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Great game with a high fun factor

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is really fun to play. It's pretty quick.. took about 5 hours to beat. I just got a Xbox360 and I actually put that down to play the 'old school' psx dino crisis games for a few weeks. Dino crisis 2 is much better than the original (though the original is fun too).. the weapon layout and game play is wayyy better in the second one. There are way more dinos to take out and more area to explore. The graphic are slightly better and the menus are laid out better. Game play is just as fun as newer games imho. If you havent played these yet.. just imagine resident evil 2 with dinos instead of zombies. Only thing that kinda sucked was I did get enough 'dino points' to buy the best weapons & supplies till the very end. When you start a new game there was no option to keep them.. maybe I just didnt save enough. Oh well.. def pick this game up!!

Dino Crisis 2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Great Game! In My opinion it is a little better than the first (gameplay wise) at least. The only the thing I am hopeing is that they make the sequel to this game (they didn't do it with Dino Crisis 3 for X-box, but still a great game)because the ending makes you want more!! Well I guess we will just have to see if Capcom is planning to make it. Otherwise this is a great game to have in my PSX collection!!!

DC2 a must buy for DC fans.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Great game could use a few more puzzles. The new skill point system is ok could use some improvements. Example you get hit one time you automatically lose 2k points for taking damage, mabe would of been better so like you lose 500 points per hit. That way if you only get hit once you will still have 1500 points ect. I found the game to be very easy, but blasting away at dino's continuously is still fun. Wide range of weapons to choose from is a big plus over the first game.

The game is well worth the time to play, especially if you wanna know Regina's future from the first Dino Crisis. I can appreciate the hard work that went into this game re-playability is very high. Another solid title from Capcom.

Great!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I loved this game. It is super fun and just difficult enough to be challenging but not so bad that you are frustrated and stuck. The dino's are wicked fun and unnerving. I love Regina she is awesome. Thumbs up!! ^_^

What happened Capcom?!?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: March 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Are you f**king kidding me! I read some of the previous reviews this product received and I would have to say that many of the reviewers are way off!

First of all, to be called survival horror, you have to have an element of horror. Where's the horror? There's no horror in this game. This is a straight up FPS with dinosaurs as the protagonists. They are neither scary nor unpredictable. If I wanted to fight hordes of dinosaurs I'd go play Jurassic Park. I want to be scared. I want to soil myself. Neither of these happened so I'm not happy.

Secondly, I agree wholeheartedly that this game lacks a viable storyline. The characters are about as a deep as a bird bath. I mean, c'mon people, Capcom turned Dino Crisis from an FPS survival horror game to just an FPS with little point to it and centered around a bloodbath with you as the main character hosing down enought velociraptors to create a whole bunch of really cool leather jacks and boot with. The puzzles suck and there is little thought in them at all.

The game has very few if any redeeming qualities. It's best quality is improved graphics. But overall, this one's a coaster or a frisbee or just a pile of plastic crap. You decide.

Mind blowing! DC2 makes Capcom a force to be reckoned with

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I don't have time to make an account, so this is filed under 13, but I've been around as long as Capcom has. I've always been an absolute die-hard fan of Capcom, namely their signature Resident Evil series, and I still am to this day. When I first heard about Dino Crisis, I had to pick it up, knowing that Capcom was the publisher of the game. I must say, DC1 kept me very entertained with its multiple endings, mind-numbing puzzles, and tough enemies. Basically, DC1 was your average Resident Evil game, with dinosaurs rather than zombies, and a crap load of extra puzzles. Overall, I loved the first Dino Crisis, but it was still missing something.

For one thing, there were too many puzzles and not enough action. The puzzles were challenging and addicting, but it gets annoying to have to memorize five different codes to unlock doors, or patterns to solve puzzles, etc. It's fun the first few times around, but it quickly gets very tedious, and you'll soon realize that the game just simply doesn't have enough to offer in terms of sheer action.

Enter Dino Crisis 2, Capcom's second take on their new series. Only one word can be used to describe the level of action that this game has to offer: EXPLOSIVE!!! Seriously, I was absolutely blown away by how much action that this game brought to the survival horror world. DC2 really breaks away from its predecessor in almost every way. To begin, there are almost NO puzzles whatsoever throughout the entire game, so you can concentrate more on the action rather than worry about memorizing numbers. There is also a significantly LARGER selection of weapons in the second game. From shotguns, to flamethrowers, to automatics, to rocket launchers, this game will keep you entertained with its unique arsenal.

