I think I'm done with Cauldron games from now on LOL. A lot of you guys joined me on twitch and it was awesome! If you want to hang out in the future, come give a follow! www.twitch.tv/jarek4gamingdragon
I got to thank you for showing me games which I never heard of lol !! Enjoy your vids, BTW, is the ending of all your videos related to Final Fantasy after the battle music ? just wondering it sounds so familiar..
I just imagine one of the devs waking up in a cold sweat the night after launch He phones his co-worker "Tim? TIM? TIM!" "Yeah dude, what is it?" "WE COULD HAVE MAPPED THE WEAPONS TO THE D-PAD" "OH FU-"
Dude the scorpion level was wild and he barely mentioned it. I mean, it's a goofy little game but I think it symbolises when gaming didn't have to be serious. I found this video just due to looking if there would be some kind of remaster lol
Recognized that revolver rifle from the Activision History Channel Civil War game from 2007. Same animation and model. I wonder if Cauldron reused more material than we thought.
his voice did subtly change though, 'cause mason had an AMAZING voice actor that really made the character so memorable. his voice did change subtly though however, it became slightly more raspy & gruff & woods' voice became quite raspy in BO2 when it was him as an old man, compared to the missions with him and mason when they're still young. @@Daftanemone
@@Daftanemone Alex mason's voice DID change in his old age, though. thinking back on it, both Alex & woods' voice actors added noticeable aging to their voices which became quite evident when you'd finish one of the flashback missions back to Vietnam and, then to hear woods speaking/hear mason talking to his son. y'know, whats his face that is the main character in BO2. even mason's sons voice sounds the "same" when he's a kid to when he's an adult it sounds the same but like he's grown up & went through puberty & his voice got deeper. the voice acting in both black ops' [3 and 4 aren't even black ops games IMO] is one of not only the best voice acting jobs in any media, be it games or, animated movies, but one of the VERY REASONS those games were not only so good but also memorable. since y'know they had voice actors that actually knew what they were doing & thought the characters through and, put tons of thought about every aspect of how these characters will sound, as they go through life and age, [seemingly] experience the loss of their best friend and forever hold that pain in their heart (woods an mason especially noticeable if you accidentally killed Alex Mason,) et cetera et cetera. voice actor here just didn't give a fuck to think about it nor do anything more than what justified their [most likely] absurd pay rate to do this particular gig, since they knew the game wouldnt bring them shit all in royalty fees, since it barley sold really, since we all know games based on movies are always massive flops. except for meet the Robinsons tbh, yeah that game is a ratchet & clank wannabe clown, however its fun and the story is pretty good if you were really into that movie as a kid/younger beginning end of teenager aged teen, like my sister was. lol but yeah point remains, this game was destined to flop and the voice actor didn't give a flying fuck. & that really shows.
Well, since we're in a jurassic mood, may I suggest Jurassic Park: Trespasser? Your lifebar is literally an heart tattoo on your character's right boob which you have to look down on every time you want to check your health. Also, your left arm is broken. So to aim you have to rotate your right hand, slowly, mind you. That won't stop you from using shotguns, for some reason.
Trespasser was not a good game even by that time period. You had very little view distance relative to the landscape, you couldn't really use Melee weapons, and doing any sort of gunplay kind of sucked. But it was a really really faithful game, lots of cool dialogue and secrets, and it was certainly innovative with the way it let you interact with physics. Still, it came out 1 year after Goldeneye: 007 and 2 years before Halo:CE so it isn't exactly excusable. Loved it for the record.
@@ricksmartinez2643 ACM isn't really that bad of a game either. I think they're both pretty mediocre games but they definitely have some enjoyable aspects to them
Hang on, at 1:43 that's the Colt Revolving rifle from the 1850s. That weapon was used in the History Channel game Civil War A Nation Divided and its successor Civil War Secret Missions. Hell the model and animation are the exact same. Hmmmmm. You know speaking of which those two games would probably be amusing to review. A Civil War FPS is... rare let's just say. EDIT. Cauldron made those Civil War game. This is both surprising but also not looking back.
@Metsarebuff 22 I actually own that. It's not quite a Civil War FPS but close enough I guess. The closest to a historical FPS would be a steam multiplayer game called War of Rights. I concur, amusing review for that thing. It has its problem but goddamn it, a fully automatic machine gun at Antietam? Hells yes.
@@jspike96 Damn your right. That makes complete sense. They seemed to have done a lot of historical shooters. I'm pretty sure the BAR model is from the Battle for the Pacific game they made.
This game is basically a greatest hits recycling of all Cauldron's previous games. The "modern" weapons are taken from Soldier Of Fortune Payback and Secret Service, the "WW2" weapons are from History Channel's Battle For The Pacific, and the "Civil War" weapons are from the History Channel Civil War games.
