Dino Crisis

In the end, the narrow view is that Dino Crisis is Resident Evil with dinosaurs, and the big picture view is that Dino Crisis broadens the vision that Resident Evil once conceived. I really like Dino Crisis -- and all of the changes it's made to what once was Resident Evil 1&2. In a way it's remarkable what's been done. In fact, I'm on the verge of loving it. But it doesn't scare me, and it doesn't creep me out, and it's not Resident Evil, so I should really stop comparing the two. The only problem with that idea is that Dino Crisis -- no matter how many changes or advances it's made, or how big it is -- is...well, Resident Evil...with dinosaurs.

In conclusion, the combination of great graphics, the already proven gameplay and the addition of other extras make the game a very good Survival Horror title. If you were a fan of the Resident Evil series, this is a must have. If you are like me and were never a big fan of this genre, give this game a try.

Till skillnad från Resident Evil-serien så är Dino Crisis helt tredimensionellt. Visserligen finns det ett par förrenderade bakgrunder, men i regel så är allt uppbyggt av realtidsrenderade polygoner. På så sätt får Dino Crisis en annan typ av fernissa som ger sken av att vara otroligt fräsch och interaktiv. Atmosfären är det heller inget fel på. Det känns inte som Resident Evil, trots att principen är densamma. Det känns på något sätt mer verkligt att se en Tyrannosaurus Rex braka genom en vägg än att bevittna hur en G-typeboss transformeras. Skräckelementen blir mer subtila eftersom det på något sätt går att relatera till dem. Hur sjukt det än låter.

Finalement, Dino Crisis est un renouvellement du genre très agréable. Reprenant les qualités indéniables des Resident Evil au niveau du scénario et de l'ambiance "film", il se dote de nouveaux atouts qui convaincront les plus blasés.

With it's multiple endings, fast pace, and seemingly endless action sequences, Dino Crisis is a game that everyone needs in their collection. With only the minor control issue and familiarity going against it, you really can't go wrong. Capcom has once again raised the bar for the genre they created. Those who haven't quite been grabbed by the survival-horror bug might not be grabbed by this title either. Otherwise, go for it.

With it's multiple endings, fast pace, and seemingly endless action sequences, Dino Crisis is a game that everyone needs in their collection. With only the minor control issue and familiarity going against it, you really can't go wrong. Capcom has once again raised the bar for the genre they created, but if if you've never played played the PS One version extensively. Those who haven't quite been grabbed by the survival-horror bug might not be grabbed by this title either. .

When you're Capcom, there's no such thing as too much of a good thing. This is evidenced by the impending deluge of Resident Evil/Biohazard spin-offs; Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Oni-Musha (the RE-style samurai game), and now Dino Crisis. A brand new excursion into the world of survival-horror, Dino Crisis is a fresh experience that abandons that creepy Umbrella laboratory for a taste of Jurassic Park. Not only that, but Dino Crisis is unique in that it so closely borrows from the RE series. But in regards to the storyline, this game is not related to it Resident Evil at all.

After capcoms continuos success with the Resident Evil Trilogy they turned to a new storyline incorporating the same engine and visuals as used in Resident Evil. In Dino Crisis you play agent Regina sent to Ibis Island to rescue a professor who was meant to of died during an experiment of "Pure Energy". But surprisingly the experiments has bridged a gap between the real world and the Jurassic period (hence all the dinosaurs). I must say I previously bought this game for the PSX after buying a few of the Resident Games and I thought it was brilliant, with good action sequences and puzzles that were hard but not to hard. Although the plot as been said and done before with the "Jurassic Park" era its still a decent well thought plot but you may get lost in some in depth scenes. If you've never played any of the Resident games (god help you) then you may need time to adjust to the controls which can be tricky at some points.

Dino Crisis is misschien niet zo spannend als zijn met zombies bezaaide broertje maar voor fans van het genre zeker het proberen waard.

