Dinosaur Hunting - A Rare Dinosaur Game with a Strange Backstory

[@DinoDiego16]

Sorry that the video looks a bit janky this time around. For some reason, the editor I usually use kept rendering out the video in lower quality than I wanted. Believe it or not, this was the best looking one out of the many versions I rendered out. Hey made a new discord server! Check it out here: discord.gg/T2Y9dJfTdT

[@theultraatomicgamer]

Hey Dino Diego, I have a video for you to do. Can you do a video on Dinosaur games created by JurassicApps like Dinosaur Assassin (a game from my childhood)

[@MartletBestGirl]

Can you do a vid on Lost Dinosaur Movies?

[@TheHellmuffin]

I remember when I was a kid I had gotten wind that this game existed, and patiently and excitedly waited for an english release. Now I have trust issues.

[@Trike71171]

All in all Diego this sounds like a very intriguing game like it’s literally monster hunter+dinosaurs and it also being based on Conan Doyle’s lost world which is denfinently a favorite read of mine hope somebody would do a remake or another game with this concept in mind because it sounds like a fun game

[@reksew987]

Monster hunter has been my favorite franchise ever since it came out originally, and I gotta say, if Dinosaur Hunting was supposed to copy monster hunter, they missed their mark massively, as there are few similarities. I will say that that isn’t a bad thing, as the game seems like it would be fun. Oddly enough, it seems ahead of the curve of monster hunter in that the whole tracking and learning thing didn’t really come about in monster hunter until World a few years ago. Absolutely wild in my opinion, and truly tragic that we haven’t gotten something like this to this day.

[@wendigohuldra231]

The video in a nutshell : *Monster Hunter* meets *Carnivores*

[@flightlesslord2688]

monster hunter vibes. Would love a modern dino game like this, very cool and unique

[@Katarn84]

Well, the Ankylosaurus roll attack looks like it's inspired by Godzilla's Anguirus similar move, which is interesting since Anguirus was inspired by an ankylosaurus.

[@lambdadelta821]

Makes even more sense if the game is Japan exclusive

[@SuperKingGhidorah]

I remember hearing about this game in the old game informer magazines but never heard of what became of it until now

[@ideationnation467]

I remember seeing this game on display at a small game store when I was a kid, I specifically remember my dad pointing at the box and saying "Look you get to hunt dinosaurs in this one.", but I wasn't very interested at the time. I've been looking for it on and off ever since than and I'm glad I found it in this video.

[@andyrajendra3103]

Oh man why didn't this game release outside of Japan. I would have absolutely loved this game

[@EthanTheDinoNerd]

Monster hunter does have dinosaurs in it. That's how I got into Monster Hunter because of the creature designs.

[@frybouche5373]

I found your video on trying to do research for making my own video, you're the only other person who's taken interest in this game and it blows my mind how little there is ON this game except for like the ign 30 sec clip.

[@pyrrhusofepirus8491]

Now I’m thinking of a game, wherein a group of explorers from the early 1900s getting lost in the deep Amazon, as they’re picked off and hunted down by Dinosaurs and tribals, now that’s a great horror survival game in waiting.

[@habibainunsyifaf6463]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World The Game?

[@Gojira-ii4ru]

@@habibainunsyifaf6463 Dude, one of the character's name is literally "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle"

[@kevinnorwood8782]

No wonder I've never heard of this game: It's a Japan exclusive.

[@mrfloaty7253]

You should definetly do carnivores iceberg

[@EratoTiaTuatha]

Okay, but the very core of Monster Hunter is less about the size and reptilian nature of the monsters, it's a boss rush gear grinding game. What defines the genre is the gameplay loop of facing bosses almost-exclusively as opposed to big lengthy encounters being used sparingly to mark plot progression like they are in most games, and the fact that each of those encounters gives you materials to create and upgrade your armor and weapon arsenal so you can take on bigger, badder bosses. As far as we know the thought process behind the very beginning of Monster Hunter development was "how can we use the online capabilities of the PS2? => well we can have about 4 people at once in an action game and have it perform decently => the most exciting way we can think of for four people to cooperate in an online game is to team up to take down a boss => but what about the rest of the game? => let's not have a rest of the game and just do the bosses" and from there it evolved into considerations for how such a game would be balanced and kept interesting all the way through if it lacked the connective tissue of slower paced levels. Based on that, the two games seem extremely different, and Dinosaur Hunting feels more akin to the man vs dinosaur first person shooters of the 90s. source: I'm a massive Monster Hunter fan lol. That's to say I know I read this stuff in reliable sources at some point but I don't remember the specifics anymore and cbf to google for old interviews rn :P Hope that's fine.

