Tail of the Sun
Tail of the Sun, known in Japan as Taiyo no Shippo: Wild, Pure, Simple Life, is an action role-playing video game developed by Artdink for the PlayStation. It was created by Kazutoshi Iida, who worked on…
Tail of the Sun is an adventure developed by Artdink, released 26 April 1996 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.
What Tail of the Sun is
Tail of the Sun is an adventure game developed by Artdink and released in 1996. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Tail of the Sun, you are a caveman in prehistoric times. Your mission: to build an ivory tower of mammoth tusks tall enough to reach the tail of the sun. You are to develop your caveman tribe by hunting, swimming, running, climbing, and taking on other activities to raise your physical or mental attributes. You must venture off into a vast, untamed world to explore harsh terrains that consist of deserts, caves, forests, and ocean floors. The player's ultimate objective is to build a tower of mammoth tusks that reaches the sun. To this end, he or she must gather enough food for the tribe to thrive and multiply, while exploring a large map full of various creatures and oddities.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Tail of the Sun holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1996 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.
What it launched against
Tail of the Sun launched on 26 April 1996, within three weeks of Duke Nukem 3D, Jumping Flash! 2 and NBA Hangtime. It reviewed better than 1 of the 3.
Released around the same time: Duke Nukem 3D, Jumping Flash! 2, NBA Hangtime.
Official trailer
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