gaming Any Tokyo Jungle fans here?

[KillerKingBakudan 702]

I wish it wasn't exclusive to the PS3, because I really miss playing this game. I think I can say with a straight face that Tokyo Jungle's one of the best titles I've ever played. Before this, I never used to care about racking up a high score in anything. Not even beat em ups. But this has such a unique concept to it. The idea that you're an animal who has to survive in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity's gone- save for one shitty office worker- just makes you want to see how long you can last. Even after the intended 100-year cut off point where the map's completely devoid of animals to kill for food, but instead swarming with those OP'ed Homo Erectus douchebags.

And I'm proud to say that on my last playthrough, I managed to not only get my zebra to the end of the timeline (1000 years), but I got the highest possible score AND maxed out my stats. I love zebras to death now. This naturally gives me an even bigger appreciation for Zecora than most people. Lol.

And while it was shortlived, seeing my name at the top of the leaderboard gave me a deep satisfaction I hadn't felt from beating any game in years.

I still have no idea how the fuck people had accomplished this with some of the other animals. I always ended up dying as a carnivore due to the sparsity of food and annoying toxicity levels at the 100-year mark. And I'd never pick a tiger or a bear because I found they were too slow to complete some of the challenges on time. But the leaderboards continue to surprise me whenever I look at them. Strategies are being found to make all the animals work. Even in co-op games where it gets even more difficult from the necessity of sharing resources. Just thinking about it's making me want to watch some 100% playthroughs now.

It's such a shame that Tokyo Jungle reportedly flopped. A sequel would have been awesome to have, though again, the fact it's a Sony property is the only thing that would have held it back. I don't want to spend money on a PS4 just for one game. If I hadn't bought my PC though, then I'd more than likely have been all over a Tokyo Jungle 2. I would have loved to see them add gorillas, and a bigger selection of dinosaurs.

Anyone else get to experience playing this? Which animal did you main, and how far did you get?