History YMMV / Carnivores

* ScrappyMechanic: The wind and the dinosaurs' sense of smell. Depending upon how the level spawns you in, pretty much all the dinosaurs will be in the path of the wind. With most of the dino's smell as strong as it is, this ensures that it will take forever to reposition yourself if you even can. If you're hunting one of the faster dinos, this can make the games feel nearly unplayable without the cover scent item.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The ''Carnotaurus'' and ''Iguanodon'' were originally introduced in ''Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter'' as rather accurate-looking, colorful dinosaurs, which did not sit well with long-time fans of the franchise. However, a 2018 update gave them more [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWL3eOrwc_4 Burian-inspired reskins]], redeeming them in the eyes of many long-time players. The other animals were given similar redesigns in a later update.

* ScrappyMechanic: The wind and the dinosaurs' sense of smell. Depending upon how the level spawns you in, pretty much all the dinosaurs will be in the path of the wind. With most of the dino's smell as strong as it is, this ensures that it will take forever to reposition yourself if you even can. If you're hunting one of the faster dinos, this can make the games feel nearly unplayable without the cover scent item.
* UncannyValley: Though the dinosaurs look mostly fine, the fact they don't interact between each other at all and are only after you is inherently creepy...

* ScrappyMechanic: The wind and the dinosaurs' sense of smell. Depend upon how the level spawns you in, pretty much all the dinosaurs will be in the path of the wind. With most of the dino's smell as strong as it is, this ensures that it will take forever to reposition yourself if you even can. If you're hunting one of the faster dinos, this can make the game feel nearly unplayable without the cover scent item.

** Hunting ''TyrannosaurusRex''. Oh, where to begin. First, it's quite possible that there's other predators, who can and will kill you. If the prey detects you before you see it, you're screwed, because you have no chance once it's running. When it does detect you, you have a very limited amount of time to land a shot (especially if you're trying to do it with the shotgun, which is pump-action). It's incredibly disturbing to think about the kind of person who not only would ''want'' to do that in real life, but who would ''pay'' to do it.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The new dinosaurs and mammals were given Zdenek Burian-esque re-designs in a 2018 update, which made them fit better within the game's setting.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: The ''Carnotaurus'' and ''Iguanodon'' were originally introduced in ''Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter'' as rather accurate-looking, colorful dinosaurs, which did not sit well with long-time fans of the franchise. However, a 2018 update gave them more [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWL3eOrwc_4 Burian-inspired reskins]], redeeming them in the eyes of many long-time players.

* NightmareFuel: Hunting ''TyrannosaurusRex''. Oh, where to begin. First, it's quite possible that there's other predators, who can and will kill you. If the prey detects you before you see it, you're screwed, because you have no chance once it's running. When it does detect you, you have a very limited amount of time to land a shot (especially if you're trying to do it with the shotgun, which is pump-action). It's incredibly disturbing to think about the kind of person who not only would ''want'' to do that in real life, but who would ''pay'' to do it.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: The ''Carnotaurus'' and ''Iguanodon'' were originally introduced in ''Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter'' as rather accurate-looking, colorful dinosaurs, which did not sit well with long-time fans of the franchise. However, a 2018 update gave them more [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWL3eOrwc_4 Burian-inspired reskins]], redeeming them in the eyes of many long-time players. Time will tell wether the other new dinos will receive reskins.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Killing a ''TyrannosaurusRex'' without using debug mode.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Getting killed by said ''TyrannosaurusRex'', which throws you about like a ragdoll, then smashes you against the ground. It's vaguely reminiscent of an orca pod playing with seals...

* TheScrappy: The Pig, Wild Boar, ''Pelecanimimus'', ''Chasmosaurus'' and ''Nanotyrannus'' have few (if any fans). These are considered redundant (''Pelecanimimus'', ''Chasmosaurus'' and ''Nanotyrannus'' compared to the far better ''Gallimimus'', ''Triceratops'' and ''Allosaurus''), out-of place (the Pig, Wild Boar are modern animals on an alien planet where gameplay puts emphasis on hunting prehistoric species) and/or redundant (ALL of the above).

