Still, unlike most games on this genre you can’t just spam your attacks because there is a stamina meter which regenerates if you stop attacking. That said, each weapon and dinossaur is unique on their own way. This actually made me wonder why you can’t go back and replay previous levels in order to stack on weapons for later, harder levels. However, if you die while using one of the previously acquired weapons and/or dinossaurs, you’ll loose them for good. This can be done via a “equipment screen” before each level. The thing is, if you complete a level with a boomerang and a dinossaur, you’ll get to keep them for later levels. Not only that but dinossaurs give you special attacks and allow you to walk through lava, swamp water or underwater, depending on their type.Gems can be used at shops to buy more weapons, eggs or food. What I mean by this is that when you pick up a dinossaur, you’ll get a new hunger bar for the dinossaur alone. Dinossaur eggs play a huge role because they basicly give you another life. The game starts you off with throwing stones as a default weapon but soon enough you’ll start finding, axes, bows and boomerangs which you’ll also be able to use. While playing on each level you’ll also find weapons, dinossaur eggs and gems. The levels themselves are divided into several different biomes such as ice caves, forests, deserts and volcanic areas, each with their own enemy and dinossaur types. This allows for more variety on another playthrough. The game is divided into several levels and there are a few times on the world map that you get to choose one of two ways to go. In order to restore it, you need to collect food which is scattered all around the levels. If you get hit the bar diminishes and as time passes the bar diminishes by itself so the game forces you to keep moving. This bar serves both as your health meter and as a timer. As soon as you spawn on a level, a hunger bar at the top will start diminishing and if it reaches zero it is game over and you have to start the level all over again. The main gimmick of this game is the fact that you can’t wander on a level and take your lovely time to complete it. Dinocide plays like any standard platformer and there isn’t much you need to learn. Despite this, the game manages to redeem it itself. This is one of the few complaints I have about Dinocide, the superficial story or lack of any actual development and dialogue. The story of the game is as follows, your lovely companion, which I assume to be your wife/partner, gets captured by a mysterious creature and you’re off to save her. I haven’t played a platformer for a while so I must say, it felt good to play this. Posted: 5 March, 2016 Dinocide is an retro platformer set in an alternate prehistoric timeline. ** Disclaimer: I was given a key to review the game. Good game so far, and I would recomend it as it is right now for anybody who enjoys the older style games from the past. Hopefully it's just a freak thing that I encountered alone. The developers were quick to answer my request for help, and I'm hopeful I can finish this one soon!ĮDIT: Developers could not replicate my strange problem, so we updated my save file to continue on, so I am planning on doing this soon. I am currently stuck on a part with a strange frame rate issue, but hopefully I can finish this one up soon once it's figured out. Sometimes I get overfilled, and other times, I find it incredibly difficult to not get hit, move fast enough, and maintain my hunger gauge throughout the level. The whole system with the hunger meter is a bit too fast for my liking. Collecting gems, dinosaurs, and weapons is a great idea whenever possible. Sometimes it is better to skip ahead and save your meter. Killing things can be detrimental to success on this one. You have infinite lives, basically, but if you use things, and you or they die, then you lose them. It's not a bad idea to die some while exploring various levels to find out where a nice line would be to travel for max benefit, or bonus perks, like gemstones, or shops or dinosaurs, for instance. I would have to say that trying levels out and seeing what they are about is a good idea.
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