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Final evening’s State of Play integrated quite a few trailers into the showcase regardless of the restricted 20-minute runtime, however virtually not one of the video games had been what individuals really anticipated to see. Capcom‘s new motion dinosaur recreation isn’t any exception to this rule, and no, it’s not known as Dino Disaster.
Exoprimal is a futuristic-looking recreation that sends you and a squad of “exofighters” in opposition to a horde of small T-Rex dinos. If that premise from a Capcom recreation sounds all too acquainted to your ears, it’s since you’re considering of Dino Disastera fondly remembered action-adventure franchise by the legendary Shinji Mikami that discovered one thing of a footing within the early 2000s and is now a nostalgic footnote of the survival horror style.
As you may see for your self beneath, whereas this new recreation options dinos as its antagonistic power, the setting and gameplay remind us of something however Dino Disaster.
Very similar to many different displays from final evening, this has left plenty of followers baffled. Why would Capcom make a dinosaur recreation that’s not a sequel to an already established franchise? Listed below are a number of the issues customers have been sharing on Twitter following Exoprimal‘s reveal trailer.
They even made one of many characters appear to be Dino Disaster‘ Regina.
Memes aplenty.
Others are genuinely of the assumption that Capcom deliberately did a bait-and-switch.
Unhappiness and disappointment.
About sums up the ideas of each Dino Disaster fan after watching Sony’s State of Play.
The similarities between this character and Dino Disaster protagonist Regina are too many to be merely disregarded, as you may see, main many to take a position if Capcom is deliberately trolling its fanbase.
That being stated, Exoprimal is definitely in step with the remainder of the showcases from Capcom and different Japanese builders like Sq. Enix final evening. The businesses launched a ton of recent footage from a lineup of beforehand unannounced initiatives, although put collectively, they had been basically a complete lot of nothing.
Sorry Dino Disaster followers, nevertheless it appears to be like like Regina isn’t making a return anytime quickly.