Mann, ist das spannend! Dino Crisis sollte man am besten im Dunkeln spielen. Dann wirken die Schockeffekte, wenn zum Beispiel ein Saurier laut brüllend auf Regina losstürzt, besonders dramatisch. Gut hat mir auch die fast übergangslose Verbindung der Cutscenes mit dem Spiel gefallen. Gerade noch hat ein Dino in einer Zwischensequenz den Hubschrauber zu Altmetall verarbeitet, da jagt er schon hinter mir her. Nur für die niedrig aufgelöste Grafik, die zudem noch kräftig wabert, gehören die Entwickler dem T-Rex vorgesetzt, denn dadurch geht ein wenig Atmosphäre verloren. Trotzdem: Mit Dino Crisis hat Capcom ein spannendes Action-Adventure abgeliefert, das gekonnt filmreife Handlung mit stimmigen Knobeleien verbindet.

Ett modigt steg in på mer arkadorienterat territorium. Alla element som gjorde skräckgenren så populär är inkluderade, men direktheten i spelets vapenbaserade action kräver högre fart.

Sapperlot! Kaum zu glauben, dass man sich so am PC erschrecken kann. Wenn mich ein Dino zu Boden schleudert und mir die Waffe aus den Händen fliegt, steigt ein realer Anflug von Panik auf - obwohl es ja "nur" ein Spiel ist. Klar, das Abschießen von Urzeitviechern, das Öffnen von Schlössern und kleine Rätseleinlagen sind nichts wirklich Neues, doch das macht eigentlich nichts, weil es so brillant umgesetzt worden ist. Der größte Haken an der Sache ist die Grafik. Sie fällt zwar etwas detaillierter als beim PlayStation-Vorbild aus, doch gerade bei heftigen Kameraschwenks wabert die Umgebung wie durch ein Aquarium betrachtet. Immerhin sind alle Dinos und die Heldin sehr fein animiert. Da merkt man es erst auf den zweiten Blick, dass alle Dialoge bei geschlossenen Lippen ablaufen - alles Telepathen? Ich empfehle trotzdem allen weltoffenen Action-Abenteurern: Dino Crisis kaufen, Zimmer abdunkeln, Lautstärke hochdrehen, Gamepad in die Hand nehmen und dann jede Menge Spaß haben.

Dino Crisis ist trotzdem noch eine Empfehlung wert, es ist auf jeden Fall besser als der Nachfolger, um einiges spannender und unheimlicher.

Passé le cap de la grosse frayeur lors de l'écran de titre pixélisé et laid comme pas possible, Dino Crisis se veut un jeu dont l'adaptation ne risquera pas de ternir l'excellente réputation de ses développeurs, ni même la lignée de titres qu'ils ont déjà engendrée. Voici donc un soft qui signe au final une très bonne performance, alliant un scénario fouillé à un gameplay et une réalisation de bonne qualité. Une preuve finalement que les adaptations des titres issus de la console sur PC ne sont pas toujours des échecs cuisants...

Dino Crisis is a terrific little adventure full of atmosphere and some genuinely scary moments. But is a let down by a slightly irritating control system and the experience, while gripping, is far too brief. The story, albeit pure Hollywood nonsense, is brilliantly told and becomes the driving force of the game. Dinosaurs don't quite have the fear factor of zombies, but so what? It can become a totally absorbing experience and for the twelve or so hours it takes to complete you'll be drawn into its dark world of monsters and evil scientists. Michael Crichton eat your heart out!

Finally, although the puzzles are clever, they all fall into three main groups: unlocking doors, rearranging boxes, and turning on power generators. I like Dino Crisis, but it's really just a "by the numbers" adventure.

Dino Crisis is een Playstation conversie die ondanks de jammerlijke gebreken toch redelijk goed overeind blijft.

One strong reason for most people to get Dino Crisis is its cost. Priced under 20 bucks, it's definitely worth a purchase if you're a fan of the survival/horror genre that Capcom has mastered. It's just too bad there's really nothing the Dreamcast version of Dino Crisis has to offer to those of us that played it last year. I can whole-heartedly recommend this game to Dreamcast fans who have never played the game... just don't expect any huge bragging rights over those PlayStation owners.

