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What Were They Thinking? |  Arend Hart from Michigan says (30/Oct/2000): | I know, I know... A lot of people apparently think that Dino Crisis 2 is incredible. I, however, do not feel that way. Being a huge fan of the original Dino Crisis, I find myself very disappointed with the platter-o-crap that Capcom is dishing up this time. Sure, the FMV's are great, and there is no doubt the graphics are excellent, but the poor gameplay aspects sure do leave me with a horrible taste in my mouth.
As I said before, I am a huge fan of the original Dino Crisis. It's funny, because I really wasn't a fan of the Resident Evil series and I never really cared for dinosaurs. Then Capcom comes along with a game which everyone chastises for being a direct copy of the RE series with a little Jurassic Park thrown in, and I'll be damned if I'm not hooked. I've played Dino 1 pretty consistently for a year now and to tell the truth, I was getting kinda bored with the game.
So naturally, with all of the pre-release coverage of Dino 2, I get all worked up into a cold-blooded lather. The ZDnet screenshots are incredible and the story sounds great. This has to be a great game, right? Sorry...It's not.
Let me say again, that this game has some real positive aspects. It's one of the best looking games for the Playstation. The FMV movies are amazing and the graphics are some of the best to be seen on the aged machine. The whole problem lies in the gameplay. Capcom decided to trade in Dino 1's suspense for a new type of action. This once truly immersive adventure is now just a very poorly designed shoot-em-up game. And I don't mean poorly designed in the sense that the worlds themselves are poorly designed, I'm talking about the dinosaurs and how they attack. They seem to be set up on trigger points. Regina crosses this line and two dinos attack. Kill them and cross the line again and they return. You can keep doing this over and over and over... This isn't cool. It's a slaughter. And it's cheap and it get really boring. It makes the game seem VERY unrealistic (if killing dinosaurs isn't unrealistic enough).
I'll keep playing this game and see if I like it any more than I do now. But as for now, it's just a prettier version of an old NES-quality game and it's succeeded in bumming me out.
UPDATE: Ok, I finally finished this game. It's pretty addictive once you get into it. Still, although the story is pretty good, with a pretty good, albeit unrealistic, ending, it doesn't make up for the contantly respawning dinos. I know Capcom wanted to make something different, but c'mon, you don't have to make a game full of cheap attacks to make it different. Luckily, when you can finally afford some heavy-duty weaponry, it's pretty easy to clean house. And if you keep triggering the Dino attacks, eventually they'll stop. Still, all-in-all, a pretty disappointing sequel to an amazing game. See if they have it at RedOctane (www.RedOctane.com) and give it a try.
| Pretty cool, huh? | | Guilherme da Silva Nogueira from Americana/SP/Brasil says (4/Apr/2004): | I, from Brasil, think this game rox. Specially for the graphics part.
But i don't think this game is better than Resident Evil 3, but by de way the graphics are so much next.
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I think this playing of this game is tooooooooo much better than any other game i've played in my entire life.
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| why this game rules. | | corran from AB, canada says (1/Nov/2003): | this game had next to zero plot. the times it actually did, it was way over my head anyways. this game made me angry, curse, and ruin a controller. [well, it was either this game or soul blade]. there wasn't much variation in the music, and most everything was more or less predictable. it wasn't really scary at all, even. and honestly, i don't like survival games that much. that much said, i didn't buy it for any of those reasons. its just so damn fun. i wanted to try out a more original survival game, and DC2 looked like a nice prospect for 15 bucks. [oooh, dinosaurs ^_____^] after beating the game, i'd have paid twice that. the pure cool-ness of being regina running around with blazing H&K MP5-K's while strafing a small outpost of dinosaurs alone was worth that price. throw in dylan blasting multiple dinos across the screen with the antitank rifle, and its just god-like. so folks, if you're looking for a game with a deep groundmoving plot that has deep philosophical undertones requiring multiple replays to find, go somewhere else. but if you want to have fun, play this. took me a bit longer than usual to gain full competence of controls, and a fairly long time to be able to string together 20+ combos, but once you get those the game seems a helluvalot better. [one reason being because if you combo 20+ raptors in a room, when you return two blueish raptors will be there to mop the floor with you. they don't stop when hit, they're fast, they hurt, and they just don't die. this would be the only thing in the game that scared me yet, and i am thankful for it :) ] the replay value is incredible too. it took me close to ten hours to beat the game the first time, and when i did i unlocked a bunch of neat features. so i went back and beat it again to unlock more. and again. and i'm still not done. much like DDR or time crisis, the point of the game is not to win. its to kick as much ass as possible while winning, putting on a good show for yourself and anybody who may be present. there are plenty of oppertunities for it too. so go get it. now. stop reading. chop chop.