However, the weapon system is altered in this game as well, as you don't find weapons as you progress through the game. Instead, you are given the ability to purchase weapons from the game using the extincition points that you earn by killing dinos. I actually tend to prefer this system, because it gives you the ability of purchasing some stronger weapons from the start of the game, given that you keep running around fighting dinosaurs for points. However, you don't have all of the weapons available for purchase right from the start, more of them become available as you progress further into the game.

And the graphics. WOW! Honestly, this is the best looking 3-D title that I've ever seen for the PS1. Instead of the animated backgrounds that were used in the first Dino Crisis, Capcom has switched to pre-rendered backgrounds, which make for a very realistic-looking enivronment. Hell, even the character models look significantly better than the first game's. The dinos in DC2 have very detailed character models, and the even SOUND like real dinosaurs!

And of course, as stated earlier, this game replaces all the infuriating puzzles of the first title with massive combat. You no longer have to hold the square button to run, as you do in most every survival horror title. Instead, you are given the ability to run while firing at the same time! This is a VERY useful tactic, as you will soon discover after playing the game for a brief time. You can also strafe left, right, or backaward, another useful combat tactic. In addition, you can have 2 different weapons equipped simultaneously; a main weapon, and a sub-weapon. Your main weapon is the primary gun that you will be using, while your sub-weapon is usually a knife or a close-range weapon. Sometimes sub-weapons are more useful than a main weapon, so keep that in mind as you progress through the game. For example, a knife would be more beneficial when fighting in close quarters than a shotgun.

From the first encounter with a vicious pack of Velociraptors, to the final battle with an oversized predator, Dino Crisis 2 doesn't fail to entertain. Fans of Capcom will love this game, as well as survival horror fans. Some die-hard RE fans may find the new all-out-shooting style of gameplay a negative impact on the survival horror world, but for long-time fans of action titles, Dino Crisis 2 is a trip worth taking.

not scary. oh, well.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

there are some long dragging spots where all you do is walk. its a great game. not scary or even spookey. i jumped sometimes but never really got scared. maybe im too old for this kind of stuff. but then again if you think about being in their place instead of at the control then it gets kind of creepy. good buy, realy good buy. but i suggest you go buy somthing else any way. like castlevania: symphony of the night. its the only playstation game ive ever heard of that lets you be a vampire. over all, its totaly up to you............

where's the storyline ?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is high on violence and low on story line especially when you compare it to DC1. If you like mindless bang, bang shot em up games then this is for you. The killing for points was too much and finding the weapons probably would have been better, being it's hard to determine what you really need and what is just waste. There wasn't a bond with any of the characters and I can't believe that Regina who was so pro team on DC1 would just walk away from someone she is on a mission with. The character David was a waste and probably got 5 minutes of screen time. On the up side the mini games where unique and the graphics got better toward the end.
It's not a bad game but I don't think I would play it again.

Wonderful nonstop dinosaur-shooting action

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The main problem with the original Dino Crisis is how it was exactly like the Resident Evil series in nearly every single way. I remember when Dino Crisis first hit the market, and everyone thought it would stand right next to the Resident Evil series as the next big groundbreaking thing. Six years later, and unfortunately we find that it didn't turn out that way. Turns out the Resident Evil games have gone on to become classics while the Dino Crisis series was left in the dark.

If you guys can remember back to the late 90's, the Dino Crisis series was pretty popular during the time when 3D games were the talk of the town for the N64 and Playstation (and the days of 2D games dominating the market were, unfortunately, just about over). Dino Crisis was a cool game because it was creepy, intense and pretty fun, just like Resident Evil. I think the similarity between Resident Evil and Dino Crisis turned out to be Dino Crisis's downfall, because players obviously preferred blasting zombies over dinosaurs.

Anyway, moving along to the review of Dino Crisis 2. Capcom decided to drastically change things for the second dinosaur adventure. I don't know if they did this because the first Dino Crisis was too similar to Resident Evil (and Capcom feared DC2 might be labeled a rip-off) or if Capcom simply felt a change would make Dino Crisis fans happier. Whatever Capcom's intentions were, Dino Crisis 2 completely blows the first one to pieces. I *completely* agree with Capcom's decision to change the direction of the series to a more action-packed style of gameplay. We already HAVE Resident Evil's creepy atmosphere to keep us happy, so there really was no point carrying on the Dino Crisis series the same way. It's a welcome change by me, because Dino Crisis 2 is MUCH more fun. Don't think I'm bashing the first Dino Crisis. It's just that we already have Resident Evil, so it was a good move (in my opinion) to make the second Dino Crisis nothing but *total* action.

