History VideoGame / DinoDDay

* CoolGuns: It is a World War II game, after all. Everything from the PIAT to the Thompson to dinosaur mounted machine guns.

*** "[[Film/JurassicPark Clever Girl]]", "[[Film/JurassicPark What's gonna happen to the goat?]]", "[[Film/JurassicPark Shoot her!]]"

*** "[[Film/EvilDead This is my BOOM stick(y)!]]"
*** "[[VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} I Choose You!]]"
*** "[[Film/{{Highlander}} There Can Be Only One]]"

*** "[[Film/{{Predator}} If it bleeds we can kill it...]]"

* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: Several posters like this can appear during loading screens. Most are fairly standard, but one claims killing Nazi dinosaurs is [[BlatantLies as easy as hunting deer]] and they're [[ItCanThink just as dumb]].

* FiveManBand:
** The Hardgrave team.
*** TheLeader: Jack Hardgrave, paleontologist turned war hero.
*** TheLancer: Nigel Blythe-Crossly, a British paleontologist and anti-tank soldier.
*** TheSmartGuy: Camille Brun, a French resistance member and team medic.
*** TheBigGuy: Jakob Frank, a German-born Jew and the team's heavy weapons expert. He's also a master of Jew-jitsu.
*** TheChick: Ilona Vike, a Latvian partisan and the team's sharpshooter.
*** TagalongKid: Corporal Joe Spencer, being the youngest member of the allied team.
*** TeamPet: Trigger the Protoceratops, the team's mascot and area-denial support.
** The villains:
*** The BigBad: Htpm.Kurt Streicher, the team's leader and Hardgrave's closest counterpart.
*** TheDragon: [=OLt.=] Karl Hissman is a scholar, outdoorsman, and fanatical Nazi who serves as the team's sharpshooter.
*** The EvilGenius: Wolfgang Von Graff, the Nazi's medic who uses both his guns and wits to make sure his team survives.
*** TheBrute: Desmatosuchus and Dilophosaurus but for different reasons. The former is the team's resident tough guy while the latter is the team's LightningBruiser who's softer than he looks. The T-Rex and Styracosaurus are this when the game mode allows them to be used.
*** The DarkChick: Velociraptor, Microraptor, and Compsognathus who are all ambush classes that rely on speed and smarts over raw strength.

''[[http://www.dinodday.com Dino D-Day]]'' is a 2011 FirstPersonShooter for the [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], developed by 800 North and Digital Ranch, set in World War II... [[WeirdHistoricalWar more or less]]. There is one minor difference: ThoseWackyNazis [[StupidJetpackHitler cloned]] [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]]. Training them to [[BeastOfBattle fight the Allies]] and [[WeaponizedAnimal equipping them with guns and armor]], the Nazis gain a terrifying new advantage. In the game, you play as either the Allies or the Axis (which despite the name has no Japanese or Italian characters) and can play in several classic first person shooter game modes such as control points, deathmatch, and king of the hill. A cooperative MultiMookMelee game mode, titled "Last Stand", is also available as paid DLC.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: The basic premise of the game. If World War II was already cool, how cool would it be if it had DINOSAURS?

''[[http://www.dinodday.com Dino D-Day]]'' is a 2011 FirstPersonShooter for the [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], developed by 800 North and Digital Ranch, set in World War II... [[WeirdHistoricalWar more or less]]. There is one minor difference: ThoseWackyNazis [[StupidJetpackHitler cloned]] [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]]. Training them to [[BeastOfBattle fight the Allies]] and [[WeaponizedAnimal equipping them with guns and armor]], the Nazis gain a terrifying new advantage. In this game, you play as either the Allies or the Axis (which despite the name has no Japanese or Italian characters) and can play in several classic first person shooter game modes such as control points, deathmatch, and king of the hill. A cooperative MultiMookMelee game mode, titled "Last Stand", is also available as paid DLC.