[@silvertheelf]

So pretty… sorry I was looking at all the dinosaurs. They look surprisingly good for low-poly dinos, good art style and good aesthetic.

[@bloodstoppin]

I'm obsessed with detailed hunting games like the old Cabela's, as well as the modern CotW game. I want this exact sort of game, but with pleistoscene levels, cretaceous levels...

[@kavehthephantomboy]

When you said the major plot of the game I reminded The Lost World 1912 book because of its era and Amazonia even before you mentioning Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

[@rustcohle4162]

Scarab is the old name of Feelplus, who were the co-developers of Lost Odyssey.

[@sylnz97]

absolutely love monster hunter and this looks sick af tbh, I'd play it

[@silverbackwrites]

I'm a little late to this but I swear I've seen a physical copy of this game before. Or at the very least, something with a similar premise - running around hunting dinosaurs with tranquilisers, as I recall the text on the box even acknowledged that "you don't have to feel bad for the dinosaurs" because "you're pumping them full of tranquilisers instead of lead" (something along those lines). This was like ten odd years ago (if not more), at Incredible Connection (a tech/hardware chain here in South Africa)l I'm not sure if it was a console game or not, but I don't recall Incredibles ever selling console games, so it was likely a PC game.

[@deathsyth8888]

Kid: Mom! I want Monster Hunter. Mom: We have Monster Hunter at home. Monster Hunter at home: (Dinosaur Hunting)

[@Gojira-ii4ru]

*much better* But really, i played the two games and are different, in weapons and style of levels

[@invisiblejaguar1]

I remember wanting this game when I was a kid. I live in England and it was never released here, along with B.C. Omg the hype I had for B.C.

[@theoddster830]

Randomly checked my phone at the middle of the night. Sleep can wait. Edit: funnily enough, a few days ago while looking for dinosaur games that might peak my interest I found some footage of this game which was uploaded by IGN.

[@deadlydiamond]

Dinosaur Hunting being released for XBox and Monster Hunter being released for PlayStation, sounds like they are supposed to be rival games and not ripoffs from each other

[@user-bu2in6vr9u]

Well boy Monster hunter did come to xbox 360 via monster hunter frontier wich was schut down in 2019 and later came to xbox in 2018 with monster hunte world .

[@Jabler-]

When it comes to finding game a game company, you just gotta find the one that matches the logo in the game, it shows it if you don't push any buttons and you would've seen the Scarab devs which was absorbed into Cavia and which became Feelplus, which was the one you found first, was correct. Games missing from a wiki list does not mean it's the wrong company, just that the list is incomplete. Scarab was run by the owner's wife after he died in 1998. Yes, this Scarab is the same company that made Lost Odyssey and Infinite Undiscovery. If you look further, you'll see that the composer is the same guy who did the Naruto soundtrack and this game is one of his first soundtracks. He was later used again by Cavia to compose the soundtrack for Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance.

[@Banzai1123]

Can you do a review on Fossil Fighters: Frontier on the DS I really like it and not much people play it

[@Pinnaporaptor]

Frontier was on the 3DS. Do you mean the other two on the DS?

[@Banzai1123]

The one on the 3DS

[@Gloomdrake]

Spectrobes is better

[@Pinnaporaptor]

Frontier had a few interesting concepts, but I don't feel most of them were executed well. I honestly can't speak about Spectrobes, as I couldn't manage to get it to run.

[@Robocopnik]

Ninjabread Man? Oh, THOSE guys.

[@Deadpool3E]

I've been waiting for someone to finally cover this game's background!

[@ripleyandweeds1288]

I wouldn't agree with the notion of dinosaur hunting being a monster hunter clone as it lacks the crafting, armor and weapon forging, and trapping MH has. Aside from the fact you'e hunting big scaly monsters the games are very different and I even think they were meant to be rival games for two different systems.

[@GenericProtagonist118]

It might not have some of the same additions but the overall vibe is the same.

[@yuyaricachimuel555]

So this is another case of an obscure dinosaur game being compared to a popular game franchise, the other being Fossil Fighters, which many compare to Pokémon.

[@DJBioBain]

There is dinosaurs in monster hunter... They just aren't real species.

