![]() ![]() Now let’s talk about that other expectation: brutal difficulty. The game is quite unforgiving. Sometimes you just need to think, “Do it for her!” Suffice it to say, I was a little surprised the developers strayed so far from the theme established earlier in the game. I wasn’t more than five or six levels in when I encountered both a rocket-armed mech and a creature that looked suspiciously like a monster from Where The Wild Things Are which shot lasers (because of course it did). Unfortunately for the art direction the game seems uncommitted to the dinos and cavemen theme. If you can make it through the platforming issues the bosses are a very satisfying reward for your perseverance. The boss dinosaurs were really satisfying, they’re variable attacks were interesting and their lairs were all suited to their species, even if I’d struggle to name a dinosaur that can shoot fire. You gain a new appreciation for your scaly steeds due to their utility, but I had gripes with how if a dinosaur died in midair (they have a health bar independent of your own) you’d lose all momentum in your jump and plummet to your death. It’s worth noting that when riding a dino your health/timer ticks down slower, which gave the dinosaurs more purpose than just making you move faster. However they all had special abilities and were distinct enough that they all felt useful. Surprisingly, the dinosaurs were rather sparse with only a handful to pick from. Lets not forget the other half of the game: dinosaurs. The game itself calls to mind the SNES adventures of old, so my expectation was for something both vibrant and brutally hard. I’m happy to report I wasn’t let down, as the game itself is plenty colorful, with a few areas to explore and new enemies popping up on occasion when you enter a new biome. Seeing as it’s a platformer, I’m not going to critique the story as there’s effectively little of it. I wasn’t surprised when I caught myself humming tunes from the game long after I had turned it off. I played five or six hours of it and the biggest thing that kept popping up in my mind was has good the music was. Man, as though I needed another reason to hate prehistoric Mondays.ĭinocide is a platforming survival adventure game by AtomicTorch with some killer retro art and music. ![]() It turns out that those mountains were actually an angry dinosaur god who proceeded to kidnap my wife. I sure am glad nothing totally ominous is lurking in the background right now that would cause my underdeveloped mind to panic.” Being a caveman I like to imagine that I was thinking something along the lines of “I have food, warmth, an awesome beard and a woman I love. There are also two boss fights that are passable, but little else.I’m standing on the beach with my wife as we share the warmth of a fire and admire the majestic green mountains that cover the sky behind us. Level design as a whole is mostly bland, with little in the way of surprises or variety throughout the adventure. You suddenly go from never needing the powerups to needing them constantly. Unfortunately, rather than a gradual climb, the game decides to abruptly get trickier in the last third or so, throwing swarms of enemies in a row and placing big, impassable ones that take a lot of time to beat. ![]() The first 2/3 or so of Dinocide is still a total breeze even without most of the powerups, to the point where you can either go around most of enemies and ignore them completely, or make use of the brief invincibility you get when damaged to run right past them. Various precious stones can be found in each environment, which you save for a few in-game shops along the way that let you buy and save a finite quantity of weapons and dinosaurs for whichever level you see fit. You can also find eggs that hatch various dinosaurs you can ride who provide their own special moves, like fireballs or charging forward. While your default projectile weapon is an endless amount of small rocks, you can find more powerful alternatives like axes and boomerangs throughout most levels. Thankfully, you’re given some perks to make the journey easier and more varied.
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