NCS Product Synopsis
Update: May 1, 2006
«©NCSX» Take control of an alpha male ape who leads a gang of peon simians on action-packed adventures of evolution and tactical maneuvering. At the outset of the game, the objective is simpleminded - go forth into the jungle and collect pears, mushrooms, and the occasional rock to bring back to your village of apes. With each new item, the level of the ape commander increases and scales up to allow for controlling ever larger squads of minions.
With greater power comes greater responsibility where animals are attacked, killed, and reduced to a mutton chop to feed the village. Constant supplies of food are required to provide nourishment for the growing tribe. Lead apes also have to contend with simple puzzle solving episodes which boost the intelligence and thus the primitive technology available to the intrepid gang of workers. When obstacles such as a big square-shaped wedge of stone requires knocking down, marshal your forces together and push it over to crack it. When a mastodon needs killing, crowd around the back of the poor animal and hack it until it keels over and poofs into a treasure chest. The ultimate goal of the game is evolution from ape to primitive man as your little village becomes a thriving bastion of early humanity.
Jan Code: 4527823993808
Region Lock-out
Please note Japanese Playstation 2 games will not boot on USA or European PS2 consoles due to the inherent region-lockout on Playstation 2 game discs.
NCS Game Notes
» The title screen features a mastodon dead-center while cavemen and green scenery ring it. The music is of the jungle drums + trumpet variety.
Upon pressing START, four menu selections appear
1) New Game / Live the primal life
2) Load / Resume a saved game from memory card
3) Gallery / Must be unlocked before anything is viewable
4) Options / Set Vibration, sound volume levels, etc
» The NEW GAME option has three sub-options which differ in difficulty.
» Upon leaving the village, players control a galloping ape with the following CONTROL scheme:
L-ANALOG / Movement
R-ANALOG / Camera
O-BUTTON / Action
TRIANGLE / View status, inventory
» Leave the village and enter the Primevel Forest and four little monkeys split out of your body and trail you. Pick up the Yellow Star in the distance to "Max One Up" which allows you to increase your ape control capacity to five monkeys. To pick up pears and other objects that are on the ground, walk over to it and press the "O-Button" and your little contingent of monkeys will lift it up. Every object in the world has weight and the pears require the strength of two monkeys to lift up while the branch can be hefted by one monkey. A mushroom that is encountered later on requires the strength of five monkeys. Carrying capacity is indicated by a number near the object.
» If your party is carrying objects when a sabretooth tiger attacks, drop everything at once by pressing the X button and attack it en masse.
» In the Primevel Forest, the first obstacle appears in the form of a wall which may be pushed down. Simply walk up to the wall and then push it over by pressing O. To battle, simply press O against a creature and your gang will attack. The tiger that is killed early in the game will leave behind a big meat chop which takes 4 monkeys to lift up. When you bring the meat back to the village, you'll level up and a restaurant will open up in town.
» The aim in the early going is to bring food back to the village so everyone has enough to eat and eventual evolution and development will occur.
» Although there are 41 monkeys in your village's total population, you can only bring 4 monkeys with you at the outset. As you gain in stature, additional monkeys may be added to your exploratory ranks which increases their carrying capacity.
» After picking up things, your little gang of monkeys cheer in unison. As levels and items are gained, new areas open in the village. New items brought back to the village will increase your level meter.
» A sun icon with a big ol' eye is situated on the upper right corner and keeps track of day and night as it rotates in real time.
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