[@CandiedCarrion]

And they are considered brute wyverns.

[@yuyaricachimuel555]

@@CandiedCarrion and Bird Wyverns

[@cazterjamessantos3652]

I hope that this dinosaur game will get it's own reboot on consoles and mobile devices.

[@maozilla9149]

i did a video game review on Dinosaur Hunting

[@Lol0Wut]

Great video Diego! One question, what game is the one shown between 00:19 - 00:24 ? It kinda looks like Far Cry Primal but with dinosaurs. It's definitely not the monster hunter game in the description. THANKS! :) I liked and subscribed

[@DinoDiego16]

the game is called Ark Survival Evolved

[@Lol0Wut]

@@DinoDiego16 thanks! :)

[@spinojo3070]

i see this game more similar to carnivores dinosaurs hunter 1998 developed by action forms than monster hunter.

[@KarnodAldhorn]

The one possibility humans are unwilling to accept: the similarities were just a coincidence.

[@Akaryusan]

the dilophosaurus in this game is so cool with its feather frill

[@Toschez]

I played Dinosaur Hunter back when it was released and loved it. The similarity with Monster Hunter is very superficial and any deeper investigation seems pointless to me. Is it so hard to accept that two games were just a coincidence?

[@ajja638]

Not big on commenting, but THIS is the video that got me to Subscribe. Goood Work, really good work.

[@DinoDiego16]

Thank you so much, I appreciate it! I'm glad you enjoy the content!

[@draken0499]

Two things... 1. Some of the HUD elements remind me of that being in Dino Stalker. Coincidence? Hrmmmmm. 2. Toho absolutely looked at how the Ankylo rolled and gave that ability to Anguirus.

[@jeffthompson9622]

The title reminded me of David Drake's novel, "Time Safari."

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

i think i saw the best friends play this back in the day

[@atomicnectar]

Maybe the original company was merged into a bigger company or went bankrupt

[@jakkuhl6223]

What? This game got released to the US. I saw it in best buy and remember that weird orange jumpsuit on the cover

[@kevycanavan]

There was a great old dinosaur hunting game on pc like 20 years ago that’s since turned up on iOS

[@DEATHBRINGER795]

So it’s Monster Hunter: World but with dinosaurs

[@blackdragon5274]

Monster Hunter without dragons, lol

[@micro3090]

Finnaly someone noticed ya boi shunasaurus

[@darrenjohnston4511]

2:41 is that a reference to when they though stegosaurus had 2 brains one being around ita hip

[@DannyFrey]

haha funny velociraptor

[@chowrites6179]

Hey man, don't be mean to past Diego; I'm sure he did his best!

[@batspidey7611]

Very interesting.

[@dinomation]

You should make a fossil fighters video.

[@idiotwithanopinion8082]

Underrated game. Got the Banjo treatment thanks to that awful third game

[@Gloomdrake]

Spectrobes doesn't have a bad third game

[@VictorianTimeTraveler]

You could make a mod for the game Arma that just adds dinosaurs and that would be amazing

[@Nothing-kw4fc]

There's an dinosaur king nds game btw

[@moolate127]

But MH technically has dinosaurs in it, just not real life dinosaurs.

[@DitieBun]

that was a clever intro

[@SgtValentine8448]

What is the name of the game with a triceratops but with guys holding Mp 40s?

[@Nothing-kw4fc]

Make a google dinosaur backstory video

[@lordbepis5971]

LET’S FUCKIN GOOOO DINO DIEGO VIDEO

[@mr.battledroid2195]

bah, carnivores: dinosaur hunter is even better, has lore and even speculative biology!

[@doomslayer2290]

I think I've seen a hunting sim with dinosaurs on Xbox one

[@Boltscrap]

Japan exclusive Xbox only game? No damn wonder why it's so obscure.

[@mihailpopa6051]

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[@Keigo_88]

Wait... This is the first dinosaur game that I've played lmao

[@edwardsarhuda2595]

The game looks fun

[@srirampatel1842]

One thing cool game

[@solidified-spinosaurus]

3:16 jeff will say it.

[@superiorcustomer2.037]

i thought this was going to be wholesome but uhh i guess not

[@frankwaddock161]

Dinosaurs

[@JurassicBattleDroid]

Please review camp Cretaceous season two

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

Donasours

[@JurassicBattleDroid]

Dude review the 2nd season of camp Cretaceous

[@icup7973]

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