Dinosaur Horror: Can We See A Comeback?

Justin from Pixel Gate writes:

Dinosaurs could be the perfect medium/idea for horror games, and they’d work really well. We had games like the Dino Crisis series back in the classic PS1 days that made these wonderful environments and tossed in dinosaurs, and actually made them scary. Then again, it was developed by Capcom when the original Resident Evil games were floating around and causing terror in our hearts.

[Snookies12]

I want a new Dino Crisis... :[

[Manio31]

I dunno. Capcom has been iffy with their "horror" franchises lately. Look at Resident Evil.

[Sethry101]

Personally I would really like to see a return of dinosaurs to popular media in general.

[1nsomniac]

I would really like to see a dinosaur comeback too, anything as long as it's not Capcom. I don't think anyone is interested in anything Capcom has to offer these days.

[LeCreuset]

Actually, Dino Crisis did it before Resident Evil. Check out Dino Crisis 2. It's just that that game was actually the truth.

[thorstein]

Bring back Turok: Dinosaur Hunter.

[GuyThatPlaysGames]

I'll take a new Dino Crisis anyday! I think a game with a Dead Island layout filled with dinosaurs would be awesome!

[Commodore]

Dino Crisis was the ****. Simply amazing. Turning the cheats on with infinite ammo+ all guns and just going crazy holding the trigger down.

[Convas]

Yes, please. There is a distinct lack of Dinosaur games right now. That's needs to be remedied immediately.

Primal Carnage on PS4 is a good start.

[TrueJerseyDevil]

I want to see Primal Carnage on PS4 or a new Turok

[LeCreuset]

Turok better do it right. I bought the last one on PS3 and it was such a let down. It had none of the magic of Dino Crisis. In Dino Crisis there is well paced build up to the revelation of the dinosaurs and genuine awe at their discovery. In Turok, the guy is like "Oh, look there's a dinosaur. Anyway, back on subject, that ship we're looking for is in that direction."

[ThatCanadianGuy514]

Dinosaurs are the only enemy in horror games that ever really truly scare me.Dino crisis was a good example, even tho it was pretty action heavy it still scared the ever living shit out of me.No amount of mindless zombies can match the "oh shit" moment of a giant T-rex roaming around looking for you, and you know it.

Don't even get me started on the Raptors..

[Lord_Ranos]

Raptors and tall grass..... I'm always cautious when I'm near tall grass. DX

[d3nworth1]

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[d3nworth1]

Yeah when the T-rex breaks through the window in the office. No matter how many times I play that part, even though I know its coming it still scares. That says alot when a game with outdated graphics can still scare the shit out of people.

[LeCreuset]

I'm man enough to admit that the section from the Dino Crisis demo where the ground is shaking and you had to go outside and get chased by the T-Rex had me scared to even play.

[KakashiHotake]

I'll never forget in the very 1st Tomb Raider for PS1 when that big T rex came out of no where it scared the hell out of me. I even remember having a Jurasic Park game on Sega Cd and to me that was the scariest Dinosaur game ever made, One wrong turn and you were food for the Raptors. I never could understand why there aren't more Dinosaur games out. There's is so much untapped potential for the taking. looking back at it it's almost hard to believe that those giant creatures really roamed the earth. Thank god their extinct.

[Omran]

I wish naughty dog make game where
dinosaurs attack the cities then people
should survive .

[hazardman]

What ever happened to that game BC. Wasnt suppose to have dinosaurs and cavemen. Hey we can go with a new Dino Crisis, a new Turok...man bring on Primal Fear!!!

[NukaCola]

They canceled it and made Fable priority. Sad because BC was my most anticipated game for the original Xbox.

[hazardman]

Yeah, they should bring it back! They should make a dinosaur RTS. Id buy a Jurassic Park RTS anyday as long as its good. Ala Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars...that game is a classic!!

[Kevlar009]

I remember the Jurassic Park Arcade Shooter, where you would get in the mock jeep with the big screen. Maybe it was just me, I but I thought it was pretty scary since it had that House of the Dead feel to it (it was dark, had gore, and was tense)

One of the scariest and most used horror concepts is the hunter, some creature or being who hunts the protagonist. One of the best scenes in Jurassic Park is the raptors in the kitchen, replicating that moment with different types of dinosaurs and locations shouldn't be too hard.

You could very easily have a set-up where someone is stuck on an island full of dinosaurs and you need to survive/escape. Imagine an open world type game, with some inspiration from Dead Island. A moderate budget game with a talented team could pull it off

[LeCreuset]

Give me a Dino Crisis 2 sequel and a survival horror MMORPG featuring dinosaurs.

[gantarat]

Dino Crisis 2 not survivor-horror like first game but very awesome game

[Koopdogg]

@kevlar009
I remember that game too and i loved it more than House of the dead , yeh ok it was dinosaurs but it gave me the heebie jeebies playing it lol

[Koopdogg]

Would love an open world game with my dirtbike wizing under the feet of a herd of brachs and brontos being chased by a pack of raptors ...... ohhhh one may dream from time to time

[Grave]

Two genres I think that are underdone are dinosaurs and time travel. Both could be great games. Combine them for even more awesomeness.

[Relientk77]

Dino Crisis 1 was awesome

[just-joe]

No more zombies, bring on the dinosaurs.