All the reviews of Dino Crisis 2 are true: you pretty much do nothing but run around shooting dinosaurs. While you're running around, many times you will hear footsteps, and you don't know if those footsteps are behind you, in front of you, or from a tree to the left or right of you where a dinosaur is waiting to jump out in front of you and attack. This game may not be as creepy as the first Dino Crisis (and therefore, the Resident Evil series) but you'll *certainly* come across many dinosaurs in this adventure that will scare the living poop out of you, believe me. Dinosaurs are all OVER the place in this game. Big ones, small ones, and the neat thing is, for someone like me who never grew up fascinated with dinosaurs (unlike all the boys in my 2nd grade class) I STILL have a ton of fun learning about these mysterious creatures, thanks to the storyline in the game which gives you a LOT of detail on the dinosaurs you have (or haven't yet) come across. All you have to do is look around and you will certainly come across information that will help you learn about all the dinosaurs in the game.

I wouldn't say the difficulty is that hard, because every time you kill a dinosaur you get points, and these points are used to buy items and weapons. It's amazing to me how it hardly cost anything to completely fill any one of your guns. But at the same time, the game isn't easy enough where I can afford to buy the really expensive guns right away. I have to keep shooting at dinosaurs to be able to earn enough points to buy the REALLY awesome weapons. So it's not THAT easy. But it seems whenever I get low on medicine or bullets, a shop/save point is always right around the corner.

I love how many of the dinosaurs require a strategy to beating them. Especially the big dinosaurs. There's a few big dinosaurs in the game where you have to run, turn around and shoot, and then run forward again in order to defeat them. Just like the first Dino Crisis, those flying winged dinosaurs give me a lot of trouble. I haven't found an easy way to defeat them yet. All I can do is run away and hope they don't catch up to me. This is one bloody and violent game too. Blood pours from the dinosaurs when you shoot them, and a puddle of blood forms on the ground right where you kill them. The dead dinosaurs lay in a puddle of blood. It's gross, but cool, too.

The graphics are REALLY good. Certain parts of the game feel so real that you can't HELP but be a little scared when a dinosaur is chasing you. Especially when a big dinosaur is pounding the ground and the first thought that runs through your head is to run away, but sometimes you'll find that standing up and fighting is the best way to deal with it. This game also gets my vote for some of the very best cutscenes I've ever seen in a game. Not only do they look good, but they always deliver with plenty of action and excitement. You won't see cutscenes like that in the Resident Evil series (or if you do, it's not ALL the time). If you want, you can skip them. But make sure you watch them at least once, and you'll agree!

The story, well, I'm not much of a story person, but I find the story here to be interesting because it's about going back to the dinosaur time, and you walk around finding clues to help get you back to the present time. Don't worry, this game is mostly about shooting dinosaurs and staying alive, but you come across many clues in the game that go along with the story. I think Dino Crisis 2 works great for the players who want a lot of action, and the players who want a solid storyline.

There's other cool things you can do in the game. It's not all about running around shooting dinosaurs. You will eventually come across an underwater part of the game (and guess what, you're not alone down there!), a game where you are located on a boat and you quickly have to shoot all the dinosaurs flying and swimming toward you (think Star Fox), another game where you are riding on the back of a truck and you have to keep two rhino-dinosaurs (as I like to call them) from hitting your vehicle, and plenty of other games. I don't want to give too much away. Just don't expect the game to stay the same the whole way. The second half of the adventure is much different.

You really should pick up this wonderful (and addicting!) action game. I love Dino Crisis 2. It was a great change from the first one, and it's a lost classic Playstation game that everyone should play.

DINO CRISIS 2 ROCKS!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Yeah, okay, the first Dino Crisis was a thriller, edge-of-your-seat thing. It was great, but too puzzling and oh! let's find the key that unlocks the secret door to the TOILET. Oh goodie. But now it's so much better..... you get two weapons, a main weapon and a sub-weapon which is good 'cuz those raptors just keep on coming! There's no surprises dino-wise...they're there ALL THE TIME. More extinction points to buy bigger gun so they bring more extinction points to buy even bigger guns and they... you get the point. Also, the storyline is the best. Very surprising ending. Don't skip it!
Ah.... Storyline. There's a new playable character- Lt. Dylan Morton, WHO IS THE BEST! How long did Capcom spend making his CGI eyes so blue? I guess I'll never know.... BUY THIS GAME!!!

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