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Resident Evil... Dinos?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Having played a rather large number of survival horror titles in my time, I uncovered this title at the local flea market for 3 bucks. Having missed it back on the ps1 days (I was too busy with Silent Hill and Resident Evil I guess...) and being a die hard fan of Survival Horror, I picked it up. First and for most, many people have claimed this to be Rresident Evil with dinosaurs. Don't get me wrong, the similarities are hard to miss, but this really is something unique. Enimies are fast... the slow moving zombie has been replaced with the screeching, agile, adreniline fueled velociraptor... Which makes this game pretty difficult. No, think about it. RE controlls... only with zombies that move faster than you. Get the picture? While this does ramp the difficulty significantly, it isn't too over bearing (You just have to learn that blasting dinos isn't a good idea and running away is). Despite the more frentic combat, the game still moves at a sluggish pace that survival horror players have either come to love or hate. This is due in large part to a vast number of puzzles (which make little sense, as usual... colored key cards, statues, crate moving, etc.)and back tracking, in true RE fashion. However, this game offers some really chilling atmosphere, and despite the slow moving speed, it really does feel faster and more frentic than it's compitition, just because dinos are everywhere, you are always running and usually have an extremely low ammount of ammo at all times. Because nearly every area has key items, you have to explore. Because these same areas feature dinos, you have to use ammo to kill them. Because dinos are so fast and hard to kill you are always taking damage. You use healing items to cure wounds, so there for, unlike Resident Evil, it is pretty damn hard to hoard ammo and healers... all this results from fast moving enemies, and because you almost always just barely escape every situation by the seat of your pants, this gives dino crisis an exciting edge that most other horror games still haven't perfected. Add to this, "choose your own adventure" style twists in the plot where you call the shots as to which direction the story goes, the ability to combine items to create more powerful weapons, new types of ammo, and more potent healing items, and some pretty nifty graphics (they really aren't that bad, considering this game is almost 5 years old)and you have a winning title. As for the not-so-juicy parts, well... there are only about 4 types of enemies. And if you ever saw Jurassic Park or opened up a childrens Dinosaur book, you already know what they look like and how they will act. I'm not complaining, because each dino still scares the crap out of you when it pops out of a vent shaft or chases you down a corridor at high speed... but they lack that what-the-hell-is-it? factor of the mutants seen in RE and Silent Hill... Before you ever encounter them, you already know exactly what the enemies will look like, and how they will try and kill you. It just isn't as disturbing as the freekish encounters experienced in most other games of the genre. More so, the weapon selection is a little limited (3 weapons: Pistol, Shotgun, Grenade Gun), which offer a nice balance of speed, ammo availability and power... but it still leaves something to be desired, as pistol ammo is far too week to be useful (7 to 10 hits for a kill on a fast moving enemy... yeah right) and shotgun ammo is far to scarce to be wasted on anything but important circumstances (obviously grenades are saved exclusively for bosses if you actually want to beat the game). A good middle ground weapon would have been nice, just to lower frustration and make combat more stream-lined. In short, if you never liked Survival Horror, this isn't going to turn you into a fan. But if you like the corridor romping, the solving of mundane puzzles that pop out of no where and a few heart pounding marrathon runs while being chased by savage lizards, this is a game you should check out. Dated by today's standerds, but still decient enough to replay to see the 4 different endings. I give it a solid 85 out of 100.

Overall I found this game slow and unproductive

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: November 06, 1999
Author: Amazon User

The use of the memory card feature in DINO CRISIS was found to be unreliable. Although the advanced AI is worth a look, more improvements on the things that count..like being able to confidently save your game is needed. The game will also lock up in unpredictable locations throughout the game. Capcom USA(c) went too far in advancement. Sony Playstation just could not keep up with the everchanging flow and mix in the FMV's. In the future maybe the makers of this game should take time making sure all features work before this game is put to market.

AMAZING!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Let me start off by saying this game is so fun and AMAZING, themain reason is the game play, you can still have fun blasting awaythose little dinosaurs after hours of playing, (the gas chamber is sofun, traping the dinos inside and messing with the poisons until they die, HILARIOUS)and all those puzzles keep you quite intrested, although they can get a little annoying. The only thing that bugged me were those plugs. Graphically this game is way above most other Playstation titles, same with the sound. I would say this game definetly deserves a perfect score, if you are a fan of the Residnet Evil series you are going to love this game. I asure you! END

The real video game of Jurassic Park

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Dino Crisis, a great game and a masterpiece to the gaming industry. I loved the graphics for everything, especially the T-Rex because they were all incredible and very realistic. The story was very impressive as well as the camera angles. Anyone who loves survival horror and dinosaurs must buy this masterpiece.

Dino Crisis ROCKS!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is the best game I ever played .Thank you Capcom! It is simply the best game! . The graphics were alittle off, but who cares! If you are a fan of action/horror type games this is for you ! Go by this game NOW!

The Best Game Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 12, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Dino Crisis is the best playstation game I ever played. 3D graphics, realistic weopons, and multiple endings make it a new jurrasic park. The only downfall is the lack of ammo.

Awesome

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The controls are easy, It makes you relate to resident evil, and there is tons of gore and scares. What more could you ask for in one game?

kill or be killed

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

That's the name of the game here. A great action and suspense game with great graphic gore. I have only one drawback to this game, and that is the movement of the characters, it took a while to get used to that,but overall it is a killer game, well worth a look.

Booooooo!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: March 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Dino Crisis is the worst game ever. I would rather watch the show named after me (Barney). It is so violent that you think that you are really in the game yourself. That is a bad thing by the way because you see blood and body parts torn off of the people's bodies. If you hate violence, I suggest you not to get this terrible game. If you crave for violence, have your cravings met by this awlful game.

Capcom made this? Go buy resident evil

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: September 24, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Dino Crisis in word is relatively cool. But there are too many flaws for it to be anything apecial in the world. First off, there are so many cutscenes you can't skip. This is supposed to be scary! Well, its not, not even close to it. They add some deep-bass music and they call it a horror game. What surprised me even more was that Capcom, the makers of the Resident Evil series made it. Not even close to Resident Evil at all in quality, and it should be better. When I got the game, all I did was play the Resident Evil 3: Nemesis demo that came with it. Dino Crisis has good graphics, dang good sound (as in sound effects), and cool enough weapans (you only get, like 5 weapans though which makes the game boring). The fight scenes are just too boring, you shoot the stupid dinosaur (you only fight against raptors through the whole game accept for bosses which is also stupid). The game is just too boring, not scary, and in word, not fun to play at all in my opinion. There are some gory perks that help it out. There are a few puzzles, but they are way too easy to figure out. The acting is bad as well, just stuff that you wouldn't say when there are dino's running around trying to rp ya apart. And in the cutscenes the people seem to move like there were some programming probablems at the office. The videos (expecially in the beggining of the game) earn it the 3 stars it got. I do not reccommend this game, go buy Resident Evil 3 or Quake 2 or something if you're looking for some action in your gaming day.

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