I remember getting this game for like 6 bucks at gamestop lol I dont think I ever finished it and I completely forgot this "masterpiece" existed till your vid popped up in my notifications Edit: thanks for the nostalgia Jarek 😚
I was absolutely obsessed with the demo that they had on the Xbox 360 store, it was like a horde mode that was in a small arena with two Gatlin guns (I believe there was two???) Fgat allowed you to mow down enemies quickly
Played this when I was younger and it took me a while to beat so I never realized how short it was. I'm not sure how it holds up now but I remember really liking the level design each one felt different from the swamps to a volcano to a cave.
This game was a budget game, it released for $19.99 US and I remember because I worked near a Walmart when they got a shipment of this game lol . And even then looking at it fresh out of the box on release day.... I said "this looks like a budget game" lol
@@smokingcrab2290 exactly, back then I loved it bc it simply had dinosaurs and alright graphics, I also loved the different types of dinosaurs so, you're absolutely right.
When you consider how few and far between dinosaur shooting games are, Jurassic the Hunted is definitely up there as one of the best, as it’s a linear, arcade type game. Turok is also a no-brainer, but in those games, you spend like 70% of the game shooting soldier type enemies rather than dinosaurs. This game is purely centered on shooting dinosaurs. The only real criticism I have toward this game is that most of the enemies are just raptors with the exception of bosses.
We need a actual Turok 4. Turok 3:SoO left with adon going to find Joshua cuz she believes he's alive somewhere, The counsil turned out to be evil and sends someone to stop here, that's the cliffhanger. If it did come back, I would like to be able to play as either Adon or Joseph (since Danelle is have a child) and find Joshua and have the counsil as the main enemy. Just my thought on a new dinosaur game.
I'd prefer a turok reboot. Its been so long. It's the turok 2 was the first game I played in 2001. So many memories. The IP has really good potential. The time is right for a reboot.
Turok 2008 sold enough to green light a sequel, but Disney shut down most of their game studios while it was in development. Turok pretty much needs a reboot. Not sure how well the remasters of Turok 1 and 2 have sold on Steam and consoles...
This actually sounds more like the original Turok stories than the 2008 reboot. The time vortexes pulling things in from throughout history sounds like the Lost Land to me.
They're basically average for the time it was released. I'd say they were basically on par with other kind of budget/mediocre games of the time like Turok (the shitty remake) or Haze. The real issue was the poor performance. The game runs unbelievably bad.
I remember the game case had a picture of a triceratops in the back and thought I was going to fight one at some point in the game, never did. I really wish this game fleshed out its story or content more.
I think your 6.5 was perfect for the game. I remember dropping some time into it when i was a youngen and I still remember some points were I was annoyed of the difficulty (I was 11 at the very oldest)
Yeah I didn't get that either. I'm pretty sure that's how most people hold it and that this guy is the one in the minority that doesn't hold the controller that way.
12:07 The term I use for games being hard in the wrong way is "Artificial Difficulty" instead of "Actual Difficulty". Actual difficulty provides a fun challenge, anybody can artificially inflate a difficulty level by spawning loads of enemies or just generally not giving the player a fair chance but that doesn't make it a fun challenge to overcome with skill and practice. It's just something hard for the sake of it. Also I subbed, I love a good game analysis but a lot of the ones I see on TH-cam are a bit disappointing. This was 10/10. I liked the part where you shot the dinosaurs.
The Call Of Duty franchise is one of the biggest offenders of Artificial Difficulty. All they did on the hardest difficulty was have the enemies throw non-stop grenades, have pinpoint accuracy no matter the distance, and be able to kill you with just a bullet or two!
I might actually be lucky i found this one, since this is a north american release exclusive and i got in malta of all places at their comic con for 13e so on the rather cheaper side in 2022. Yeah it is not really all that great but it is a fun shooter for someone like me who likes dinosaur shooters like Dino Crisis and Turok, we really need to see those comeback.
Having played the ps2 version, it honestly isn't that bad. The framerate chugs during the "boss fights" but its actually perfectly playable. The graphics are more or less the same as well, just with a lower resolution, of course. This game was probably originally developed with the ps2/Wii in mind, then lazily ported to the 360 after the fact, hence why the performance is so bad. The game isn't good, but it's not offensively bad either. I ended up mildly enjoying my time with it. Because of how short and incredibly easy it is, it's jank and design flaws ultimately never feel too frustrating.
Oh man I had some kinda survival mode demo that I played so much as a kid. Honestly my memory of that is a blur I just remembered the sights and sounds and some of the fear I got out of a raptor damaging me when I was helpless as a kid with no video game skills.
