means a US (and hopefully therefore a European) release for the previously Japanese-only “photo-em-up” and the aforementioned sites don’t quote their sources so this is marked as rumour until something solid can be ascertained.
It does sound feasible though and Afrika looks stunning so here’s hoping it does turn out to be true!
November 19th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
mmmm, nah. I just can’t see myself enjoying a game when you just take photos. It would need a mighty fine story for me to play!
Im not bothered about shoot outs or explosions or anything. But yeah. It’s just not for me.
montage Says:
November 20th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
I take it you never played Project Zero then.
Simply incredible concept and a fantastic game. True, that worked in a survival horror context - but there’s nothing to say this isn’t an immersive experience (until someone now shamefully points me to the review labelling it as rubbish)
November 19th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
I don’t know if I even want it :/ Wouldn’t get my hopes up for this.
November 20th, 2008 at 12:47 am
How are they planning to release it , as a PSN game for like £9.99 or is it full game price ?
I could be (A : curious enough (B : pissed enough and (C : ……….. ( horny enough ? ) to buy it on a random night in .
November 20th, 2008 at 12:47 am
i really hope this turns out to be true….
its like farcry 2 but without guns…
3shirts Says:
November 20th, 2008 at 6:55 am
Isn’t that like Burnout without the cars or Guitar Hero without the songs?
fredrikpedersen Says:
November 20th, 2008 at 7:21 am
I don’t get it? What does Burnout has to do with Afrika? Burnout is set in a fictional copy of LA.
3shirts Says:
November 20th, 2008 at 9:15 am
The point I was making was that the biggest thing about FarCry 2 was the guns, so saying it’s like it but without them is surely saying it’s like taking the main feature out of a game.
fredrikpedersen Says:
November 20th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Like Gta without the open free world or Warhawk without airplanes. Or LittleBigPlanet without SackBoy.
mcphatty Says:
November 20th, 2008 at 11:38 am
I dunno, Warhawk without planes is great fun!
…sorry I know thats a pointless comment, it made me giggle though, feel free to rate me ‘imbecile’
November 20th, 2008 at 1:44 am
Hmmm, I don’t think i’d like to buy it, but if I was given it, ill give it a god old going over.
November 20th, 2008 at 5:12 am
Afrika is the perfect game for the Mrs…!
Hodgi92 Says:
November 20th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Yes, Exactly!
November 20th, 2008 at 7:10 am
I hope SCEE release this I want this and Aquanauts Holiday and that Japanese gardening game ( oh and the cat game!) off their PSN…Sony just seem to think that everyone just wants FPS all the time with the FPS…Oh dont tell me from FPS!!! I am sick of shooting people/aliens/other
I want to not just be an invisible man with all I can see is a big gun!
November 20th, 2008 at 8:20 am
I would buy this. Twice!
If any of you had been to Africa, you’d know how incredible a continent it is.
I came back a changed man and I proud to say it.
RocketSOL Says:
November 20th, 2008 at 11:31 am
agreed. i used to live there, it really is an amazing place.
from the footage ive seen, wannabe photographers will love this game.
colossalblue Says:
November 20th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
I’m a professional photographer and I’d love this game. I’d love it more if they had proper cameras instead of the Sony ones which are like toys but even so, I can’t afford a real African safari shoot so I’d lap this up all day long.
November 20th, 2008 at 8:55 am
I would definitely get this. Showed my grandchildren various trailers of it, and they were fascinated. The 4 year old sat there trying to name all the animals, and then, when it finished, asked “will the lions eat you if you get too close?” I told him that the photographer always carries a spare antelope around with him, in case of such an emergency, and he went away happy that no-one dies!
3shirts Says:
November 20th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Or a slightly slower photography partner
colossalblue Says:
November 20th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
“I don’t need to run faster than the lion, I just need to run faster than you…”
November 20th, 2008 at 10:20 am
cool, I have been waiting for this game. Just the over day I was looking on google to see when it was coming out.
November 20th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Its not on PSN in Japan is it?
November 20th, 2008 at 10:56 am
No
November 20th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
I would like to have it. It looks really nice.