For decades games have enhanced their appeal by pitting the player against classic geek adversaries. Aliens, wizards, dragons, pirates, ninjas, zombies – there are many more zombies in our games than would likely exist if the zombie apocalypse actually occurred. Yet while all of the above have flourished as virtual cannon fodder, there's one other quintessential baddie that has found it much harder to break into the games biz, and that is the dinosaur.
Dinosaur-based games are an extremely rare breed, with perhaps ten notable entries between 1995 and the present day, and these aren't exactly consistent in terms of quality. There isn't a single dinosaur-based game on Metacritic with a score over 90. The highest rated game I could find is Dino Crisis 2, clocking in at 86, a score matched by Turok 2. The first Dino Crisis managed a somewhat less convincing 73.
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