It’s not bad, it’s not great, it’s good. It’s a fun game that gives us a glance at what a Jurassic Park FPS could’ve been like. (I mean, one that actually functions right.)
Downloaded the Demo for this years ago, it was just the horde mode, I like horde modes but, I kinda want a couple levels to mess with when trying to make a purchasing decision. Kinda feel like I dodged a bullet now
I think this game would have been golden if it'd came out very early in the 360's life cycle. if the voice acting and graphics had been better, would have been considered a classic.
Calduron even reused the "Adrenaline" mode in a Cabela's game. I dont remember the name of that game, but it is basically Jurassic: The Hunted but with predators
“I could see this being someone’s guilty pleasure” *Me currently playing the game for like the 20th time* Seriously though I get the urge to play it like once a year. I don’t know, just something about a brain dead shooter game with dinosaurs is inherently fun
that's insane if you have to press Y to switch weapons, in Alan Wake, came out the same year, you use the D-Pad to switch weapons. Left for the flare gun, Up for Two handed weapon (shotgun, pump action shotgun, or hunting rifle), right for revolver, down for flares and down twicer for flashbang grenade Nice and simple
"Hey, let's make a control scheme for use in an FPS with 4 weapons." "Okay. Usually you swap weapons with Y, but if there's more than three, it gets a bit ridiculous. How 'bout we map that to the D-Pad." "No." "Why?" "Because we need somewhere to put Interact." "But wouldn't that be mapped to X?" "But we're already using that for Reload." "Can't we have multiple uses for a single button?" "No, that would be too confusing." "Fine. What else?" "Let's give it sprint." "Sure, let's do that. We can make it toggle, right?' "No. But we can make aim toggle for our halo-style controls for some reason." "WTF."
JarekTheGamingDragon I know! The only reason I remember those prices was because I worked as a temp at Gamestop for Christmas and was working when the copies came in. Me and the other associate remarked how terrible the game must be and how overpriced it was. We only got three copies of the PS2 version and they sat there for a long time. Of course the thought of paying $39.99 for a PS2 in 2008 was ludicrous.
After this video I went out and bought this game. I love it. I play it whenever I’m bored and it’s my guilty pleasure but I can’t even say I’m guilty about it because it is fun. Ridiculous fun! Thank you for bringing this to my attention! :)
Some people say that Payback obviously doesn't run on modern PC because it is old, being released in 2007. Meanwhile I still play pre-2007 games on my PC that can run any current AAA game, without any problem!
there was an RTS I played a demo of as a kid where it was sort of in a semi modern time sort of ww2 but instead it follows a middle age style with dinosaurs
I was addicted to this game when I was in 4th grade. Not to mention I grew up on the Wii which is how I played the game. I used the Cabela's Wii blaster and it seemed to be no more different than any other fps I played on the Wii. Now that being said I tried to Play it again recently and I could not get used to the Wiimote lol
I remember playing this game on the Wii as a kid. I know, it's awful! But the nostalgia is real. I kind of want to pick it up and play it again just so I can remember my childhood.
When this shit came out I was so hyped for it because of how much I loved the first 2 Dino Crisis games my parents got me the ps2 port cuz I didnt really play the ps3 a lot at the time and I remember really liking it up until the ending. It felt so rushed and I thought there was more levels but nope nothing. Just some shitty sequel bait cliffhanger ending. That was the first time I was ever betrayed by a game and it still hurts to this day.
i had it for the wii when i was younger(might still have it lying around, idk). The cursor liked to freeze alot and get you killed in fights. A change of controller and sensor didn't help this
Wow I played this game when I was in elementary school! I completely forgot about it and honestly have a ton of great memories about this game when I was 10. Obviously after your video and replaying it I was not surprised at how bad this game aged and good good this games is awful. But thanks for the nostalgia and I really appreciate the video!
One thing that should have gotten a mention (unless I missed it being mentioned) is that your crosshair blooms when turning instead of moving. This is an extremely awkward and clunky way of implementing reticle bloom that I've only ever seen in a few other low budget titles.
I believe this was one of my first xbox 360 games when i picked up an xbox 360, i had good memories but i didn't get it complete. It was really fun despite being published by activision.
6:35 What, you're serious? I've held 360-style controllers with fingers on both bumpers and triggers at all times, and not doing so just feels completely wrong. Am I really in the minority?
If you want to shoot dinosaurs with a friend, I highly recommend Jurassic Park 2 on the SNES. Great game and real challenge! Only beat it on easy on the SNES but remember even that was certainly no walk in the park.
hello from 2022. i wonder if this game could be backwards compatible and run well on the series x? it looks fun af idc what anyone says. i remember playing the free trial back then
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I think I'm done with Cauldron games from now on LOL. A lot of you guys joined me on twitch and it was awesome! If you want to hang out in the future, come give a follow! www.twitch.tv/jarek4gamingdragon
I got to thank you for showing me games which I never heard of lol !! Enjoy your vids, BTW, is the ending of all your videos related to Final Fantasy after the battle music ? just wondering it sounds so familiar..
