they could to place heroes in overpowering danger and have them fight for their lives.

Capcom was great at this with Resident Evil and decided to make a new series off that

it, but simply change the enemies. So many people bash this game as simply Resident Evil

with dinosaurs instead of zombies. And my argument has always been, holy cow, it’s

Resident Evil with dinosaurs. What could be cooler than that?

You play as Regina, a soldier sent to a secluded island with a recon team who are charged with

investing the facility on the island. Soon, trouble happens and Regina and company realize

there is more to the island and that they are in for the fight of their lives.

The game plays very similarly to a Resident Evil game, with the fixed camera and control

system. It even has the loading screens showing your characters opening a door. But the game

does show some new moves, like the camera will do a cool trick and follow Regina down

some corridors. It is little things like this that make the game feel unique and its own.

But the game does pull a big time bait and switch on you. If you ever saw an ad, or read

the back of the jewel case, you would think that this is going to be non-stop dinosaur

killing action. Where in reality, it is quite the opposite. You see, even with all her skills,

Regina does as well one on one against a velociraptor as you or me would. And that is to say, not

very well. So at least for the beginning part of the game, you will come to fear the dinosaurs

rather than anticipate them. You turn a corner and hear a growl, and most likely you are

planning your escape route rather than your attack strategy. And that is one thing I really

liked about this game. Resident Evil had slow, groaning zombies that would get you with numbers.

Here, that fear is there when you see one dinosaur, making the entire game super intense.

Throw in the massive amount of puzzles that will leave you scratching your head, and a

climactic fight against a T-Rex, and you have one very entertaining game.

Dino Crisis is one of the highlights of the survival horror genre, doing what survival

horror should, having you grip your controller the entire time. You never feel safe which

makes you fear the next encounter because your next encounter could very well be your

last.