History VideoGame / PrimalCarnage

''Primal Carnage'' is a game developed by Lukewarm Media, an independent company. The game's premise centers on a team of mercernaries being sent to an island to correct an experiment gone wrong. This takes the form of shooting up some dinosaurs. In the game, you get to play as four dinosaurs and one pterosaur. The basic point of the game is similar to ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and follows many of the same principles. However, EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs. Besides, who doesn't want to play as a big red ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' chomping down on overconfidant humans?

** ''Tyrannosaurus rex'': For the most part it's okay, what with the horizontal body posture and all that, but a few minor details leave, er, something to be desired. It's notably about twice the size of a real ''T. rex'', has a ''Jurassic Park''-esque boxy head and has armor (this is HandWaved as being genetic modification). The discovery of the related ''Yutyrannus'' also suggests that ''T. rex'' possibly had feathers, but {{Science Marches On}}, since the model was finished before this was known. Granted, since fossil impressions of ''Tyrannosaurus'' skin show small peeble-like scales which likely covered the whole body, the issue of whether ''T.rex'' was feathered or not is still an ongoing debate.
** The ''Dilophosaurus'' is a ''Film/JurassicPark''-esque venom spitter, though thankfully it has no [[Film/JurassicPark neck frill]]. WordOfGod says it's because they were genetically engineered to be venomous. Unlike most ''Dilophosaurus'' in media, this one is nearly to scale to the real animal, and not the one from ''Film/JurassicPark''.

** ''TyrannosaurusRex'': For the most part it's okay, what with the horizontal body posture and all that, but a few minor details leave, er, something to be desired. It's notably about twice the size of a real ''T. rex'', has a ''Jurassic Park''-esque boxy head and has armor (this is HandWaved as being genetic modification). The discovery of the related ''Yutyrannus'' also suggests that ''T. rex'' possibly had feathers, but {{Science Marches On}}, since the model was finished before this was known. Granted, since fossil impressions of ''Tyrannosaurus'' skin show small peeble-like scales which likely covered the whole body, the issue of whether ''T.rex'' was feathered or not is still an ongoing debate.

''Primal Carnage'' is a game developed by Lukewarm Media, an independent company. The game's premise centers on a team of mercernaries being sent to an island to correct an experiment gone wrong. This takes the form of shooting up some dinosaurs. In the game, you get to play as four dinosaurs and one pterosaur. The basic point of the game is similar to ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' and follows many of the same principles. However, EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs. Besides, who doesn't want to play as a big red ''{{Tyrannosaurus rex}}'' chomping down on overconfidant humans?

* StockDinosaurs: The playable prehistoric reptiles include ''[[TyrannosaurusRex Tyrannosaurus]] [[MightyGlacier rex]]'', ''[[SuperSpit Dilopho]][[InterfaceScrew saurus]]'', ''[[GiantFlyer Ptera]][[SpySatellites nodon]]'', and a fictional species of ''[[FragileSpeedster Rap]][[DeadlyLunge tor]]''. However, the somewhat obscure ''[[UseYourHead Carno]][[LightningBruiser taurus]]'' provides somewhat of an exception to this rule (''Carnotaurus'' is a secondary StockDinosaur opposed to the others). The known [=NPCs=] all fall in this category so far. The newly-released ''Tupandactylus'' and ''Cryolophosaurus'' avert this.

** All the playable dinosaurs are clearly ''Film/JurassicPark''-based in some way or another. There have also been a lot of promotional images and videos showing ''Tyrannosaurus'' fighting (the now playable) ''Spinosaurus''.

* TakeThat: Remember in ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' how a ''Spinosaurus'' fought and killed a ''Tyrannosaurus rex''? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv0wjS3nvso Not so lucky this time round]]... The method of fighting is also more TakeThat: The ''Spinosaurus'' tried biting off the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'''s neck, like it did in the movie... The ''T. rex'' pretty much [[NoSell shrugs it off]]. Then the ''T. rex'' proceeds to use the same method the ''Spinosaurus'' used in the movie, bite in the neck... to kill the ''Spinosaurus''.

* ShowingTheirWork: Despite the large amounts of {{Artistic License}} and {{Rule of Cool}}, the game does have a few subtle hints that the creators did their research:

** This isn't meant to be scientifically accurate, of course, but the game [[ShowingTheirWork partially subverts the trope...]]

** ''TyrannosaurusRex'': For the most part it's okay, what with the horizontal body posture and all that, but a few minor details leave, er, something to be desired. It's notably about twice the size of a real ''T. rex'' and has armor (this is HandWaved as being genetic modification). The discovery of the related ''Yutyrannus'' also suggests that ''T. rex'' possibly had feathers, but {{Science Marches On}}, since the model was finished before this was known. Granted, since fossil impressions of ''Tyrannosaurus'' skin show small peeble-like scales which likely covered the whole body, the issue of whether ''T.rex'' was feathered or not is still an ongoing debate.