You should check out the King Kong videogame, just to wash your mouth from Cauldron taste
@@A-G-F- King Kong the movie game... ah the memories. Unless you played PC in which case I'm so sorry.
PLEASE review secret service PLEASE
How bad is spec ops stealth patrol for ps1 really?
I just imagine one of the devs waking up in a cold sweat the night after launch
He phones his co-worker
"Tim? TIM? TIM!"
"Yeah dude, what is it?"
"WE COULD HAVE MAPPED THE WEAPONS TO THE D-PAD"
"OH FU-"
Lmfao
But how would they repair things, Dave?
@@nickdahl203 Duh, idk, hold Y maybe. 😐
Not gonna lie as a kid I loved this game.
Same
Yeah I had so many fun memories of it
ya i love this game
same i still love it
Dude the scorpion level was wild and he barely mentioned it. I mean, it's a goofy little game but I think it symbolises when gaming didn't have to be serious. I found this video just due to looking if there would be some kind of remaster lol
Recognized that revolver rifle from the Activision History Channel Civil War game from 2007. Same animation and model. I wonder if Cauldron reused more material than we thought.
You even use a brown bess muzzle loader, go figure
You sure that's a Brown Bess? Looked like the Winthrop Rifle which was in the Civil War sequel game.
@@LadyTylerBioRodriguez
Just looked again, it is a Withworth Rifle
@@A-G-F- Yeah. The irony is that Civil War game tried to pass it off as a breech loading rifle. Not even remotely.
The shotgun is recycled from Soldier of Fortune Payback
Well in BO2 when Mason survives and comes back he is 40 years older, doesn't sound any different either.
@@Daftanemone You must be some sort of troll. How you gunna sit there and say something that stupid. Even as a joke that's lame asF
I remember his voice sounding more gruff in 2025 actually
his voice did subtly change though, 'cause mason had an AMAZING voice actor that really made the character so memorable. his voice did change subtly though however, it became slightly more raspy & gruff & woods' voice became quite raspy in BO2 when it was him as an old man, compared to the missions with him and mason when they're still young. @@Daftanemone
@@Daftanemone Alex mason's voice DID change in his old age, though.
thinking back on it, both Alex & woods' voice actors added noticeable aging to their voices which became quite evident when you'd finish one of the flashback missions back to Vietnam and, then to hear woods speaking/hear mason talking to his son.
y'know, whats his face that is the main character in BO2.
even mason's sons voice sounds the "same" when he's a kid to when he's an adult it sounds the same but like he's grown up & went through puberty & his voice got deeper.
the voice acting in both black ops' [3 and 4 aren't even black ops games IMO] is one of not only the best voice acting jobs in any media, be it games or, animated movies, but one of the VERY REASONS those games were not only so good but also memorable.
since y'know they had voice actors that actually knew what they were doing & thought the characters through and, put tons of thought about every aspect of how these characters will sound, as they go through life and age, [seemingly] experience the loss of their best friend and forever hold that pain in their heart (woods an mason especially noticeable if you accidentally killed Alex Mason,) et cetera et cetera.
voice actor here just didn't give a fuck to think about it nor do anything more than what justified their [most likely] absurd pay rate to do this particular gig, since they knew the game wouldnt bring them shit all in royalty fees, since it barley sold really, since we all know games based on movies are always massive flops.
except for meet the Robinsons tbh, yeah that game is a ratchet & clank wannabe clown, however its fun and the story is pretty good if you were really into that movie as a kid/younger beginning end of teenager aged teen, like my sister was. lol but yeah point remains, this game was destined to flop and the voice actor didn't give a flying fuck. & that really shows.
@@unfortunately_fortunate2000 Jurassic the hunted wasn't based on a movie
I like how Rock isn’t even shocked to finally see Dillon. He doesn’t get emotional or hugs him. He is just like “It’s good to see you I’m old”
Lmao, I loved this game when I was younger. Tbh probably not that great but good memories
Same
Same!!😎
Same
Same
『JUANCHO』
It’s just fun and that’s what I like
Well, since we're in a jurassic mood, may I suggest Jurassic Park: Trespasser?
Your lifebar is literally an heart tattoo on your character's right boob which you have to look down on every time you want to check your health.
Also, your left arm is broken. So to aim you have to rotate your right hand, slowly, mind you. That won't stop you from using shotguns, for some reason.
