Literally, Cameron made a valid point. His review was not based around how there should have been violence implemented to create a better photo game. He talked mostly about the poor controls, the robotic feeling of the animals and monotony of the actions. This is his opinion, absolutely, but don’t take one sentence and think you’re making a good point. He cleared it up, He’s obviously not arguing back with you, in your manner, so you’re not proving anything, except your level of meaningless conquest of these ‘internets’.

When an animal runs into you, you restart the mission. You think they should add some kind of sense of danger, or suspense, when it’s already there. My question was what more do you want for suspense, and you can’t come up with anything? Let me quote you here, “How difficult would that have been to accomplish?” It’s already been accomplished, unless you want to add something ridiculous to be afraid of like having limited restarts or your camera breaking and your money getting stolen by monkeys. I don’t know why it doesn’t need to be addressed, because thats exactly what death is, what you think should be added.

I didn’t answer your questions directly because:
1. Your premise that you should just die once and never play again doesn’t need to be addressed.
2. I believe I already made myself clear as to exactly why I questioned the vitriol being thrown at Cameron.
3. It’s just a game, and the 64 aggregate at Metacritic implies not a very good one at that. Not worth the effort to argue.

I personally would rather have some fear of death in a game. If you screw up then you should have to start back at a checkpoint and work your way back. You shouldnt be able to sit there all day and reverse time or be saved.. That is boring” *Cough*

Oh excuse me.

@Steelfox
Thought I heard something generic HAHA

(R2D2 beeps)

I actually had no expectations for the game aside from taking pictures of animals. I tried to focus on what the game did well but in my eyes there really was nothing that the game did well, hence a 1 of 5 score.

Any review is going to have a touch of personal opinion to it.. also i never said i had to have violence but again people want to change up my words. All i did was state a fact about the game and proceed to say that the game really did not do much right.

And since we ARE talking about video games, pokemon(animals with powers) that can shoot fire, or electricity, or rocks, or fucking hyper beams, are way more dangerous than a stupid giraffe. you chilled, and snapped some pics

good point.

you are aware its the same type of game..(pokemon snap and Arika) right? non violence and drive around taking pictures and upgrading cameras with no real danger. If you haven’t played it, i suggest you do.. you ll find it the same.

your desire for something not in a game, is like me wanting violence in a fishing game. (thats how silly it sounds) Am i wrong for wanting death or something in that nature in my fishing simulator? If i can fall of a boat in real life and drown.. than the option should be there.. how easy is that to accomplish? you approach a game with a set mentality and take it for what its worth. Not expect something thats not part of the atmosphere to be there, just for the sake it it being there. There are alot of things not touched in the game. which isnt needed for me to repeat, many pointed out. It was meant to give people some lessons in Zoology in Africa. Not drive around and run over animals or be attacked just for the sake it.

Theres also a Japanese gardening game i should downloaded from my JP PSN , am i expecting insects to scar me and suffer from cuts and bruises for lifting and relocating boulders just for the sake of realism? No diffrent than me expecting death while taking pictures in a non violence Africa Sims. Its silly to expect something to just be there for the sake of my own entertainment.

As for JohnnyTruant5’s remonstration that video games are entertainment: true. And Cameron said the game wasn’t entertaining.

Cameron is just 1 person who found it not entertaining so he isnt everyones voice .. hes 1 person. the fact he finds it not entertaining to him should be taken as a grain of salt..I understand that his review but he misses alot of points and i think thats were everyones pointing at and not directly at him.

If you approach something with personal expectations you will be greeted with disappointed. Once again, running across objective writing style and personal writing style. The reviews sometimes miss the target because of this.. what ever happend to reviews that people focused on what the game has to offer instead of what they want? They never said this was a full blow real expedition so expecting that is rather dumb. Its like me reviewing any games and having my own hopes on what i think should be there instead of what is there.

You have avoided answering any of those questions. How on earth are you supposed to make animals running into you more realistic, other than ending the game right then and there? Don’t pull this it’s a sim so everything has to be like real life crap. And sure, lets add suspense and danger, into something DESIGNED TO BE THE EXACT OPPOSITE. While we’re at it, lets add a mode to call of duty where you run around hugging people and blowing kisses instead of shooting. Lets add into Noby Noby Boy a random picture of the creator that pops up and takes away the length you stretched today. Make it random to add suspense!

There is a penalty for having a rhino shove his horn up your butt. You lose all the pictures in your camera and have to go back to the base infirmary. It happened to me a few times, and trust me, it sucked.

The game has it’s moments. The first time I saw the male lion roaming in the plains was a good moment. Seeing the elephant leader blow his horn and run after the jeep was fun too. The little monkeys in the trees, the leopard, all good things.

This game wasn’t meant to be GOTY material. It was meant to give people some lessons in Zoology in Africa and I feel I came away with more knowledge of it. I’d rate it a 2.5 out of 5. The load times were very annoying and the jeep controls were pretty bad. So, I agree, the game could have been a lot more.