3D Serengeti Safari 2

CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

Evocative visuals in this wildlife-themed screensaver compensate for its bare-bones feature set. 3D Serengeti Safari transports you to the plains of Africa, where a few lone trees stand motionless beneath a sky with slowly moving clouds. As you watch, various animals stroll across your screen, including zebras, gazelles, cheetahs, and elephants. Though the background and the animals are reasonably well drawn, the trees and the grass are static, and the animated animals move choppily, even on a fast PC. Appropriate nature sounds (the thunder of stampeding gazelles, for instance) accompany the arrival of each species, but unfortunately you can't choose which animals you want to see, or how many. As a matter of fact, the program offers only a thin set of customization options, including volume, time of day, and tint control. And while 3D Serengeti Safari contains no adware, its nag screen is obtrusive, partially obscuring the otherwise attractive view. 3D Serengeti Safari gets a solid recommendation, but we think it could benefit from more features and improved graphics.

Publisher's description

From Unique 3D Screensavers :

African animals interact with one another or roam alone across your screen. Mama and baby elephants, a herd of wildebeest, running gazelles, rhinoceros, cheetah chasing a thundering herd of zebras, running orynx herd, prowling lions roar and hawks fly, land and take off. Intermittent African drum music completes the safari ambience. Want a soothing nightime wooded scene? Just set the time of day to nightime and a dark shadowy blue hue is cast on birds, trees, leaves, butterflies and other rainforest creatures. Prefer a dusky sunset scene? The default dusk setting produces a deep reddish hue. Sound effects change with the introduction to new animals. Demo contains full set of features. Have fun customizing this screen saver to your preferencesincluding tint, brightness, time of day settings, sound mute and volume control. Contains animated gif images and mp3 sound files. Provides password protection.

Version 2.0 added expanded control panel and some graphics improvements.

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