Skills big
It's a pretty decent game TBH though
Great physics engine and great concepts for a survival game at the time
Trespasser was not a good game even by that time period. You had very little view distance relative to the landscape, you couldn't really use Melee weapons, and doing any sort of gunplay kind of sucked.
But it was a really really faithful game, lots of cool dialogue and secrets, and it was certainly innovative with the way it let you interact with physics.
Still, it came out 1 year after Goldeneye: 007 and 2 years before Halo:CE so it isn't exactly excusable.
Loved it for the record.
@@xotl2780 yes I think faithful should've been the word I used too
If I'm not mistaken they got Minnie Driver to do the voice.
lol I actually have a lot of nostalgia for this game. I believe I played it when I was 10 or 11, it was my first FPS game ever
Same
Same
Oh you were 10 or 11 for ur first fps I was 4 when cod 4 came out this was my first fps
Same
i used to play it a lot on the wii , I remember I hated the ending tho
Him: the cheapest you can buy it is from gamestop..
Me: Set Sail..
Yar!
We are Headed for the pirate bay Landlubber *YARR*
I only played half of it for least then 30 minutes i totally regretted T︵T
I guess it could've been worse he could've played aliens colonial marines
@@ricksmartinez2643 ACM isn't really that bad of a game either. I think they're both pretty mediocre games but they definitely have some enjoyable aspects to them
omg I remember the world smallest streamer playing it
He's not small, he's *compact*
Wait what? The GUY WHO DIED TO PINWHEEL played this?
Sometimes, I can still hear the bees too
Mimiyo yeah, but that was back before the plague hit.
What streamer?
Hang on, at 1:43 that's the Colt Revolving rifle from the 1850s. That weapon was used in the History Channel game Civil War A Nation Divided and its successor Civil War Secret Missions. Hell the model and animation are the exact same. Hmmmmm. You know speaking of which those two games would probably be amusing to review. A Civil War FPS is... rare let's just say. EDIT. Cauldron made those Civil War game. This is both surprising but also not looking back.
These devs made that game
@Metsarebuff 22 I actually own that. It's not quite a Civil War FPS but close enough I guess. The closest to a historical FPS would be a steam multiplayer game called War of Rights. I concur, amusing review for that thing. It has its problem but goddamn it, a fully automatic machine gun at Antietam? Hells yes.
@@jspike96 Damn your right. That makes complete sense. They seemed to have done a lot of historical shooters. I'm pretty sure the BAR model is from the Battle for the Pacific game they made.
This game is basically a greatest hits recycling of all Cauldron's previous games. The "modern" weapons are taken from Soldier Of Fortune Payback and Secret Service, the "WW2" weapons are from History Channel's Battle For The Pacific, and the "Civil War" weapons are from the History Channel Civil War games.
I remember getting this game for like 6 bucks at gamestop lol I dont think I ever finished it and I completely forgot this "masterpiece" existed till your vid popped up in my notifications
Edit: thanks for the nostalgia Jarek 😚
You want a GOOD dino killing game? Play Dino Crisis 2
Or 1 for a good horror dinosaur game
You want a BAD dino killing game: ORION: Prelude
Turok is another great Dino game
Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues for SNES? Contra with dinosaurs and human mercenaries...
Lost World for PS1 is awesome. It's super jank, but pretty fun. Plus the surprisingly high level of violence never gets old.
I was wondering why this game looked so bad just to realize that TH-cam put my quality down to 144p
@wisdom lol okay m8
Kenny Andrews Someone put the president on 144p
I was absolutely obsessed with the demo that they had on the Xbox 360 store, it was like a horde mode that was in a small arena with two Gatlin guns (I believe there was two???) Fgat allowed you to mow down enemies quickly
Glad someone remembers the demo, I played the shit out of it too lol
Same here fan lmao back when we had demos out the ass
Bro hahaha yessss I played the hell out of that
Me too
Oh shit dude I remember that from an OXM demo disc
Played this when I was younger and it took me a while to beat so I never realized how short it was. I'm not sure how it holds up now but I remember really liking the level design each one felt different from the swamps to a volcano to a cave.
Same
Tvtropes has a name for that, "Fake Difficulty"
A fellow man of culture!
TVTropes is awesome
"Sigh" i guess i will spend the next 5 hours reading tv tropes again
This game was a budget game, it released for $19.99 US and I remember because I worked near a Walmart when they got a shipment of this game lol . And even then looking at it fresh out of the box on release day.... I said "this looks like a budget game" lol
Video: this game is shit!
75% of comments: but i liked this game!
I loved it
@@smokingcrab2290 exactly, back then I loved it bc it simply had dinosaurs and alright graphics, I also loved the different types of dinosaurs so, you're absolutely right.
