For as long as everyone has loved games, they have loved shooting at things. Aliens, soldiers, monsters, robots and zombies are just some of the most common foes you will encounter in the popular third-person or first-person shooters. While some games do stand out from the crowd more than others, I think it’s time to reintroduce enemies who can be as scary as any of those I have listed above and is something which is a rarity these days. With the next generation on the horizon, I believe it is time to reintroduce the classic dinosaur enemies.
I’m sure the majority of people would have had some experience of playing with dinosaurs when they were younger. There was always something so enjoyable about pretending that you were in control of real prehistoric killers while playing with your toy dinosaurs, crashing them into one another like you were making them fight and making the “RARRR!” noises while doing it. Gaming has attempted to implement the idea of dinosaur enemies throughout the years with games like Turok and numerous Jurassic Park titles, including a very recent title from Telltale Games. For me, and many others, I’m sure there can only be one true series that can be considered a prehistoric success and that is Dino Crisis.
At the time, one of the main titles for the PSone was the Resident Evil series and Dino Crisis was made by RE’s creators, Capcom. After watching Jurassic Park as a youngster and loving every minute of it, Dino Crisis allowed me to take on the fascinating dinosaurs in my own way, usually with a pistol. The story wasn’t enthralling but the gameplay and concept more than made up for this. The dinosaurs were amazing creatures that were both terrifying and exciting at the same time, the experience was terrific! It was the same for Dino Crisis 2 the sequel picked up from where the first game finished in terms of quality. I believe that the time has come for dinosaurs to be main enemies once again.
Not like this.
Of course there have been some poor games throughout the years since Dino Crisis including the recent Turok reboot and the Dino Crisis 3 game for the original Xbox which should be erased from history. Enough time has passed since these games were released and the same old enemies are getting tiresome these days. How much better would a game such as Far Cry 3, which is extremely good as it is, or Borderlands 2 if they were to include dinosaurs to some extent? It has been made well aware that Far Cry 3 would be the perfect setting for a Jurassic Park game and imagine taking on a Tyrannosaurus Rex with your friends in 4 player co-op. It would be an experience like no other and more exciting than the typical Lost Planet ‘boss battle’.
Although the recent trends of HD releases have seemed popular with many gamers, I think if a game such as Dino Crisis were to be released in HD, it wouldn’t show the game at it’s finest to the younger gamers. When Resident Evil: Code Veronica X was released in HD two years ago it showed that classic games sometimes aren’t as good as they seemed at the time as graphics and camera angles have moved on since the game’s original release. With the recent successful reboot of Tomb Raider, it seems that with enough time and effort, tired ideas can seem fresh and almost revolutionary.
Far Cry 3 would provide the perfect setting.
As well as being tired by facing the same soldiers or zombies, I would like to see these prehistoric monsters be given a chance in a modern day survival horror. Telltale’s Jurassic Park was a mediocre effort but something with more action would be sensational! With dinosaurs being such fascinating yet terrifying creatures, they are the perfect enemies for a third or first person shooter. With a new director being named for Jurassic Park 4, the near future could be the perfect time to release a new dinosaur based game. Hopefully it won’t be too long before I am playing a game which makes me feel 5 again. All this dinosaur talk makes me want to look out the PSone and get back into the danger zone with Regina.
@SimonMarshall6
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