The Axis has eight playable characters, plus two map exclusive dinosaurs. As the inventors of the cloning process, they have the majority of playable dinosaurs. These include the Stygimoloch, a [[JackOfAllStats fairly average]] quadruped with a back mounted machine gun, the Velociraptor, a [[FragileSpeedster fast but fragile]] predator that can pounce on a victim, leaving seconds for teammates to save them, the Desmatosuchus, a [[MightyGlacier very tanky but slow quadruped with a mounted Anti-Air gun]] (which is [[NonIndicativeName never used on aircraft in game]]), the Dilophosaurus, a fairly tough and fast dinosaur that can knock targets over with a charge and [[ThrowTheMookAtThem throw goats and downed enemies]], the Microraptor, a bird-like dinosaur that can glide, cling to walls, and spit [[InterfaceScrew blinding acid]], and the compy, a small, fast, but very fragile dinosaur with a grenade strapped to it that [[SuicideAttack can be detonated at any time]]. Additionally, Karl Hissman can summon [[SuicideAttack kamikaze pterosaurs]], the T-Rex and Styracosaurus can be played in specific maps, a Mosasaur can be found in a certain map and will kill ANY player that [[TooDumbToLive touches it]], and a Triceratops existed in the since removed single player beta. Many more are referenced in-game and in-lore, but are not seen in-game, such as the Plesiosaur, Deinosuchus, and Dunkleosteus. In addition, the Axis has three human characters, the previously mentioned Karl Hissman, a devoted Nazi sniper, Kurt Streicher, a fairly average soldier [[JackOfAllStats with no special abilities, but few weaknesses]], and Wolfgang Von Graff, TheMedic for humans and dinosaurs alike, but [[CombatMedic far from harmless in his own right]].

* AwesomeButImpractical: The T-Rex is often this. Although fun to play once you get a turn, it's not as powerful as you might expect. It has a large health pool, high damage machine guns mounted on the sides of the head, and can eat enemies to regain some health, but a competent allies team can still take you out quite quickly, and players will tend to focus you as a big and important target. And if a Hardgrave player has scored three kills to earn his bonus ability, he can take you out in just a few punches. The Rex will respawn after a while, but it may not be your turn again... But even if it is, you might decide you prefer not to be the biggest target on the server.
** The Velociraptor can pounce on enemies and kill them in a single attack. This is provided you somehow manage to isolate somebody, that you can accurately jump on them, and that your victim is incapable of shooting at you. If you succeed at this, you are now completely vulnerable while the long-ass animation takes place.

* EatenAlive: The T-Rex can do this to the allies, and the Mosasaur will do this to anyone on either team that falls in the harbor it floats in.

''[[http://www.dinodday.com Dino D-Day]]'' is a 2011 FirstPersonShooter for the [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], developed by 800 North and Digital Ranch, set in World War II... [[WeirdHistoricalWar more or less]]. There is one minor difference: ThoseWackyNazis [[StupidJetpackHitler cloned]] [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]]. Training them to [[BeastOfBattle fight the allies]] and [[WeaponizedAnimal equipping them with guns and armor]], the Nazis gain a terrifying new advantage. In this game, you play as either the Allies or the Axis (which despite the name has no Japanese or Italian characters) and can play in several classic first person shooter game modes such as control points, deathmatch, and king of the hill. A cooperative MultiMookMelee game mode, titled "Last Stand", is also available as paid DLC.

''[[http://www.dinodday.com Dino D-Day]]'' is a 2011 first-person shooter developed by 800 North and Digital Ranch, set in World War II... [[WeirdHistoricalWar more or less]]. There is one minor difference: ThoseWackyNazis [[StupidJetpackHitler cloned]] [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs]]. Training them to [[BeastOfBattle fight the allies]] and [[WeaponizedAnimal equipping them with guns and armor]], the Nazis gain a terrifying new advantage. In this game, you play as either the Allies or the Axis (which despite the name has no Japanese or Italian characters) and can play in several classic first person shooter game modes such as control points, deathmatch, and king of the hill. A cooperative MultiMookMelee game mode, titled "Last Stand", is also available as paid DLC.

