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I bought the game on its interesting concept. Exploring run down Tokyo is great fun yet I don't really know why I keep playing. I usually can't stand games that make you start over from scratch after you die.

It's a hard game where random events drive you on, and the limited visibility due to the sideways downward camera can easily put you in deadly situations if you're not careful. Attacking a crocodile with a Pomeranian wasn't one of my brightest ideas either of course. Poor little doggy with his antenna hat and little blue shoes. Luckily you do get extra lives every time you mate. (Unless the crocodile eats your brothers and sisters first :/)

I finally reached 30 years survived and unlocked a story chapter and a new animal, a fearsome house cat... It will be a while before I get my revenge on that croc. (won't be there of course, all bonus item and animal placements are randomized)

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-09-24-tokyo-jungle-review



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Maybe I can convince my wife to play co-op, looks fun too.



I am. This shit is a-MAY-zing.



DL'd it  this morning  along side GTA 3 ,can't wait to see  the headline GAMERS INTO ANIMAL SEX .



Research shows Video games  help make you smarter, so why am I an idiot

I'm playing it for review, been kinda excited ever since this got announced for a Western release. I just love the kookiness and finding out that there's a great game under that as well made me even more excited. Not sure how much I'll play before writing it up since I've read getting the true ending on the story takes quite a while.

Best I've done in survival is 60+ years as a cat. Helps that the survival mode has so many random elements to it that can change things up, even though sometimes it completely screws me and gets me killed prematurely.



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Bristow9091 said:
Torillian said:
I'm playing it for review, been kinda excited ever since this got announced for a Western release. I just love the kookiness and finding out that there's a great game under that as well made me even more excited. Not sure how much I'll play before writing it up since I've read getting the true ending on the story takes quite a while.

Best I've done in survival is 60+ years as a cat. Helps that the survival mode has so many random elements to it that can change things up, even though sometimes it completely screws me and gets me killed prematurely.

... 60+ years as a cat, what the fuck?! I wish my cats would live that long since I love them!

You better give it a good review and a nice score! If Eurogamer can give it a 9/10, you should do the same! (Or a 10... that works too)

Well to be fair, there were 5 generations of cats over that 60 years, and quite a few dead siblings through the hard times.  

We'll see, obviously the visuals are pretty meh, but I really like that what was a 60 dollar game in Japan is being offered for 15 dollars over here.  Gotta give them credit for that.



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Bristow9091 said:
Not played it yet, I get paid in about an hour though (Usually around 2:30am lol) so once my money goes into the bank I'm buying and downloading it asap, I was actually pretty amazed by the idea when I first saw it, and think it's a game I'll love, especially for so cheap!

People have been telling me it's sort of like DayZ where, when you die (Atleast on Survival Mode) you have to start right from the beginning with nothing, and that you can actually level up your animal by killing others and such, is this true? Because if so, that'd be epic!

Even though I've not played it yet, this game would be great with some sort of online component.

Also, I'm never one to complain about this, but the graphics seem VERY dated, and those shadows bug the crap out of me (Seen screenshots, lol), however, it's definitely not stopping me from buying it!

My 34 year old cat just died, ran into a pack of 4 big dogs in the heavy rain, in a polluted area, while already very hungry. Bad luck can screw you up good. I might have made it if I had remembered in time I still had some pet medicine, doh. Too bad his brother already died after I tried to take down a cow, the cow got mad and kicked me into a pack of hyenas. At least the brother managed to find a hiding place in time while the hyenas were devouring his sibling. Such a cruel world.

You level up by mating, which starts a new generation that will inherit some bonusses from the parents. Every generation becomes a little stronger and you start with at least 1 brother which can help you fight or counts as an extra life if you die and he survives. I haven't figured out yet why I got 4 brothers 1 time and only 1 the next generation. Maybe random, dunno.

You also increase stats (stamina, hunger, attack, defense) by completing challenges on time. Sometimes you find wearable items either on animals or hidden through out the world. Those you get to keep between play sessions, but degrade with use.
You can also find food/health items which on count for the current session.

Each animal has different challenges and the last one unlocks a new animal available to buy. I just moved up to a beegle lol.
You can also find story logs throughout the world which will unlock story chapters. I've only unlocked one so far, damn random events keep driving me in the wrong direction.

Now where is that station parking lot it wanted me to find.



I think the number of siblings you have in a generation is based on the quality of the mate and how many you kept alive from the previous generation, best I've gotten was a pack of 6 silk terriers.



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Torillian said:
I think the number of siblings you have in a generation is based on the quality of the mate and how many you kept alive from the previous generation, best I've gotten was a pack of 6 silk terriers.

Is there a way you can tell the quality of a mate? When I walk around at boss rank they are both available, first one I get too removes the other from the map.
I need to pay more attention to the details, I'm too busy watching the challenge timer. 30 kills in 10 years is hard when everything is spread thin in the area you're in.



Bristow9091 said:
So what happens if, say, you're a dog, find another dog, hump her brains out and have a puppy, and then you die? Do you play as that puppy?

Yep, and his brother(s) follow you around. The parents stay at the nest.
You have to unlock a new nest for the new generation. (The generation after the first nest is available again to unlock)