| A slight improvement over the first. | | Rich from Riverside RI USA says (20/Aug/2003): | I liked this sequel much better than the first one. The new dinosaurs and out door scenery gave it a huge edge. The controls are still a hassle though. The T-Rex is still a nuisance, and it still gets a bit annoying when you walk around and a set of
Raptors gang up on you and rip you to shreds! It could have been a great title, but it falls short once again. The game would have been a classic if it was worked on a bit more. I feel it came out far too soon. It could have been a ten star game, but
I give it a six.
| The best game ever for Playstation | | Meru from Deer Park , Wisconsin says (13/Aug/2003): | Well its better than DC1 because now you can actually put your weapons to use and kill some dinosaurs. In DC1 there werent enough dinosaurs to kill. Now there are plenty. It does kinda take a resident Evil look to it. What i liked about the game is you dont have to worry about running out of ammo as long as you have enough ep (extinct points) and that you can refill your ammo at save points. Another thing is you can get more weapons than in DC1 and cooler! I would really recomend this game to people like myself who love survival horror
| THIS GAME IS AWESOME!!! | | Iwan from Bogor, Indonesia says (24/Jun/2003): | What can I say about this game beside this game is tottaly awesome. What I like is the graphic of the game, nothing compare to other game in PS One.
Apparently Capcom know what good game all about. The story itself can't compare to the 1st because it's a different, you can play the 2nd without ever play the 1st.
To me the 1st is kind of original adventure where you collect items, solving puzzle, etc. But in the 2nd game it's kinda action adventure where you only have to go to certain places and kills dinos all the way.
One other thing that is good about this game is the music, it makes my heart thumping when the dinos chase me.
So I recommended that you buy the game, now.
| Best game ever!! | | da bomba baby from Maxwell, CA says (14/Jun/2003): | When I played DC1, it didn't give me the entertainment I expected, but when DC2 came along, my whole life changed. It is, no doubt, the best PSone game in the whole universe! It totally rocked my world to da MAX!! Everyone buy this game cus if you dont, I'll come over there and make you. I loved it because it's packed with acion, more dinosaurs, more blood 'n guts, and the EP thing is so cool!! I will buy this game. no matter what anyone says!
| Dino stars | | MuNky from england, doncaster says (14/May/2003): | I have recently beem playing on my gamecube on resident evil. My brother plays dino crisis all the time so i had a change. The first point i would like to make is that the game is now no longer scary, like the first, and has a more arcade style game play. The way you run about killing and getting points to buy guns,ammo and life is just so kool. unlike the first you actually want to play the game over and over again. I ahve comolleted the game in under an hour to get all the characters for the sub game. The sub games are kool. Dino duel is the best in which two players endulge in a bit of dino combat. This game is a must have for playstations and will be a classic in years to come.
| Wow.... I am shocked | | shaun o'malley from Australia says (28/Apr/2003): | Wow.... i am shocked, what a turn from dino crisis. Dino crisis 2 has steped from survival/horror to an action packed game, and the new points u get by killing dinosaurs is awsome. the story is after 1 year after dr.kirk was arrested and put in jail, the goverment continued to experiment on the third energy, but once again it goes wrong and sends a military base and a city back in time to the dinosaur age. Regina( main character) hass been sent back in time with dylan and a sqaud to rescue 1000 people. only regina knows what their up againts....
