72
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.4
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

Three years ago a brilliant scientist disappeared while researching a new form of energy. The government that funded his research wrote the whole affair off as a loss, which made it all the more upsetting when reports of Dr. Kirk's good health and nearly finished research came in. A special forces team is sent to the doctor's private island laboratory to extract him and his research, but they are totally unprepared for some of the side effects of his developments. Side effects that come from 100 million years in the past.

Dino Crisis is a survival horror game that is very similar in both control and gameplay to its sister series, Resident Evil. As in that series, protagonist Regina will have limited supplies and ammo with which to fight deadly enemies while searching rooms for keys (some figurative, some literal) to open locked areas. Unlike Resident Evil games, Regina will find very few actual supplies laying around, and will instead find "plugs" that are used to open caches of emergency supplies located around the complex. There are only enough plugs to open some of these caches, however, so care must be taken to decide what items are really needed. In another change from Resident Evil, the game is rendered in 3D, allowing the camera to rotate or pan, although camera angles are still out of the control of the player. Even the dumbest dinosaur is smarter than the undead, and enemies can chase and disarm Regina, and even occasionally follow her through doors.

Alternate Titles

  • "Dino Crisis: Нашествие тварей" -- Russian spelling

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The Press Says

Digital Press - Classic Video Games May 07, 2005 8.5 out of 10 85
neXGam 2002 7.5 out of 10 75
Planet Dreamcast Mar 02, 2001 7.5 out of 10 75
The Video Game Critic Jan 03, 2001 B 75
IGN Nov 13, 2000 7.2 out of 10 72
GameSpot Sep 19, 2000 7.1 out of 10 71
All Game Guide 2000 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars 70
Official Dreamcast Magazine (U.S.) Mar, 2001 7 out of 10 70
Eurogamer.net (UK) Jan 25, 2001 7 out of 10 70

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Trivia

In Japan regina was a very cute pre-rendered model. But for the USA release she had been redrawn to look much tougher


This entry was contributed by Charly2.0 (30160), Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (10835) and Grant McLellan (546)
 

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