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1999 · Action Forms · First-person shooter · Shooter

Carnivores 2

Carnivores 2 is a first-person hunting game, in which the player's quarry is various species of dinosaur. A sequel to Carnivores, it expands on the original with new maps, new dinos, and new weapons, as well as improved audio and visuals.

Also known as
Хищники 2
Released
10 September 1999
Platforms
Windows
Genres
First-person shooterShooterSimulationSports
Developers
Action Forms
Publishers
WizardWorks Software
Series
Carnivores
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Science fiction
Country
Ukraine
Age ratings
ESRB T

About

Carnivores 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Action Forms and published by WizardWorks in North America on October 21, 1999. It is the sequel to the 1998 video game Carnivores and is the second in the Carnivores series.

The source code became available on Assembla in 2013.

›Story

The DinoHunt Corporation continues to allow people to hunt dinosaurs on the planet FMM UV-32. After further exploration of the dinosaur planet, more islands have been opened to a growing number of customers.

Keywords

  • hunting
  • dinosaurs
  • single-player only

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The DinoHunt Corporation continues to allow people to hunt dinosaurs on the planet FMM UV-32. After further exploration of the dinosaur planet, more islands have been opened to a growing number of customers.

Gameplay is similar to the original Carnivores, with some changes. At the start of the game, the player must register a hunter or continue with a saved hunter. The point of the game is similar to the previous Carnivores game: the player must hunt dinosaurs to get trophies and accumulate credits. A new hunter is given 100 credits.

Reception

The game received average reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Greg Kasavin of GameSpot praised its "carefully detailed and almost disturbingly lifelike" dinosaurs, as well as the creatures' convincing, hypothetical noises.

I. as one of the game's major weaknesses, saying: "Very rarely did I feel like I was being hunted by the beasts themselves – one of the main reasons why you'd play this game instead of another. Even while constantly running and not using any camouflage, carnivore attacks were extremely rare. I would've liked the option to hunt smarter, tougher beasts."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Releases by platform
PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows31 October 1999North America · Europe 7 November 1999 · Europe 11 December 2002

Editions and related releases

Remastered as
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter
Built on it
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter

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