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Video Games : Dino Crisis 2
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Dino Crisis 2 from: Avalon Interactive |
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Binding: Video Game Brand: Avalon Interactive EAN: 5028587083617 Label: Avalon Interactive Manufacturer: Avalon Interactive Manufacturer Maximum Age: 18 years Manufacturer Minimum Age: 180 months Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Avalon Interactive Studio: Avalon Interactive Sales Rank: 5279 Related Items: Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Judging by early screen shots, sneak peeks at the game's opening movie and pre-release demos of the game itself, there will be a lot to talk about when Dino Crisis 2 takes its first public bow. It's also plain to see that while the original PlayStation is heading down the road to extinction, this is one title that shows the machine still has enough bite for most game players. The story won't surprise anyone familiar with the first Dino Crisis. The powerful, enigmatic Third Energy is at the root of a whole bunch of new problems, making it tough for ordinary people (those with no guns) and military people (those with guns that don't work as well as they'd like). Reprising their roles from Dino Crisis, Dylan and Regina are cool and effective. In the most current, playable incarnation of the game, players start out as Dylan right after the opening movie. With a few exceptions (a warehouse, a lab), most of the environments are in the great outdoors. They consist of jungles, fields and other terrific places to get suddenly jumped by dinosaurs (Capcom likes psychological terror, folks). And when dinos attack, they do so in wonderful ways. Gaggles of raptors spring out of the foliage, immediately snapping and attacking. Unlike the first game, your character can now use two weapons in conjunction, a nice feature. For instance, one demo had Regina equipped with a large automatic machine gun and a less effective (but more persistent) taser. Use either weapon effectively by aiming and firing, or do a 180-degree spin-and-shoot with the press of a button. Because you can quickly get surrounded by swarms of raptors, this feature is a must. It also lends the game more of an action feel than the previous game. The spin-and-shoot feature, and others like it, makes it easy to spend your allotment of ammo, so use it judiciously. The taser is a welcome backup for various raptors and other pests, but it has no effect on a monster T. rex. For those, you need bullets--bigger and bigger bullets. By killing beasties quickly and efficiently, players are awarded combo points, which can be used for upgrading to bigger and better weapons. Like a bad penny, those pesky T. rex bosses keep cropping up when you are low on ammo, health or both. Stockpiling ammunition and safeguarding both your weapons for boss confrontations--as well as recognising and countering the movements of the bosses--are the only ways to make it. Of course, that's like saying that all you need to win the lottery are the right numbers: easier said than done. With new features and gameplay mechanisms, slick graphics and a quick frame rate, this just might be a sequel that's worth the wait. --Todd Mowatt Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Okay, if all you want is no-brain actionTo be fair its a great arcade game, it looks really good and Regina is one hot tamale. It takes a lot of skill if you play for maximum points and the extra game sequences (like the crosshair games) vary the formula, but its no classic, and the jump to Xbox just proves that the Japanese home market could care less about any sequels. Sorry, but there it is. Rating:  - Cool crisis!!This game can really bring the fright right out of you as you battle your bloodlustering dino friends through a brand new scenario in a brand new (or you could say old) prehistoric time. You have the roles of Dylan & Regina in your hands as you find your way through a city overrun by a mysterious jungle,Your foe are no longer cowardly as the game introduces new dino buddies to battle your way through: Raptors,Pterodactiles,T-rex & lots more. As you fight for your life through this exelent 3D motion picture, You will discover new weapons new frights & will find out that not just strength will make your journey easyer. Weather your walking, or inside a jeep (in the newly introduced first-person screens),dosn't make life any easyer ... Read More: Rating: - Survival Horror ChampArguably the best survival horror on PS1. Improves on the original in almost every way. If you like to be in the thick of it in your survival horror then this is the game for you. The main problem with the original was that there simply werent enough dinosaurs. In this sequel you'll be fending them off from all angles. A good mixture of the usual exploring and puzzle solving and some nice 'shooting from a truck' levels. Essential. Rating: - Paleo-CombatologyOne of the best descriptions of Jurassic Park I heard was from a friend of mine who killed it "Aliens Jr", and that's an image that stuck. Imagine my surprise when a few years later I come across a Playstation Game that does that description real justice. Dino Crisis 2 picks up the plot threads remaining from that game. However the style of the game varies heavily from the prequel, This is a little more like the Resident Evil games (From the same producers), set at a faster pace and heavily dosed up on Adrenaline. The Plot? The heroine of the first game, Regina, is brought in to consult on a particularly dangerous mission. Experiments first brought to light in the prequel have gone awry once more, but this time rather than ... Read More: Rating:  - PoorWhat initially begins as a promising survival horror adventure-blaster soon becomes a repetitive and boring waste of time. The control system is incredibly frustrating and not very responsive. Although the action is at a much faster pace than the Resident Evil series, it looses all sense of tension as a result. A relentless stream of dinosaurs to blast destroys any element of surprise and just becomes annoying. I lost interest half way and never bothered to complete the game. Poor. |
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