It is a great game. Survival mode is just like zombie mode in Call of Duty but with Dinosaurs
This game is fantastically fun
When you consider how few and far between dinosaur shooting games are, Jurassic the Hunted is definitely up there as one of the best, as it’s a linear, arcade type game. Turok is also a no-brainer, but in those games, you spend like 70% of the game shooting soldier type enemies rather than dinosaurs. This game is purely centered on shooting dinosaurs. The only real criticism I have toward this game is that most of the enemies are just raptors with the exception of bosses.
This game was a part of my child hood man. god the memories of fighting that spino were great.
Mindjack (2010) , we need this vídeo.
Yes
I’m sorry to say this, but...what’s the plan, Dutch?
@@dutchplanderlinde4845 we'll i was thinking and then it hit me how about we rob a train
I don't know what is happening, the smoke the gun, the whole world is explode. Then we a running, running very fast.
Top tier Square Enix game that one was.
dudr when i was like 11 this game was my SHIT lol I got it on my Wii and played through it like 3 times 😂
I played it when I was like 7 and the main character said the word shit and I stopped playing
hell yeah lmao
Little Toes I stopped playing when I saw the dead triceratops because it scared me
I believe that this game was supposed to be a DLC for soldier of fortune payback
@@shadyrecords4386
And all the other weapons are just reskinned
@@shadyrecords4386
They did the same thing with another fps called "secret service".
We need a actual Turok 4. Turok 3:SoO left with adon going to find Joshua cuz she believes he's alive somewhere, The counsil turned out to be evil and sends someone to stop here, that's the cliffhanger. If it did come back, I would like to be able to play as either Adon or Joseph (since Danelle is have a child) and find Joshua and have the counsil as the main enemy. Just my thought on a new dinosaur game.
I'd prefer a turok reboot. Its been so long. It's the turok 2 was the first game I played in 2001. So many memories. The IP has really good potential. The time is right for a reboot.
Turok 2008 sold enough to green light a sequel, but Disney shut down most of their game studios while it was in development.
Turok pretty much needs a reboot. Not sure how well the remasters of Turok 1 and 2 have sold on Steam and consoles...
This actually sounds more like the original Turok stories than the 2008 reboot. The time vortexes pulling things in from throughout history sounds like the Lost Land to me.
The graphics actually seem decent imo. Personally I'm looking at it in the context of the budget.
Cauldron's games all use the exact same game engine, but it does seem to perform pretty good graphics-wise.
They're basically average for the time it was released. I'd say they were basically on par with other kind of budget/mediocre games of the time like Turok (the shitty remake) or Haze. The real issue was the poor performance. The game runs unbelievably bad.
0:16 "Ah shit, here we go again."
The surviving game was fun when it was free to play on Xbox and I was broken😂😂😂
I'm broken too. Broke AND broken 🙄
I remember the game case had a picture of a triceratops in the back and thought I was going to fight one at some point in the game, never did. I really wish this game fleshed out its story or content more.
I think your 6.5 was perfect for the game. I remember dropping some time into it when i was a youngen and I still remember some points were I was annoyed of the difficulty (I was 11 at the very oldest)
wait...most people don't play with a finger on the bumper and a finger on the trigger? I would think that's the normal way to play with a controller.
I did when I was younger, but my hands are too big to hold any of them like that anymore :(
Yeah I didn't get that either. I'm pretty sure that's how most people hold it and that this guy is the one in the minority that doesn't hold the controller that way.
I don't.
Only real og’s played with the wii remote
When I was younger I loved playing with Dino-riders. There's definitely potential in that franchise for a cool fps.
Damn man you make genuinely good and entertaining videos, been watching you for a few months now. Hope I can see your channel grow, you deserve it
12:07 The term I use for games being hard in the wrong way is "Artificial Difficulty" instead of "Actual Difficulty".
Actual difficulty provides a fun challenge, anybody can artificially inflate a difficulty level by spawning loads of enemies or just generally not giving the player a fair chance but that doesn't make it a fun challenge to overcome with skill and practice. It's just something hard for the sake of it.
Also I subbed, I love a good game analysis but a lot of the ones I see on TH-cam are a bit disappointing. This was 10/10.
I liked the part where you shot the dinosaurs.
The Call Of Duty franchise is one of the biggest offenders of Artificial Difficulty. All they did on the hardest difficulty was have the enemies throw non-stop grenades, have pinpoint accuracy no matter the distance, and be able to kill you with just a bullet or two!
very high quality video! keep up with the good work!
8:31 *WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?*
2 rats, why not 3
I might actually be lucky i found this one, since this is a north american release exclusive and i got in malta of all places at their comic con for 13e so on the rather cheaper side in 2022. Yeah it is not really all that great but it is a fun shooter for someone like me who likes dinosaur shooters like Dino Crisis and Turok, we really need to see those comeback.
