There’s no denying that, yes, the obvious low budget development has left a few rough edges, and it’s not exactly a graphics showpiece, but the game has a fantastically strong heart beating beneath its sometimes-shabby exterior that makes those issues easily forgivable. Tokyo Jungle is easily one of the best games this fall season, and is going to be cropping up in gaming conversations for years to come.
Tokyo Jungle
Crispy’s Inc. · Sep 25, 2012
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Everything is the enemy, and only the strongest will survive!
With over 50 playable animals to choose from, unleash your inner beast to hunt your way to the top of Tokyo's post-apocalyptic food chain. Whether in Story or Survival Mode, you never know where your next meal will come from or the dangers you'll face, so be prepared for anything and everything.
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- 9.0Tokyo Jungle is utterly ridiculous but wholly unique, blending challenging gameplay with goofy trappings. Putting a track suit on a housecat to increase its attack stat is a pretty silly thing to do, but the kind of attention to detail you'll need if you want to survive in the urban chaos. The mixture of absurd and serious is addictive and surprising.
- Tokyo Jungle is a positive throwback to the previous gaming generation when it seemed we were hearing about unique Japanese games a couple times a month. Some of us would import a seemingly mundane bus driving simulation and we’d applaud U.S. publishers for bringing over games that let us conduct symphonies and fly around as a blood-sucking mosquito. Yet novelty alone doesn’t cut it, and we’re pleased that Tokyo Jungle has the addicting gameplay to complement this rare animal takeover premise.
- 8.0When you’re presented with a stark morality choice at the end that, no matter what you choose, ends the game on a supremely dark note, you can't help but applaud the game's sheer audacity. Tokyo Jungle is bold, well-designed, and very funny. One can’t imagine Tokyo Jungle coming from anywhere but Japan, and it’s a case where such a statement is an enormous compliment.
- 8.0The premise of scavenging for food, marking territories, and creating offspring may sound like an odd gameplay mix, but for reasons you may not understand, you'll likely return for another round, and another, and continue so on without getting bored. There are dozens of animals to try out and level up, a deeper than expected strategy to maximize your end score, and a ton of replay value for only fifteen bucks.
- 5.0Despite all of its flaws, I'd still consider Tokyo Jungle a decent arcade title. You definitely have to learn from your experiences while playing, and if you're a completionist, unlocking all the animals and story mode archives can be a challenging yet rewarding enterprise. I wouldn't say that Tokyo Jungle is a must play title by any means, but for just $15 I'd say it's almost worth it just to play one of the strangest games the PSN has to offer.
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