Carnivores Dinosaur Hunter Reborn allows you to live the fantasy of hunting Dinosaurs.
Which was never really possible because guns, dinosaurs, and people have never been around
at the same time.
I've had a chance to check this game out, so let's take a look at Carnivores in a first
impression review.
Carnivores is very straight forward hunting game.
A drone sets you down on an island, you shoot at dinos until you run out of ammo, call the
drone back to evacuate, then rinse and repeat.
There's no story or character, it's just a dinosaur hunting simulator.
But that's not entirely a bad thing.
It keep the focus on the shooting, stealthing, and hunting.
You start off with only a limited amount of ammo on one single gun and you have to search
for dinosaurs only using your tracker.
It feels barebones at first, but everything is upgradeable and these few tools that you
have become incredibly helpful.
You scout out dinosaurs from a far then sneak up on them for the kill.
Dinosaurs have visible weakspots that you want to hit to take them down quicker.
This conserves ammo to keep you on the island longer.
After each kill you have to get close to the dead dinos to confirm your kill.
These kills give you gems for upgrades and trophy points for unlocking new levels.
The challenge comes from getting these kills with limited amount and without disturbing
the other dinosaurs.
If dinosaurs see, smell, or hear you, it's over.
You have to be very perceptive of your environment in order to get these stealth kills.
If you get too ambitious chasing one dinosaur, another might sneak up right behind you.
And you only have enough ammo for maybe 4 to 5 dino kills if you are really efficient.
There's a few different weapons from a rifle to a crossbow and a sniper.
The crossbow is more for up close stealth kills and the sniper is for long distance
high power shots.
Each weapon has a trade off.
If you use the sniper, you'll attract more attention through noise.
However if you use a crossbow you'll have to get closer which puts you in the dinosaurs
line of sight.
There's also functional upgrades such as improving the radar on your tracker, removing your scent,
or increasing your movement speed.
For an indie game the graphics have a nice level of detail.
The environment looks very full and lush for a tropical area and the dinosaurs are very
detailed.
The scale of everything fits naturally.
You definitely feel like an individual human amongst huge dinosaurs in an open environment.
The graphics can be performance intensive due to the really high draw distance.
The gameplay kind of relies on a high draw distance so this is a good thing.
There's also an option for advanced grass which adds even more detail to the environment,
but cuts the performance in half.
This game might be a little intensive for people with budget gaming rigs.
The game is very focused on the hunting.
There's not many other elements to distract you.
And that's both good and bad.
I personally think the game could have a little more production value.
The menus and intro screen are very barebones.
And the music is sparsely placed.
I think a few improvements to the soundtrack could really heighten the suspense and victory
of hunting.
Everything is just a little too subtle from the sounds of the guns to the music.
The game can feel a bit empty unless you are someone who strictly wants to hunt.
It's interesting that this game comes around during the release window of movies like Jurassic
World and other games like ARK: Survival Evolved.
It's good that they are capitalizing on the dinosaur trend and this game fits more on
the simulation side of dinosaur hunting.
We might be seeing a few more games in the dinosaur world soon.
Carnivores is nice for a hunting simulation.
It's not a bad game, however it kind of lacks variety and intensity.
If you really enjoy hunting games you may want to check this one out.
But for the rest of us, there's more exciting games to play.
Will you be playing any upcoming dinosaur games like this one of ARK: Survival Evolved?
Let us know in the comments.
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