The only thing in crisis is the future of this franchise, as Capcom delivers a sequel with a ridiculous premise and the worst camera in Xbox history. Read Review
More than 500 years in the future. On a spaceship name Ozymandias. You and your partners are on a search-and-rescue mission: piece together the space-craft?s mysterious re-appearance after a 300-year absence. Armed with hyper-speed booster units and an arsenal of futuristic weaponry, you?ll confront ferocious space mutations and evolved forms of dinosaur creations in your quest to solve the mystery.
At Capcom's E3 press conference, the producer of Dino Crisis 3 explained, via translator, why he chose outer space for the setting of the latest entry in the second-tier survival-horror franchise. Unfortunately, I tuned out after my useless buttocks went numb from five straight hours of sitting -- and in the midst of my gluteal concern, I apparently missed the part where the translator explained that the producer planned to shamelessly crib from outer-space action/horror flicks, and to include stunningly inane combat sequences, and to design a camera that constantly switched between useless views of the action, turning even the simple act of crossing a corridor into a frustrating ordeal. Read More »
You have to wonder about the initial planning meetings for Dino Crisis 3. There must have been some real zingers. Between dumping the series' main character, putting a franchise that's fairly popular in Japan exclusively on Xbox, taking it into space and turning the dinosaurs into some sort of zombie-mutant-cyborg hybrid... well, I can't really imagine the party atmosphere at the Capcom offices that would result in all of this. In DC3, the game has just about completed the metamorphosis from survival horror to action/adventure that began with the second installment -- but to fly so far afield of the original two incarnations is still extremely surprising. Read More »
Also known as: Dino Crisis III, Dino Crisis 3, Dino Crisis 3
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: March 30, 2003
Publisher: Capcom
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