Thanks to an advancement in game graphics, the use of cinematic camera angles and movie-quality soundtracks, such video games have become capable of inducing fear into the hearts of many game players. And if any game company has seized this hair-raising new genre, it's Japan's Capcom, with the coveted Resident Evil and Dino Crisis series. The highly anticipated Dino Crisis 2 is a monster of a game, indeed. Unlike its predecessor, Dino Crisis 2 emphasizes action more than puzzle-solving, with more than a dozen types of dinosaurs featuring incredibly lifelike artificial intelligence. In fact, some dinosaurs, such as the Raptors, hunt in packs of four or five at a time and can attack simultaneously from all sides.
Players earn credits for defeating dinosaurs.
They can exchange these credits for new weapons, extra ammunition, medical supplies, special items and so forth. And for the first time in the series, some weapons can be used together to boost their firepower. Most of the locations are outdoors, with highly detailed jungles and huge dinosaurs that move with cunning and precision. While Dino Crisis 2 is noticeably better than last year's inaugural title, tasks such as running around looking for keys can be tedious. And some of the action portions of the game can get repetitive, too.