Dinosaur Fun! HD

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This is one theme park that will never be extinct, letting you mix and match a kind-hearted stegosaurus with a terrifying T-Rex, give him horns and some teeth, and create a custom-made Dino Island resident. But be careful! One or two dinosaurs and a couple of rides don't necessarily mean colossal success. You have to manage the entire park, building and maintaining the dino enclosures, feeding them, and ensuring they are safe and comfortable. You also need to make sure your visitors are getting their money's worth, offering food, shelter and plenty of rest areas and finally, you have to take control of all the details, overseeing the budgets, planning the shows and making sure your restaurants and gift shops are frequent shopping stops. It's up to you to keep the crowds coming in... and the dinosaurs happy! [Strategy First]
Dan Adams, IGN Review
Someone is going to have to tell these people to stop giving money to the people that make these crappy tycoon games. I'm sick of it. Somehow, companies out there manage to put out games that don't use any of the good points in economic management and park building games. Dino Island is just the latest in a long string of these types of games that make me want to turn my head and throw up from the sheer boredom of it all. I mean, good lord, put some creativity in your game. Not only is the game just not creative on the development side of things, but there's so little room for good amounts of creativity on the gameplay side that it makes me sadder than Steve when he had his wooby taken from him when he turned fifteen. All Dino Island manages to be is a crappy tycoon game with a slightly interesting gimmick that in practice isn't really all that interesting. In short, this game sucks, don't buy it for yourself or anyone you love. Those that want the long version can keep reading.
I was going to do one of those nifty video reviews of this one, but then I thought I'd be a little embarrassed to have a video of me taking a dump on the Internet. I keep saying in each and every tycoon game that comes out that I say this. And I'm going to keep saying it. There are too many of these games out there. Way too many. Somehow, someway, they seem to be making a profit, which is why we end up seeing games like this. I mean really, a game that makes Zoo Tycoon look like a masterpiece... what's next?
Let people onto the islands with all of these dangerous creatures they say. I say, fine, it's not like I care, the dinosaurs have no hope of escape because they're so bored from being in this game that they can't get up the energy. Really, building these parks is near fatal in the fun and creative category. First, you build an enclosure. These enclosures are built by dragging a box on the ground the size of the enclosure you want. I hope you like squares and rectangles because you'll be seeing a lot of them. Long and skinny, short and thick, long and thick, short and skinny... don't worry, no one's preferences have been left out of this genius piece of design. Once you've gone through the difficult task of creating such an interesting space for your dinosaurs to live in, you can place a food tray and observation towers for the guests to see your dinos. What's that? You wanted to add some interesting things to your enclosure? Too bad!
Once you've got some dinos, you'll need to make some money with shops and entertainment, both of which consist of a really bad selection both artistically and numerically. You can also slip in some of the decorations and rest areas around your park that are also incredibly short on variety and interest.
Speaking of guests, there are ten kinds that will visit your park, each of which have different wants and desires and all of which look categorically awful. I can't remember the last time I saw character models look this bad. Extreme Paintbrawl has nothing on these horrid pieces of trash. I reviewed Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 the other day, ragging on it a little because it didn't go to 3D. But this one should never have even entertained the thought.
There's nothing graphically or aurally impressive about anything in this title aside from the tiny cutscenes that were passably cute, but not near the uproarious masteries of humor that they were supposed to be. Even the interface, which they were trying to make cute, ends up being clunky and unfriendly.
Dinosaurs:
Allosaurus
Ankylosaurus
Brachiosaurus
Coelophysis
Deinonychus
Diplodocus
Giganotosaurus
Hypsilophodon
Iguanodon
Kentrosaurus
Pachycephalosaurus
Parasaurolophus
Pelecanimimus
Protoceratops
Saltasaurus
Stegosaurus
Triceratops
Troodon
Tyrannosaurus
Velociraptor