| Action, Suspense and Big Bruiser Dinos! | | KonCepT from Antartica- Across from 7-11 and Hoyts says (24/Apr/2003): | Dino Crisis 2 has abandoned the slow paced, suspensful air of DC1 and as a result remains my fave game, even though I'm a a proud owner of a PS2!!! The sheer immensity of the game, although finshable at 2 hours, defies belief, Excellent PSX Graphics and unbelievable diversity of the "Wild life" combine to make it more than a little catchy! Its brain overloading plot however is quite tedious. In order to understand it in the least, you must have ALL the files, watch ALL the FMVs and have ALL the braincells an average person such as yourself should have(That's right, ALL 2 of them). BUY THIS GAME!
| You gotta play it !!! | | Alecia from youngstown,oh says (24/Apr/2003): | this was an awsome game, but it was too short and the ending was HORRIBLE!! does Dylan die or not? i hate how it just leaves you hanging. and i got mad because he dosen't get hooked up with regina. couldn't capcom think of something better than a solute? other than that, the game was great. at sometimes it got a little confusing. they needed to add some more info. but the graphics were great and the dinos were cool. it will keep you interested from the beginning to the end. plus Dylan was a major hottie!:)
| Yeah! Much Better! | | A gamer from Southampton, England says (17/Dec/2002): | This game is great! I played Dino Crisis 1 and it sucked! To much suspence, not enough action! Man... Dino Crisis 2 has it all, Guns, action, gore, T-Rex getting his scally rump kicked, Shooting damn lizards! The works! I love it! And I know I'm getting Dino Crisis 3 (It's on Xbox right now!). Anyone who dises this game should be ashamed... It's one of the best PSX games ever! I've completed it two times on easy and I'm doing it on normal! Hope I survive! Great game! Really, Great game. If you haven't got it buy it! Go on... It's only twenty quid..
| Wanna' kick some dinosaur but? Try this game!!!! | | Clinton Yost from Hundred WV, USA says (25/Nov/2002): | Yes we've probably all played the great and true to itself Dino Crisis. I am a fan of dinos, and it wasa the only reason I bought the game. But when I played it, I fell in love with it!! It was a great game, but this review isn't about it right?
But my point was, have you ever been playing a game, and your stuck on a super hard puzzle. like in Dino Crisis? Heck man, those puzzles are so stinkin' hard I had to get help from my parenrs for a few!! (Pretty sad hu?) I would have never finished it without the help of the game guide, but anyway.... Dino Crisis 2, picks up the story a few years later, with characters Regina, a previous surviver of thw Dr. Kirk mission, and Dylan, a TRAT member. They will co-help each other through the game, and Dylan can be an idiot at times. But hey, whats a game without an idiot character right? So anyway, I'll tell you, theres no hard puzzles this time. Just good old shoot the dinos up enjoyment. I laugh when they scream and go "eeek!!!" It is very fun, and on top of that, the graphics are so much better than Dino Crisis one, that it looks like your actually fighting a prehistoric beast!!! I tell you, the scenery is excellent, not to mention the dinosaur passing in the jungle at times.... The story I have to say, has alittle bit of a drawback than the first one. Why would a person go to a dino infested place, just for research? Well, I guess you have to have some reason for a sequel. But it is great!! The game is so fun, you'll play for hours and not stop. You can easily finish it in two to three hours, but who cares? If it's fun, than I'll go for it!! The exstinction points were a great idea!!! The weapons are sepurb, and the gameplay...EXCELLENT!!! The dinosaurs are super smart, and I like smart beasts in games. It just makes you laugh insanely when you kill one! And there's no more finding your supplies, now you it's shop till you drop!!! For a conclusion, Dino Crisis 2 ia da' bomb!! If your gonna' get a playstation game, or buy one for someone, make it Dino Crisis 2!!! You'll get your money's worth out of it!