While the upcoming sequel to Dino Crisis is its own beast entirely, the original is so similar in theme and execution to Capcom's Resident Evil series that it seems more like a side story to Resident Evil than a new game altogether. Replace the zombies and lickers with raptors and tyrannosuars, and you have the general idea. With Capcom remaining one of the Dreamcast's most staunch supporters since the system's launch, it comes as little surprise that the original title has made the transition from the PlayStation to the Dreamcast. Unfortunately, Dino Crisis is an example of what can go wrong while porting a game from an underpowered system to a next-generation system.

Dino Crisis is an interesting and exciting experience for those that enjoy this genre, and any of you hooked by CODE: Veronica that haven't played this one yet are advised to give it a spin. However, if you've already played through the game two years ago, there's no real reason to spring for it again, as nothing new of note has been brought to the table.

Capcom have released a lot of games on the Dreamcast lately, including quite a few ports from old PlayStation games, and unfortunately, Dino Crisis is not the best of them, not even the best of the survival horror games. Still, if you're new to the genre, it's one of the tidiest efforts, even if it's starting to show its age, and if you own the sequel, this demands to be played for the sake of completion. If only they had taken some time to refine it for the DC audience though. Ah well.

Yes, there are lots of really solid things about this game, like the graphics, music, the great-looking, single-skinned dinos, and some nice cinematic angles. And the T-Rex scares, some of the level designs, and one or two of the branching sub-plots kept me playing for a while just to see what was around that next corner. But when I think of dinosaurs, I think about outdoor areas with room to fight or run for your life in (like the first three Tomb Raider games), not some raptors popping out of a desk or through a door. Again, if this is your sort of thing, go for it- I guarantee that you’ll have a grand old time with Dino Crisis. Call me an egghead if you please, but I like the bite in my horror to come from above the neck, not below (if you catch my drift)...

Un Resident Evil avec des dinosaures, tout en 3D temps réel, ça a de quoi séduire. Dino Crisis est plus dédié à l'action que ses équivalents gore, et s'avère très convaincant sur ce point. Cependant, le jeu est moins prenant que les Resident Evil, à cause d'une atmosphère moins envoûtante et d'un manque de variété des ennemis rencontrés, même si le scénario accrocheur qui offre quelques arborescences bienvenues et le fait de casser du dinosaure ont tout pour plaire.

Overall, Dino Crisis is fun the first time you play through it, but I don’t think that this is going to be a title that I ever go back to. While incorporating a lot of good ideas, some of them are poorly implemented and downright annoying. I was able to pick the game up used for about two dollars, and I think in the end that the purchase was well worth it. If you’re up for a scary, Dino Crisis should enter your collection immediately.

It's a shame when publishers/developers want to make a quick buck by producing a simple port. Dino Crisis is a good PlayStation game, however on the PC it's nothing more than a pile of Dino turd. Ok maybe that's just a little too hard but when playing this game it really didn't feel right, not on a PC.

Resident Evil with dinosaurs = big fun with big guns and very, very big teeth.

Die Welt von Dino Crisis wartet dank der aufwendig entwickelten Schauplätze mit einer noch nie erreichten Detailtiefe auf. Capcoms atmosphärisches Kamerasystem der Resident Evil-Serie wurde nochmals verbessert, um den Ereignissen wahre Kinoqualitäten zu verleihen. Die Verbindung aus einer verzwickten Handlung, interaktiven Nebenrollen und reptilischen Monstern, die sich vor ihren Vettern aus dem Jurassic Park nicht verstecken müssen, macht aus Dino Crisis mehr als nur ein einfaches Spiel - nämlich ein fesselndes Filmerlebnis: Jeder neue Schock und jede Entwicklung der Handlung ziehen den Spieler tiefer in ein packendes Abenteuer.

Zurück in die Urzeit. Dino Crisis verquickt Elemente aus Jurassic Park und Alone in the Dark zu einem düsteren Action-Cocktail. Die Vorgeschichte zu Dino Crisis klingt für Kinogänger vertraut: Ein genialer Wissenschaftler spielt auf einer abgelegenen Insel Gott und klont eine ganze Herde von blutrünstigen Dinosauriern. Die Regierung schickt eine Spezialeinheit, um die Ereignisse aufzuklären und den guten Doktor von seinem Eiland zu schaffen.