** ''TyrannosaurusRex'': For the most part it's okay, what with the horizontal body posture and all that, but a few minor details leave, er, something to be desired. It's notably about twice the size of a real ''T. rex'' and has armor (this is HandWaved as being genetic modification). The discovery of the related ''Yutyrannus'' also suggests that ''T. rex'' possibly had feathers, but {{Science Marches On}}, since the model was finished before this was known. Granted, since fossil impressions of ''Tyrannosaurus'' skin show small peeble-like scales which likely covered the whole body, the issue of whether ''T.rex'' was feathered or not is till an ongoing debate.

** ''TyrannosaurusRex'': For the most part it's okay, what with the horizontal body posture and all that, but a few minor details leave, er, something to be desired. It's notably about twice the size of a real ''T. rex'' and has armor (this is HandWaved as being genetic modification). The discovery of the related ''Yutyrannus'' also suggests that ''T. rex'' possibly had feathers, but {{Science Marches On}}, since the model was finished before this was known.

* KillItWithFire: The Pyromaniac. [[CaptainObvious He's called that for a reason]].

*** Ultimately, while the ''Pteranodon'' isn't very accurate, the ''Tupandactylus'' is, anatomically, almost perfectly spot-on (aside from being bald like the ''Pteranodon''). The body and wing proportions are perfectly accurate. It also trades in picking up enemies for the more realistic ability to knock players off heights. The only noteworthy issues are the incorrectly folding wings which has been improved slightly by time of the sequel.

* GlassCannon: The Scientist can use her sniper rifle to dish out heavy damage to dinosaurs at long ranges, but seeing as her melee weapon is the weakest of all, and her sniper rifle is a liability at closer ranges, she will get swamped quickly.

* MightyGlacier: The ''Tyrannosaurus'', of course. He takes a lot to take down and is capable of {{One Hit Kill}}s, but he's a nice wide target, you can see him for miles, he's slow and he can't fit into buildings.

* ShoutOut: All the playable dinosaurs are clearly ''Film/JurassicPark''-based in some way or another. There have also been a lot of promotional images and videos showing ''Tyrannosaurus'' fighting (the now playable) ''Spinosaurus''.

** PteroSoarer: On the one wing, the ''Pteranodon'' are naked, have pointed wingtips (although they're more rounded in the final model), grasping feet, are a bit misproportioned (more so in their prototype model), have wings that fold incorrectly (similar to the pterosaurs from the ''{{Walking with Dinosaurs}}'' series), and may be slightly too small, but on the other wing, they are quadrupedal and toothless, and vault from the ground using their wings like real pterosaurs. This is addressed by the developers in forum posts, which state that the ''Pteranodons'' had their pycnofibres removed for "cosmetic reasons", although the "Alpha ''Pteranodon''" skin has pycnofibres. Like the feathers on the raptors, there is also the issue that the early builds had trouble with complex textures so it took awhile to get anything but smooth skin finished. The ''Pteranodon'' can also pick up humans, which the real animal definitely couldn't do.

** The ''Dilophosaurus'' is a ''Film/JurassicPark''-esque venom spitter, though thankfully it has no [[JurassicPark neck frill]]. WordOfGod says it's because they were genetically engineered to be venomous. Unlike most ''Dilophosaurus'' in media, this one is nearly to scale to the real animal, and not the one from ''[[Film/JurassicPark Jurassic Park]]''.

* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: The dinosaurs were genetically modified to be more {{badass}} than their real-life counterparts.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The human faction. So far: a sexy [[TheSmartGuy scientist]] with a [[FriendlySniper sniper rifle]], a {{badass}} former US Army trooper, a MagicalNativeAmerican tracker who believes ShotgunsAreJustBetter, an Australian [[RecruitingTheCriminal poacher]] and an AxCrazy ViolentGlaswegian with a flamethrower-chainsaw. [[InvokedTrope This trope is even called out in the description on the website]].

*** Ultimately, while the ''Pteranodon'' isn't very accurate, the ''Tupandactylus'' is, anatomically, almost perfectly spot-on (aside from being bald like the ''Pteranodon''). The body and wing proportions are perfectly accurate. It also trades in picking up enemies for the more realistic ability to knock players off heights. The only noteworthy issues are the incorrectly folding wings which has been improved slightly by time of the sequel. However, its proficiency as a flier isn't quite so accurate - tapejarid pterosaurs were about as good at flying as chickens.

* TakeThat: Remember in ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' how a ''Spinosaurus'' fought and killed a ''Tyrannosaurus rex''? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv0wjS3nvso Not so lucky this time round]]...
** The method of fighting is also more TakeThat: The ''Spinosaurus'' tried biting off the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'''s neck, like it did in the movie... The ''T. rex'' pretty much [[NoSell shrugs it off]]. Then the ''T. rex'' proceeds to use the same method the ''Spinosaurus'' used in the movie, bite in the neck... to kill the ''Spinosaurus''.
* XMeetsY: {{Turok}} meets VideoGame/TeamFortress2 (the human classes) meets ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' (the dinosaur classes).