Having played the ps2 version, it honestly isn't that bad. The framerate chugs during the "boss fights" but its actually perfectly playable. The graphics are more or less the same as well, just with a lower resolution, of course. This game was probably originally developed with the ps2/Wii in mind, then lazily ported to the 360 after the fact, hence why the performance is so bad. The game isn't good, but it's not offensively bad either. I ended up mildly enjoying my time with it. Because of how short and incredibly easy it is, it's jank and design flaws ultimately never feel too frustrating.
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All one really has to do here to prove your point is go and look at game releases in 2009 and 2010. It's... illuminating.
I used to play the Wii version of this game a lot.
Michael Murphy i had a lot of fun with the 360 version, did u have fun w the wii version¿
I loved this on the wii
me too with the ps2 version. geeez i loved this generic shooter
Love your videos, very informative and it is always nice to see a reviewer playing bad videogames NOT do the "angry videogame nerd" shtick
Really excellent review. Very discerning, excellent diction, excellent editing to prove points etc.
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This game is just Secret Service for the PS2, only with dinosaurs instead of terrorists.
The black powder sniper rifle is straight ripped from the History Channel: Civil War game!
And the "modern" weapons are all ripped from Soldier Of Fortune Payback and Secret Service!
Oh man I had some kinda survival mode demo that I played so much as a kid. Honestly my memory of that is a blur I just remembered the sights and sounds and some of the fear I got out of a raptor damaging me when I was helpless as a kid with no video game skills.
It’s not bad, it’s not great, it’s good.
It’s a fun game that gives us a glance at what a Jurassic Park FPS could’ve been like. (I mean, one that actually functions right.)
I would like to see a remake of Jurassic park trespasser. Using either the unreal 4 or the cryengine. And gameplay similar to The Long Dark
Downloaded the Demo for this years ago, it was just the horde mode, I like horde modes but, I kinda want a couple levels to mess with when trying to make a purchasing decision. Kinda feel like I dodged a bullet now
I really liked this game when i played, it had that bermuda triangle vibes, dinos, and every single weapon i like....
I played this game on my older brothers ps3 when I was like 9 or 10. It’s not that good of a game from an older perspective, but some good memories.
Jarek: *sees shitty game audience might be interested it.*
“Ah shit, here we go again”
I think this game would have been golden if it'd came out very early in the 360's life cycle. if the voice acting and graphics had been better, would have been considered a classic.
You are extremely good to listen to at work! great video love the games you cover.
Calduron even reused the "Adrenaline" mode in a Cabela's game.
I dont remember the name of that game, but it is basically Jurassic: The Hunted but with predators
Honestly SOF4 and this one are my fsvorite meh gsmes
The weapon cycling is the reason I dont have the nuck chorris rex achievement. It takes so long to switch between the rockets and minigun
“I could see this being someone’s guilty pleasure” *Me currently playing the game for like the 20th time* Seriously though I get the urge to play it like once a year. I don’t know, just something about a brain dead shooter game with dinosaurs is inherently fun
12:07 There is a term for that, it's called "Halo 2 on Legendary."
I like the teardowns, the background and development of terrible games is often interesting
that's insane if you have to press Y to switch weapons, in Alan Wake, came out the same year, you use the D-Pad to switch weapons. Left for the flare gun, Up for Two handed weapon (shotgun, pump action shotgun, or hunting rifle), right for revolver, down for flares and down twicer for flashbang grenade Nice and simple
"Hey, let's make a control scheme for use in an FPS with 4 weapons."
"Okay. Usually you swap weapons with Y, but if there's more than three, it gets a bit ridiculous. How 'bout we map that to the D-Pad."
"No."
"Why?"
"Because we need somewhere to put Interact."
"But wouldn't that be mapped to X?"
"But we're already using that for Reload."
"Can't we have multiple uses for a single button?"
"No, that would be too confusing."
"Fine. What else?"
"Let's give it sprint."
"Sure, let's do that. We can make it toggle, right?'
"No. But we can make aim toggle for our halo-style controls for some reason."
"WTF."
I did have the Wii version as a kid and that made the game a whole lot more challenging for me. (probably why I remember it fondly)
In reference the price of this game at launch.
The 360/PS3 versions were $59.99
The Wii version was $49.99
The PS2 version was $39.99
$60 for a 2 hour game. Absolutely insane!
JarekTheGamingDragon I know! The only reason I remember those prices was because I worked as a temp at Gamestop for Christmas and was working when the copies came in. Me and the other associate remarked how terrible the game must be and how overpriced it was. We only got three copies of the PS2 version and they sat there for a long time. Of course the thought of paying $39.99 for a PS2 in 2008 was ludicrous.
