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Afrika's Online Service Ending

Andriasang: PlayStation 3 wildlife simulator Afrika isn't strictly an online title. But it does have some online elements through its online photo contest series, one of which is still running.

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clank5435024d ago

Haha, I totally forgot about this game. I remember how much this was hyped at the console's launch. Who knew that the ps3 would have such killer games like Killzone 2, Heavy Rain, and Uncharted 2 now!

maskedwarrior5024d ago

It would have been perfect as a launch game if Sony haven't delayed it.

Conloles5024d ago

It would have been a decent game if it was on PC

sinncross5024d ago

This game should have been given a PSN release worldwide (I don't think this game saw release in Europe).
Also, since the game is about taking pictures and what not, Sony should have added PS Move support to this.

I think this could have gotten the game some added interest perhaps. Oh well, hopefully the developers are given some work after this.

Blaze9295024d ago

Sooooo I'm guessing it's ok for Sony to do this but when EA for games no one plays anymore, people throw a tantrum.

Only on N4G.

But anyway I wish companies would quit doing this. When laying for a game your paying for every component advertised on that box. To take it away a few years later is pure crap.

PC gaming ftw at least when it cones to online gaming.

harrisk9545024d ago

What the heck are you talking about? This is normal for a game that is as old as Afrika and probably has very few people still playing it. The problem with EA is that they shut servers down a year or 2 after a game comes out to force you to buy the new version. This is not even an "online-centric" game and Sony is not doing this to force you to buy Afrika 2.

Only on N4G does a simple news story get twisted into a Sony-bashing session.

BlackBusterCritic5024d ago

I own the game, and didnt even know it had an online component! XD

Red_Phoenix5024d ago

Woah! This game had online? I honestly never knew till now, haha.

kasasensei5024d ago (Edited 5024d ago )

That is a curse. On-line component that are disappearing with the time... That is why i do not pay game at the full price anymore. I know that severals months later they will lose features.

People who disagree are more than stupid XD

Johnny_Bravo5024d ago (Edited 5024d ago )

Really? I bought SOCOM 2 7 years ago and the online is still up and running....

Maybe this game just isn't that great.

kasasensei5024d ago (Edited 5024d ago )

What are you talking about, seriously? Think before write dude.... Your comment is absolute non-sense. XD

SOAD5024d ago

kasasensei, good games usually have well-supported online components. Socom 2 was a great online game that was supported for a long time and therefore your reasoning that you shouldn't pay full price is flawed.

Johnny_Bravo5024d ago

My comment made perfect sense. You said "On-line component that are disappearing with time" "I know several months later they will lose features". Well, SOCOM 2 is 7 years old and still has its online component and lost no features, even the first SOCOM is still up and running after 8 years. Great games with good support wont lose anything.

kasasensei5024d ago

I did not say that like a statement for ALL games nor say they will all lose their online part in the first year. Of course well supported games are still online after many years, because of the community, but it is a fact that if you buy a new game, you will have absolutely no idea of how long will the online part remains active and available.
And your example of socom does not truly represent the reality or the majority, sad but true.

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ShiftyLookingCow5024d ago

Next game in the series is Europa. You get to see some hot birds, big old ducks and a couple of economies swimming in debts and austerity drives.

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Which Launch Title Would Make You Buy a PS4?

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?
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TrendyGamers4091d ago

Uncharted 4 would definitely make me buy one.

Relientk774091d ago

That's exactly the game I want

blitz06234091d ago

Killzone 4
NEW Naughty Dog IP

RGB4090d ago

Uncharted 4 (Got Vita day 1 because of Golden Abyss)
Gran Turismo 6
Killzone 4

The Getaway... would be epic, think Sony cancelled that because the PS3 couldn't handle a fully mapped City of London with HD visuals.

unchartedxplorer4091d ago

Maybe Gran Turismo 6.. now that'll be awesome

Hanif-8764091d ago

If that's a release title i'd buy two PS4's ;-)

JoGam4091d ago

I'll buy all so far. No game i heard coming out seems wack.

akaakaaka4091d ago

Idk uncharted 4 will be like a bonus..

for me it will be more like the PS4! And the new technology ..
good games will come out eventually ..

But if it launch with
Killzone or a new GG IP, or MS4, TLOU I will make lines a day before!! Or will find a way to get it earlier from the "black market"

Saigon4091d ago

it doesn't matter to me because it is a day one purchase regardless of the games...This is the same with the new Xbox also...

Snookies124091d ago

Are we sure there will be one? I mean, look at the history of Naughty Dog. Crash 1-3(PS1), Jak and Daxter 1-3(PS2), Uncharted 1-3(PS3). Those are main games sure, but they seem as if they like making new trilogies for each generation.

HarryMasonHerpderp4090d ago

The Last Guardian or FF Versus XIII.
(I know they are supposed to be PS3 games)

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morkendo234090d ago (Edited 4090d ago )

WHAT GAME WILL MAKE YOU BUY A PS4??

any game that not a first person shooter,multiplat.

GRAN TURISMO 6, NEW RATCHET AND CLANK, SLY COOPER,JAX AN DAXTER,NEW GRADIUS, NEW NEED FOR SPEED, HD METAL SLUG,CONTRA......

superterabyte4090d ago

Need for speed nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhh

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Wedge194091d ago

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?

TrendyGamers4091d ago

Will it be called Rocket Launcher Extreme?

Shadow Flare4091d ago

It should be called Kazooka!

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Godmars2904091d ago

Something I'd like to play which is actually playable?

Too general?

Hicken4091d ago

Not really. If I tried to be specific, I'd come up with SO MANY titles.

Legend of Dragoon
Gran Turismo
Uncharted
Killzone
.hack
Xenosaga
Valkyria Chronicles

And probably a good thirty I can't think of.

thirtyandnerdy4091d ago

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?

Fyflin4091d ago

I'm expecting this with GTA V, and wouldn't be surprised to see an upgraded version of Bioshock Infinite

ftwrthtx4091d ago

It needs a new IP with a pedigreed developer

doctorstrange4091d ago

Pedigreed? Is that like Activision?

ftwrthtx4091d ago

A developer with a pedigree would be Naughty Dog or David Cage

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The Best Games Never to Get a Worldwide Release

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?

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Reconsidering PS3′s Afrika

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.

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Ramas4582d ago

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.

rezzah4582d ago

It's not that the game sucked, you just don't have a passion for animals and a lot of patience.

This game focuses on the habitats of real animals, not pokemon.

it also goes on to show you the lifestyle, in a sense, of a photographer who takes pictures of animals for a living.

The game takes a very realistic point of view, it doesn't do fantasy which is why people like you dislike the game.

Ramas4582d ago

you do not get me, i liked the idea a lot and it could have been very good game. (i like animals)
If it would be posibble to have freedom and huge area to explore not instanced missions it would have been much better game.

rezzah4582d ago (Edited 4582d ago )

The areas are already huge, the sense of how big they actually are would really sink in if we didn't have the jeep to drive around in.

Also any game would be far more awesome, or at least we may think (sometimes areas are too big for one's liking), with bug areas but it also puts a strain on what is within that environment. Notice that the biggest area had the most open space? That's to reduce lag with so much going on at once in a small area. It is easy to spot a slight lag in animal movements when driving really fast in a tight area.

Edit: What I'm trying to say is enjoy it for what it is, not what you want it to be or could of been.