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* WeaponizedAnimal: Most of the dinos have weapons or armor of some sort added, greatly enhancing their natural power and durability.

* BadassBookwork: Hardgrave and Nigel are both paleontologists.

* FiveBadBand:
** The BigBad: Htpm.Kurt Streicher, the team's leader and Hardgrave's closest counterpart.
** TheDragon: [=OLt.=] Karl Hissman is a scholar, outdoorsman, and fanatical Nazi who serves as the team's sharpshooter.
** The EvilGenius: Wolfgang Von Graff, the Nazi's medic who uses both his guns and wits to make sure his team survives.
** TheBrute: Desmatosuchus and Dilophosaurus but for different reasons. The former is the team's resident tough guy while the latter is the team's LightningBruiser who's softer than he looks. The T-Rex and Styracosaurus are this when the game mode allows them to be used.
** The DarkChick: Velociraptor, Microraptor, and Compsognathus who are all ambush classes that rely on speed and smarts over raw strength.
* FiveManBand: The Hardgrave team.
** TheLeader: Jack Hardgrave, paleontologist turned war hero.
** TheLancer: Nigel Blythe-Crossly, a British paleontologist and anti-tank soldier.
** TheSmartGuy: Camille Brun, a French resistance member and team medic.
** TheBigGuy: Jakob Frank, a German-born Jew and the team's heavy weapons expert. He's also a master of Jew-jitsu.
** TheChick: Ilona Vike, a Latvian partisan and the team's sharpshooter.
** TeamPet: Trigger the Protoceratops, the team's mascot and area-denial support.

* AnimalsNotToScale: The Styracosaurus is '''big''' as in "I'm a living tank" '''big'''. It's likely that the Nazis bred or genetically modifird Styracosauri to be much bigger than normal as Styracosaurus fossils show that they were only 5.9 feet tall, about the height of a grown man.

** Two of Ilona's achievements are "[[Film/ThreeHundred Tonight, you dine in hell!]]" and "[[Film/JurassicPark Clever Girl]]".

* ViolationOfCommonSense: One of the most effective ways to take down a T-Rex is to punch it to death. This is thanks to Hardrave's unique ability available after scoring three kills in a life, temporarily greatly increasing unarmed damage and damage resistance.

* StupidJetpackHitler: Somehow, Nazi scientists managed to clone dinosaurs of a wide variety of species, when in modern times, in reality, we've yet to manage to clone relatively recently extinct animals like the Wooly Mammoth or Dodo.

** TheBrute: Desmatosuchus and Dilophosaurus but for different reasons. The former is the team's resident tough gut while the latter is the team's LightningBruiser who's softer than he looks. The T-Rex and Styracosaurus are this when the game mode allows them to be used.

The Allies lack the know how to clone dinosaurs as yet, so all but one of their seven team members are humans from various countries. The team includes Jack Hardgrave, TheLeader known to punch Tyrannosaurs to death, Joe Spencer, a quick soldier who can call in an artillery strike, Nigel Blythe, a british soldier who can use the rocket launcher or the flamethrower, which are excellent for fighting tanky dinosaurs and hard to hit dinosaurs, respectively, Ilona Vike, a latvian sniper who can bait velociraptors with a jackrabbit distraction, leaving them immobile and vulnerable for a few seconds, Camille Brun, a french [[TheMedic medic]] [[CombatMedic with an SMG]],and Jakob Brown, a jewish german defector who uses a heavy machine gun and [[ShortRangeShotgun powerful but inaccurate]] flechette gun in combat. Trigger is the sole allied dinosaur, a small Protoceratops rejected by the Germans for a leg deformity. The Allies found him and fitted him with a prosthetic and a mounted machine gun, granting the allies a powerful new ally. [[NiceJobFixingItVillain Guess that insistence on "perfection" didn't work out so well for the Nazis.]]

* AnimalsNotToScale: The Styracosaurus is '''big''' as in "I'm a living tank" '''big'''. It's likely that the Nazis bred Styracosauri to be much bigger as Styracosaurus fossils show that they were only 5.9 feet tall, about the height of a grown man.