I'm all for more console games on the PC -- it saves all of us money in the long run, and gives us an opportunity to play titles like Metal Gear Solid, Rayman 2, and Soul Reaver in higher resolutions, and with pixel-perfect framerates. Of course, that's if the developer chooses to work the assets of the PC platform. There's also the downside, a sludgy, muddy world filled with such horrors as Resident Evil 2 and Final Fantasy VIII. You don't need glasses, that's pure, unfiltered blur you see before you. While Capcom's latest PC port, Dino Crisis, fares better than most due to its polygonal engine, it still suffers from a serious case of port-i-tis that keeps it from even sporting a glimmer of gloss against this year's models, Quake Team Arena, Sacrifice, and Alice.

Over the years, Capcom has made their presence felt in the PC industry by porting such popular console series as Mega Man and Resident Evil. In fact, both Resident Evil 3 and Mega Man Legends are both currently in development for the PC but in the meantime, Capcom has begun to port another series, Dino Crisis.

Had Capcom wat meer moeite gedaan om van de PC-versie iets beters te maken zou deze Dino Crisis waarschijnlijk een cooler game geweest zijn.

Despite a slick new 3D engine, Dino Crisis manages to do just about everything worse than Resident Evil 2. It's not as scary, the rooms all look the same, the puzzles are far more tedious, there are far fewer hours of gameplay, and the action isn't as good. Take my advice and save your pennies for Resident Evil: Nemesis (PSX) or Codename: Veronica (DC). I'm positively drooooling over those games.

Capcom's Resident Evil was released on the PlayStation in January of 1996. The game popularized a new genre, which video game players call "survival horror" and PC game players call "Alone in the Dark clones." Dino Crisis was one of the many games that followed the Resident Evil formula to the letter - its main selling point being that it was from the same designers. Almost a year and a half after its release on the PlayStation, Dino Crisis has been released for the PC. And though it has some startling moments and a few fun sections, it's mostly just a mediocre version of a mediocre game.

It feels funny reviewing a game which already has a sequel out on the shelves, but that's how it is when you have to fool around with PSX port jobs. And let me tell you, although I enjoy a decent story and the constant quality of game design seen in these Japanese action sagas, I just can't f-ing stand the constant lack of essential PC features any more! I could say I played most of the bestseller ports: Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, and Metal Gear Solid, just to name a few, but there has always been something lacking in these otherwise immersive and well-designed games. And that lack of that certain "something" in Dino Crisis made me so frustrated I had to load up a genuine PC title during playtime in order to vent out all the PSX-style-o-gameplay accumulated frustration. On the other hand, playing a PSX game is just like making love to an inexperienced chic (hold on there, I'll explain). Sure, you have to try extra hard to get her going, but when you do…

"It's a port from a PlayStation game!" the PC gamers yelled and ran for cover. Actually, the Jurassic Park inspired survival horror game Dino Crisis from Capcom and the makers of the very similar, but much more atmospheric, Resident Evil series isn't all that bad (whew) -- for a PlayStation game. It's not all that good either -- for a PC game. And it's taken over a year and a half to make its PC debut. Most console ports that have stepped up to bat in the PC Leagues have struck out. In the case of such conversions as the Final Fantasy series, Metal Gear Solid, and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (based on a pretty good comic book by the way), they at least managed to hit a respectable double -- a triple on an error at most (sorry, been watching too much baseball). How does Dino Crisis measure up? Read on gentle gamers…

Интересно, есть ли в Японии, стране победившего плейстейшeнизма и дримкастинга, персональные компьютеры? Сомневаюсь. Зачем они им? Скорее всего, японцы создают тексты и таблички, посылая финальный результат непосредственно на принтер через импланты, а придя домой после долгой и утомительной корпоративной работы, тут же садятся за любимый аддон к телевизору Sony... Ну разве нужны им эти громоздкие РС-чудовища?!

Dans la grande lignée des adaptations bâclées, Dino Crisis est presque meilleur sur PlayStation que sur PC. Loin de bénéficier de la puissance des PC, le jeu conserve en fait les défauts de la version console. Répétitif, pas angoissant pour un sou, avec un scénario et des rebondissements vus et revus, Dino Crisis ne mérite que de sombrer dans la gamme Budget de l'éditeur.