Primal Prey
Primal Prey is a first-person shooter developed by Sunstorm Interactive for Windows. It was published by Arush Entertainment as a downloadable game on May 22, 2001, while ValuSoft published a physical version later that year.
Primal Prey
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- 2001.
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- Primal Prey was published by Sunstorm Interactive.
- Genre
- first-person shooter and hunting video game.
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Primal Prey is a first-person shooter developed by Sunstorm Interactive for Windows. It was published by Arush Entertainment as a downloadable game on May 22, 2001, while ValuSoft published a physical version later that year.
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• Title — Primal Prey • Developer — Sunstorm Interactive • Publisher — ValuSoft, ARUSH Entertainment • Genre — First-person shooter Hunting simulation • Modes — Single player • Platforms — Windows
Gameplay
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In Primal Prey, the player must hunt dinosaurs across five episodes. Each episode contains several missions that allows the player to either hunt or trap eight dinosaur species and one pterosaur: • Tyrannosaurus • Utahraptor • Troodon • Gastonia • Triceratops • Styracosaurus • Iguanodon • Lambeosaurus • Quetzalcoatlus A few of the missions allow the player to hunt dinosaurs for trophies. Each mission has its own storyline, and the player has to capture or kill a certain dinosaur, which they can bring back with them for a reward.
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GameSpot rated Primal Prey 3.9 out of 10, criticising the single map for being too small to allow the "tracking" game mechanics to be effective, the strange behaviour of the dinosaur's AI, and excessive fog which renders some equipment pointless (such as the sniper scope and night vision goggles). It was also considered graphically inferior to the similar Carnivores series. However, the shrink ray weapon was viewed as the game's one original idea. Eric Cook of AllGame rated it one and a half stars out of five, criticizing various aspects of the game and calling it a "low-budget copy" of Carnivores. Scott Osborne of GameSpy rated it 55 out of 100, praising the variety of dinosaurs and weapons, while criticizing the "aimless, boring wandering" and "general lack of tension or excitement." He found the presentation "above average, but only by a little, and certainly not enough to really grab you or immerse you in the experience."
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- 1.Valusoft Travels Back To The Prehistoric Age Of The Dinosaur With The Release Of Primal Prey, A New Action Hunting Game. valusoft.com. August 1, 2001.
- 2.Primal Prey released. GameSpot. 2001-05-22.
- 3.Primal Prey Roars Onto the Scene in RealNetworks RealArcade. Arush Entertainment. May 22, 2001.
- 4.Arush Shows Off Their Debut Titles. IGN. 2001-01-29.
- 5.Walker, Trey. Primal Prey heading to stores. GameSpot. 2001-08-01.
- 6.Erik Wolpaw. Primal Prey Review. GameSpot. Sep 7, 2001.
- 7.Cook, Eric. Primal Prey Review. AllGame.
- 8.Osborne, Scott. Primal Prey (PC). GameSpy. 1–3. September 2001.
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Primal Prey is classed in the genre first-person shooter. Classed in the genre hunting video game. Associated with United States. Published by Sunstorm Interactive. Developed by Sunstorm Interactive. Issued for Microsoft Windows. Recorded as video game.
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