February 9, 2010
“Primal Carnage” Sets Players on the Hunt for Dinosaurs
So you have played through Turok and Jurassic: The Hunted several times already; what are you going to do to get your dinosaur-hunting fix?
While it probably will not be released until the end of this year, Primal Carnage will be the next entry into the ever-popular humans-gunning-down-dinosaurs subgenre. The story (humans hunting dinosaurs in the wake of a scientific experiment gone awry, yadda yadda yadda) is not terribly unique, but the game will differ from other titles in significant ways. Even though there will be a single-player story, Primal Carnage will primarily be a multiplayer game, requiring teamwork for players to complete each mission. Like other multiplayer games, players will have to pick a particular class with certain strengths and weaknesses, making it even more important for teams to work together. The paleontologist class, for example, is weaker than its counterparts but can pick off enemies at a distance using a sniper rifle (though I have never actually seen any real paleontologist go into the field so heavily armed).
But what will really make the game attractive is that it will give players the chance to step into the skin of dinosaurs. Players will be given the choice of signing up with the heavily armed human mercenaries or stomping around the battlefield as a toothy terror, including everyone’s favorite, Tyrannosaurus. There are plenty of games that let you play as a heavily-armed soldier facing an army of hungry dinosaurs; how often do you get to join the conflict on the other side?
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There’s also Dino D-Day coming up, which features not just dinosaurs, bu NAZI dinosaurs…
http://www.dinodday.com/
Looks like fun, even if the Velociraptors are scaly with feather mohawks…
(Apologies if this is old news. I don’t remember where I found out about this game, and it may very well have been here.)
Comment by Kaje — February 9, 2010 @ 6:56 pm
It seems that this won’t be the first video game with feathered dromaeosaurids. Or dromaeosaurids without broken wrists for that matter
Another great lost opportunity.
Comment by Anomalocaris — February 10, 2010 @ 7:05 am
To be fair, having them feathered would be a huge resource hog. Looks like fun, though! I’d love it if this came to Mac, but not holding by breath.
Comment by brundlefly — February 13, 2010 @ 4:01 pm
I’m pretty much at the point where naked ‘raptors means no-sell, even if the product is otherwise solid. It’s 2010, we know better, it’s about time we SHOWED that we know better. Besides, naked ‘raptors are kinda fugly now that I’m accustomed to plumage. Kinda very fugly, with a strong “cold-blooded” vibe that makes them even more repulsive and awkward. They don’t look “cool,” they look backwards.
Ignorance is off-putting, whether it’s genuine “we didn’t know” ignorance or willful “but waaaah feathers make them look wussy and fruity waah” ignorance (the latter, I find, is especially infuriating). I put up with ignorance a LOT just to find some level of enjoyment in pop culture representations of dinosaurs, but naked ‘raptors are the line and I refuse to cross it.
Comment by Nagi — February 14, 2010 @ 5:27 pm
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