| It's not just good... It's grate! | | Alexander Grant from Lex, USA says (21/Oct/2002): | At first I dident know what dino crisis was, but then when my 15 year old devishly charming (he made me type that) brother Ian bought it, I found out that It had a grate opening cutscene and prety grate graphics, nice weaponry. My favorite part is when Dylin gets the anti-tank rifle. I was amazed on how easy it was to take down an Allisoures. Even without the platnum card wich givs you unlimited ammo( you get that ater beting the game with a "A" rating) I give this game a 10 out of 10.
| This game kicked!! | | 2d the mysterious from Las Vegas, Nevada : USA says (11/Jul/2002): | I very much enjoyed this game not only because i like dinosaurs but the graphics were very good I give it five thumbs up. the only problem, and its very small and I am wor/ndering if anybody can help, is that when I use my gameshark for codes, the game freezes up when I go into the main weapons menu, if anyone can help it would be great. Anywhat the last thing I want to say about this game is that its too bad that you cant play the Gigantosaurus in the battle mode that would be extra shibby.
and further most there is no creature on this earth better than or smarter than a velociraptor!!
| DINO CRISIS 2 100 TIMES BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE | | Billy Tomlinson from Perth Australia WA says (18/Aug/2001): | DINO CRISIS 2.Is yet another great game on psx ive played the first one and thats hard boring theres hardly any differnt dinos in it and the game playes sad.The 2nd one is nothing like the first you dont even realy need to know the story line to get the 2nd one the graphic out standing the guns are futuristick and kick ass the game playes easy and makes you not wont to stop playing this game there are loads of nem dinosores even some bigger and scaryer than the T rex.I know what some of you people think a JP3 nock of well this game isnt.The green raptore filled forests ore the swamps filled with like lock ness monster typ dinsaurs the volcano caves full of amored dinosaus and the under water sunk submaren full of fined crocodiles leaves you on the ege of your seat in this game.Another really goodf thing is you buy ammo and guns in these computers found in a lot of places and you buy them with points you get points from doging the dinos ore by taking down loads of them in one area.A new thing to this capcome game is little mini games that are really fun like racing in a tankwile a trex chases you ore shooting dow a tryserotops wile on the back of a jeep with a chain gun and a lot more.I really liked the video clips they where realistic well as realistic as dinosaurs attacking you while your stuck in a time era.
(Editor: Although this is hard to read ;-) I'll post it anyway, looks like Billy put some time into it)
| Dino Crisis 2 | | Nemisis24 from I'm from Canada,eh. says (8/Jun/2001): | This game is fun,the guns are cool,the graphics have not changed since the oringinal, and neither has the controling or sound, gameplay took the largest step. It's fun at first but it's kind of esay, and once you play it through a few times, and master the mini game it goes from great to not good.
| If you only ever buy one, Playstaion game make it this! | | Ben Majeika from London, England says (18/Apr/2001): | Dino Crisis = Disapointing
Resident Evil 3 = Disapointing
DINO CRISIS 2 = This is what all the games of this Genre should aspire to be!
| this is the greatest game i ever play!! | | Ricardo from Guayaquil,Ecuador says (14/Feb/2001): | The graphics were awsome! The sound was incredible!This was Capcom´s best game!I think that the second part was going to be horrible, but iwas wrong.DC2 is ten times better than DC1!
I give my congratulations to Capcom to bring us this fantastic game.
| It's not the best but it's also not the worst... | | A gamer from Sacramento, USA says (8/Jan/2001): | This game is more of a shoot'em up game...not to say that I don't like shoot'em up games but I thought that it would be better if the game has more puzzles to solve. The game play is alright comparing to the RE series. The graphics are way better than others games I've seen on the pxs. Other than the game being kinda short, this is a really good game. I've managed to finish the game on the day I bought it. Over all, it's worth playing but not worth buying...
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