I was expecting most things relating to the sequel to Sega's Dreamcast pet simulator to be pretty weird, but after watching this Japanese gameplay overview, I'm less dazed and confused and more disturbed and utterly confounded. For a start, the whole thing is narrated by a hideous mutation of the original game's fish-man character, who's head now appears to be grafted onto a bird of some kind. Yes Sega, of course...
Not speaking a word of Japanese that I didn't inadvertently pick up from Shenmue 2, it's tricky for me to properly relate exactly what's going on in this video, but it seems to give a brief demo of the new expansive desert island environment in which the game's caveman character dwells, as well as a quick look at some of the game's features.
The environment looks to play a bigger role this time, with some weather effects shown off and possibly some player-controlled destruction going on too. There's also a look at what appears to be an item creation system, the ability to breed offspring, and of course the dubiously-shaped voice recognition technology that the game uses to interact with its protagonist as he leaps around, slapping his thighs in his dubiously-small undergarments. Other than that, your guess is currently as good as mine. It certainly looks intriguing though, does it not?
That was single-handedly the most disturbing game trailer I have ever seen! Somehow I don't think an English version would help either. So let me get this straight. The caveman reproduces a-sexually, talks on a cell-phone, is mocked by an indifferent bird-man, and is humiliated by the player via a Monty Python black & white hand?
And what the hell was with the Duran Duran record washing ashore mid-video after he killed the boar? Did anyone else see that?
All I know is they had better have gotten Leonard Nimoy for the American version as they did for the original. Nothing says farming freaks of nature than Spock's booming voice.
Ever since I beat the first Seaman I was hoping for a sequel in which you raised a bird. For those that didn't finish the first one...*spoilers ahead I guess*...there is a crazy ass story about how the original seaman (then a frog) and his lover had a forbidden relationship in the ancient Egyptian society. They asked the gods for assistance. The gods turned one into a fish/frog thing, and the other into a bird, with the idea that eventually they would evolve and meet in a time in which their relationship wasn't forbidden. I may have some of the details wrong, but overall that's what happned...so yeah, I'm excited to see the bird.
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5:15 PM on 09.23.2007
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And what the hell was with the Duran Duran record washing ashore mid-video after he killed the boar? Did anyone else see that?
It would be better on the DS with stylus and mic built in, or also on the Wii, but I'll take any Seaman I can get.
I's eat, drink, and sleep Seaman if I could.
I wish I knew moonspeak.
your mom loved it.
second you put birdman in a topic and i instantly think of Manhattan Transfer's birdland. just me i guess.