*** ''Oviraptor'' is an alternate "predator" dinosaur with the same abilities as the ''Novaraptor''. It's perfectly anatomically correct, but the real ''Oviraptor'' probably wasn't quite so fast of a runner, and certainly not as deadly.

*** Ultimately, while the ''Pteranodon'' isn't very accurate, the ''Tupandactylus'' is almost perfectly spot on, given that the body and wing proportions of the movel suit tapejarid pterosaurs very well. It also trades in picking up enemies for the ability to knock players off heights. The only noteworthy issues are the incorrectly folding wings which has been improved slightly by time of the sequel.
** RaptorAttack: The developers have invented a fictional species called ''Novaraptor'' ([[MeaningfulName "New thief"]]), created in-universe through genetic engineering. They were still featherless and had anatomically impossible hands, but the developers fixed the hands after the community spoke out, and PreOrderBonus costume is [[http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/334312_518004178211051_426048471_o.jpg accurately feathered]]. ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Spinosaurus'', and ''Dilophosaurus'' got their hands fixed as well, and this is passed on to the other theropods. Additionally, later skins on both the ''Novaraptor'' and ''Oviraptor'' very frequently have full feathers.

** This isn't meant to be scientifically accurate, of course, but the game [[ShownTheirWork partially subverts the trope...]]

* FragileSpeedster: The ''Novaraptor''. The ''Oviraptor'' is even faster than the ''Novaraptor'', but also frailer.

* ShownTheirWork: Despite the large amounts of {{Artistic License}} and {{Rule of Cool}}, the game does have a few subtle hints that the creators did their research:

* GoombaStomp: In Survival Mode, humans can jump on ''Compsagnathus'' to kill them.
* GroundPound: The ''Acrocanthosaurus'''s special ability

* Support

* FragileSpeedster: The ''Raptor''.

* PteroSoarer: The ''Pteranodon'' and ''Tupandactylus''. ''Pteranodon'' follows the trope more closely, being able to lift enemies up into the air and drop them, which [[ArtisticLicensePaleontology the real animal was not remotely capable of doing]]. The ''Tupandactylus'' tones it down a bit, matching more or less the appearance of the real animal and being able to knock players over instead of lift them up.

A prequel spin-off game, called ''Genesis'' has been announced.

** PteroSoarer: On the one wing, the ''Pteranodon'' are naked, have pointed wingtips (although they're more rounded in the final model), grasping feet, are a bit misproportioned (more so in their prototype model), have wings that fold incorrectly (similar to the pterosaurs from the ''{{Walking with Dinosaurs}}'' series), and may be slightly too small, but on the other wing, they are quadrupedal and toothless, and vault from the ground using their wings like real pterosaurs. This is addressed by the developers in forum posts, which state that the ''Pteranodons'' had their pycnofibres removed for "cosmetic reasons", although the "Alpha ''Pteranodon''" skin has pycnofibres. Like the feathers on the raptors, there is also the issue that the early builds had trouble with complex textures so it took awhile to get anything but smooth skin finished.
*** Ultimately, while the ''Pteranodon'' isn't very accurate, the ''Tupandactylus'' is almost perfectly spot on, given that the body and wing proportions of the movel suit tapejarid pterosaurs very well. The only noteworthy issues are the incorrectly folding wings which has been improved slightly by time of the sequel.

* LightningBruiser: The ''Carnotaurus'', only in a full charge though otherwise it's slower than a sloth walking his pet slug and weaker in attack than the carcass it heals from (those are obvious exaggerations but it is still the slowest walker in the game and does low non-charging damage).

* OneHitKill: One bite from a ''Tyrannosaurus'' is all it takes, and it can just step on humans, too. Fortunately, the humans have their own OneHitKill in the Trapper's Netgun.

** PteroSoarer: On the one wing, the ''Pteranodon'' are naked, have pointed wingtips (although they're more rounded in the final model), grasping feet, are a bit misproportioned (more so in their prototype model), have wings that fold incorrectly (similar to the pterosaurs from the ''{{Walking with Dinosaurs}}'' series), and may be slightly too small, but on the other wing, they are quadrupedal and toothless, and vault from the ground using their wings like real pterosaurs. This is addressed by the developers in forum posts, which state that the ''Pteranodons'' had their pycnofibres removed for "cosmetic reasons", although the "Alpha ''Pteranodon''" skin has pycnofibres.
*** Ultimately, while the ''Pteranodon'' isn't very accurate, the ''Tupandactylus'' is almost perfectly spot on, given that the body and wing proportions of the movel suit tapejarid pterosaurs very well. The only noteworthy issues are the incorrectly folding wings and the eagle-like feet grabbing.
** RaptorAttack: The developers have invented a fictional species called ''Novaraptor'' ([[MeaningfulName "New thief"]]), created in-universe through genetic engineering. They were still featherless and had anatomically impossible hands, but the developers fixed the hands after the community spoke out, and PreOrderBonus costume is [[http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/334312_518004178211051_426048471_o.jpg accurately feathered]]. ''Tyrannosaurus'', ''Spinosaurus'', and ''Dilophosaurus'' got their hands fixed as well, and this is passed on to the other theropods.