After this video I went out and bought this game. I love it. I play it whenever I’m bored and it’s my guilty pleasure but I can’t even say I’m guilty about it because it is fun. Ridiculous fun! Thank you for bringing this to my attention! :)
"I'm almost impressed" at making a T-rex fight boring...couldn't stop laughing, great channel!
Some people say that Payback obviously doesn't run on modern PC because it is old, being released in 2007. Meanwhile I still play pre-2007 games on my PC that can run any current AAA game, without any problem!
I loved this game growing up. I h ad an obsession with scifi original movies at the time and this really felt like playing one
Is your snap aiming going slightly to the right off the body?
there was an RTS I played a demo of as a kid where it was sort of in a semi modern time sort of ww2 but instead it follows a middle age style with dinosaurs
I remember playing this back in the day. It was the best dinosaur game I’ve ever played back when I was 5-9
I beat this game on the wii when I was like 10, nostalgia
14:27 dinosaur shooters died out, pun intended?
I was addicted to this game when I was in 4th grade. Not to mention I grew up on the Wii which is how I played the game. I used the Cabela's Wii blaster and it seemed to be no more different than any other fps I played on the Wii. Now that being said I tried to Play it again recently and I could not get used to the Wiimote lol
I remember playing this game on the Wii as a kid. I know, it's awful! But the nostalgia is real. I kind of want to pick it up and play it again just so I can remember my childhood.
When this shit came out I was so hyped for it because of how much I loved the first 2 Dino Crisis games my parents got me the ps2 port cuz I didnt really play the ps3 a lot at the time and I remember really liking it up until the ending. It felt so rushed and I thought there was more levels but nope nothing. Just some shitty sequel bait cliffhanger ending. That was the first time I was ever betrayed by a game and it still hurts to this day.
Please do an analysis on the game Legendary!
i had it for the wii when i was younger(might still have it lying around, idk). The cursor liked to freeze alot and get you killed in fights. A change of controller and sensor didn't help this
I've got so many fond memories of this game. It's a big part of my childhood.
I remember this and i actually liked it it was one of my first games as a kid when i didnt even know any english or how to play videogames properly
I had this game on the PS2, loved it. Had dinosaurs, guns and a cool slow mo X-ray mechanic. My kid mind was blown away by that alone.
Yeah the ps2 was perfectly fine. Sad to see the 360 version was so bad.
The 360 version also has the frame rate problem. I got this game included with my 360 so it wasn’t a complete waste of money.
Wow I played this game when I was in elementary school! I completely forgot about it and honestly have a ton of great memories about this game when I was 10. Obviously after your video and replaying it I was not surprised at how bad this game aged and good good this games is awful. But thanks for the nostalgia and I really appreciate the video!
One thing that should have gotten a mention (unless I missed it being mentioned) is that your crosshair blooms when turning instead of moving. This is an extremely awkward and clunky way of implementing reticle bloom that I've only ever seen in a few other low budget titles.
My guilty pleasure, I'm still waiting for the sequel
😂😂hhhhhh...........same for the sequel😉
In the words of Angry Joe in slow mo, "TWO....HOURS. Two fucking hours"?!
I don't remember it being that short
I get it. It's low-rent Serious Sam. Which is funny because Serious Sam is already a budget title series. I bet the Devs were rushed.
I believe this was one of my first xbox 360 games when i picked up an xbox 360, i had good memories but i didn't get it complete. It was really fun despite being published by activision.
I'm surprised he didn't comment on the music. The boss theme is awesome.
Did u know that if u collected all 50 cal mounted gun parts u unlock it in survival to use , the same one used on the t rex boss .
6:35 What, you're serious? I've held 360-style controllers with fingers on both bumpers and triggers at all times, and not doing so just feels completely wrong. Am I really in the minority?
If you want to shoot dinosaurs with a friend, I highly recommend Jurassic Park 2 on the SNES. Great game and real challenge! Only beat it on easy on the SNES but remember even that was certainly no walk in the park.
1:18 the ps2 is incredibly popular in south america, and i bet you many households still have and use a ps2
This was one of my first games on PlayStation 3 and I personally loved this game.
This was a budget game. So I found it pretty solid and fun for its very limited budget.
hello from 2022. i wonder if this game could be backwards compatible and run well on the series x? it looks fun af idc what anyone says. i remember playing the free trial back then
To add to tour points if a game is good enough and its linear thats fine if it's meant to be I mean with little quirks
8:31..little bit of Angry Video Game Nerd there? WHAT WERE THEY THINKING??? XD
I remember this game very fondly from my 360 days, but I haven't played it in a LOOONG time.
Honestly, I liked the game