The soaring Disney epic about the dinosaurs now has its very own game for the PC. Your species faces the grim possibility of extinction, and you're just the prehistoric monster to stop things before they get out of hand. Control Aladar, Flia, and Zini in this detailed, 3D game based on the film. You'll have to find and save eggs, battle deadly Raptors, and escape meteor showers throughout the 11 stages of this incredible tale. Each character has unique abilities, and the only way to solve the puzzles and make it to the game's end is by employing good, old-fashioned teamwork.
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Another Disney game from my childhood, this one being a top-down adventure game with RPG elements.
As far as gameplay goes, it's fine. It's basic RPG, and there's nothing wrong with that. My only issue with it is that the level scaling is a bit strange or I couldn't grasp it, because each mission has a limited number of enemies so you can't properly grind for tougher enemies on later missions, although the game grants you xp for solving puzzles, completing objectives and by simply finishing the mission. This can be a problem because it slows down the growth curve of your characters and certain enemies become a chore to beat, although this can be remedied by using offensive items such as asteroids and the special stones, and it also forces the player to improvise strategies. For example, I was able to whittle down the hp of a bigger and tougher enemy with Zini's rock throw, and later I switched to Aladar to finish it off with stronger but slower attacks.
Speaking of, the combat is also basic, with two options for attacks with two out of the three playable characters. It's hard to avoid getting hurt while fighting enemies, so you have to time your attacks well. You can also strafe around them to keep your distance before attacking. However, certain enemies are damage sponges, and it may become boring to fight them unless you have stones for a special attack which does a good amount of damage, or simply use a fiery asteroid item.
What made this game fun to me was the teamwork aspect. Each character has their own weaknesses and strengths; you can use Flia to scout ahead, or use Zini to climb up platforms and find inaccessible items or lure enemies into a trap, and Aladar can break things to open new paths. I would be lying if I said I wasn't satisfied whenever I got to complete objectives with these characters.
Other minor criticisms would be the music, which is very ambient-like but isn't anything remarkable, and some of the dino models show their age. Kron's boss fight was also a minor headache; it took me a few loss lives, wasting all my special power stones and lots of asteroids to beat him. That was really annoying.
Any other complaints? Well... I guess dino enthusiasts may not like how inaccurate the dinosaurs are in the game? But that doesn't really matter to me; the good outweighs the bad in Disney's Dinosaur.
As far as gameplay goes, it's fine. It's basic RPG, and there's nothing wrong with that. My only issue with it is that the level scaling is a bit strange or I couldn't grasp it, because each mission has a limited number of enemies so you can't properly grind for tougher enemies on later missions, although the game grants you xp for solving puzzles, completing objectives and by simply finishing the mission. This can be a problem because it slows down the growth curve of your characters and certain enemies become a chore to beat, although this can be remedied by using offensive items such as asteroids and the special stones, and it also forces the player to improvise strategies. For example, I was able to whittle down the hp of a bigger and tougher enemy with Zini's rock throw, and later I switched to Aladar to finish it off with stronger but slower attacks.
Speaking of, the combat is also basic, with two options for attacks with two out of the three playable characters. It's hard to avoid getting hurt while fighting enemies, so you have to time your attacks well. You can also strafe around them to keep your distance before attacking. However, certain enemies are damage sponges, and it may become boring to fight them unless you have stones for a special attack which does a good amount of damage, or simply use a fiery asteroid item.
What made this game fun to me was the teamwork aspect. Each character has their own weaknesses and strengths; you can use Flia to scout ahead, or use Zini to climb up platforms and find inaccessible items or lure enemies into a trap, and Aladar can break things to open new paths. I would be lying if I said I wasn't satisfied whenever I got to complete objectives with these characters.
Other minor criticisms would be the music, which is very ambient-like but isn't anything remarkable, and some of the dino models show their age. Kron's boss fight was also a minor headache; it took me a few loss lives, wasting all my special power stones and lots of asteroids to beat him. That was really annoying.
Any other complaints? Well... I guess dino enthusiasts may not like how inaccurate the dinosaurs are in the game? But that doesn't really matter to me; the good outweighs the bad in Disney's Dinosaur.
I played this one in a house of a friend when I was 7 years old. I hated the stupid bird that cannot grab the fire in time...
this piece of shit is responsible for the first instance of full-body emotional emptiness i felt as a child—a terrible premonition of the decade to come. awful video game. wretched enough to have me digging up its corpse for a quick drag-around the town square this beautiful november 2023. awful.
I didn't understand this game as a kid and I still don't, uh not even sure if I can rate it
Awful game. The sounds were annoying at best. I can't believe this game was voice acted. I feel bad for the voice talent. The game is difficult because the controls are bad and I think I soft-locked myself.
Man, even 20 years later I remember this game being bad