Comments on: Sodium Beyond Home

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 21:44:37 +0000

How does one interpret that?

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 21:43:05 +0000

Well KrazyFace, I believe the next extension of Avakin called Avakin Life will be released unto the public..That will open the door for more types of interaction amongst the community

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 21:40:47 +0000

I totally agree Kassadee- I see lots of ideas for some type of franchising this out side of Home. Would you interact with it if it was outside of Home?

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 21:38:32 +0000

Great point Gary160974- The Sodium Universe is special because of the reasons you stated, but what if they took Lockwood took parts the Sodium Universe- Scorpios,Sodium1 or even the Lockwood Yacht and put it into AvakinLife. I would play Sodium2 and the Salt Shooter as a stand a lone game. I think It would be neat to have the Silicon Lounge in AvakinLife tho.

By: Halli

Halli — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:49:46 +0000

Hmm…

By: NorseGamer

NorseGamer — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 02:44:16 +0000

Personally, I think it’d make perfect sense to introduce the Sodium universe to Avakin, or at the very least introduce SodiumOne and Sodium2 to the Vita as stand-alone titles.

Granted, that’s my preference as a consumer. If I put on my developer hat, I know that’s far easier said than done. But it’d be freakin’ sweet.

By: Kassadee Marie

Kassadee Marie — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 20:19:03 +0000

I think you are just seeing this idea as “a” game. There are actually several games in the Sodium Universe. There’s not just the racing game, but Salt Shooter and the mini games -- scorpion stomping and the bar tending/customer game at Scorpio’s bar. There’s even the mini-game of rewards collecting. And that’s just in the public spaces, there’s a personal space with a game in this universe, too.

I see a lot of chances for socialization here, making this a place to meet friends before and after the games for conversation and “bragging”. Heck, there’s even a dance floor. Also, I could see a lot of possibilities here to expand this world and keep the theme. How about a multi-player Salt Shooter game?

By: Gary160974

Gary160974 — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 11:20:10 +0000

Its a problem with games within a space within a world within a console that there are too many layers than if it’s just a game within a console. Sodium 2 is really wipeout for home with a freemium business model when you can buy wipeout for less money than it takes to make a decent racer on sodium 2 the game itself doesnt really stand on its own 2 feet. The community and memories of sodium spaces is what makes them special, without that around them they aren’t that good enough as games for the development to be worth it

By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 07:34:55 +0000

Sodium U, as far as I can see, is about the only game/s that could get off the ground on their own without Home. Personally, I find most touch controls are unresponsive and skitty at best on any device so I’d think the best solution for the Sodium U would be the Vita. It has the horsepower and buttons for the job, where as most phones would probably struggle with just a bare bones Salt Shooter game; battery and controls probably being the biggest problems.

I never got into Avakin simply for the fact I don’t do Poker, and that’s all it seemed to be. A mobile version of Scorpio’s, Salt Shooter and S2 Racer though? That’d grab my attention, not just because I’d prefer it but because it’d be a very hard/brave thing to do on mobile platforms.