* TheScrappy: The Pig, Wild Boar, ''Pelecanimimus'', ''Chasmosaurus'', ''Nanotyrannus'' and ''Tylosaurus'' have few (if any fans). These are considered redundant (''Pelecanimimus'', ''Chasmosaurus'' and ''Nanotyrannus'' compared to the far better ''Gallimimus'', ''Triceratops'' and ''Allosaurus''), out-of place (the Pig, Wild Boar and ''Tylosaurus'' are modern/marine animals on an alien planet where gameplay puts emphasis on hunting prehistoric terrestrial animals) and/or redundant (ALL of the above).

* TheScrappy: The Pig, Wild Boar, ''Pelecanimimus'', ''Chasmosaurus'', ''Nanotyrannus'' and ''Tylosaurus'' have few (if any fans). These animals are considered redundant (''Pelecanimimus'', ''Chasmosaurus'' and ''Nanotyrannus'' compared to the far better ''Gallimimus'', ''Triceratops'' and ''Allosaurus''), out-of place (the Pig, Wild Boar and ''Tylosaurus'' are modern/marine animals on an alien planet where gameplay puts emphasis on hunting prehistoric terrestrial animals) and/or redundant (ALL of the above).

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Killing a TyrannosaurusRex without using debug mode.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Getting killed by said TyrannosaurusRex, which throws you about like a ragdoll, then smashes you against the ground. It's vaguely reminiscent of an orca pod playing with seals...

** Also, the flying ambient creatures, which tend to make loud noises at inopportune times. As far as is known, this doesn't actually set off other dinosaurs (perhaps the AI isn't ''that'' complex, though it would be even more nightmarish if it was), but it does tend to make you jump, and could throw off your aim. Unless you go into debug mode, they aren't even worth the bullets, either.
* NightmareFuel: Hunting TyrannosaurusRex. Oh, where to begin. First, it's quite possible that there's other predators, who can and will kill you. If the prey detects you before you see it, you're screwed, because you have no chance once it's running. When it does detect you, you have a very limited amount of time to land a shot (especially if you're trying to do it with the shotgun, which is pump-action). It's incredibly disturbing to think about the kind of person who not only would ''want'' to do that in real life, but who would ''pay'' to do it.

* GoddamnedBats: ''Velociraptors'' are this, due to a bit of FakeDifficulty. They look almost identical to the ''Gallimimus'', a harmless ambient creature. [[OhCrap You can't really tell the difference sometimes until the raptor is in your face]]... It also doesn't help that the raptors are small targets which move very quickly and swerve to avoid fire. Thankfully, they go down very fast, however.

* ReplacementScrappy: The ''Chasmosaurus'' in Carnivores 2 isn't well-received from fans due to replacing the ''Triceratops'' from the original game. It didn't help that it wasn't very much different than the ''Triceratops'', such as having the same animations and AI.

* NightmareFuel: Hunting TyrannosaurusRex. Oh, where to begin. First, it's quite possible that there's other predators, who can and will kill you. If the prey detects you before you see it, you're screwed, because you have no chance once it's running. When it does detect you, you have a very limited amount of time to land a shot (especially if you're trying to do it with the shotgun, which is pump-action). It's incredibly disturbing to think about the kind of person who not only would ''want'' to do that in real life, but who would ''pay'' to do it.

* ExcusePlot: Lasts about as long as it takes to go from picking a character to your first hunt. [[JustHereForGodzilla Then it's all about the dinos.]] In a way, it's actually subverted... indecisively... because there are little mini stories within the maps, sometimes explicitly, and sometimes only seen when you go exploring.

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Killing a {{T-Rex}} without using debug mode.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Getting killed by said {{T-Rex}}, which throws you about like a ragdoll, then smashes you against the ground. It's vaguely reminiscent of an orca pod playing with seals...

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Hunting {{T-Rex}}. Oh, where to begin. First, it's quite possible that there's other predators, who can and will kill you. If the prey detects you before you see it, you're screwed, because you have no chance once it's running. When it does detect you, you have a very limited amount of time to land a shot (especially if you're trying to do it with the shotgun, which is pump-action). It's incredibly disturbing to think about the kind of person who not only would ''want'' to do that in real life, but who would ''pay'' to do it.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: One can play the game totally in debug mode and pretend to be a HumanoidAbomination version of the Hulk that uses guns and MaxPayne-esque bullet time to gun down the poor little dinosaurs. [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential It's rather fitting]].