Line #24 VideoGame/WarpathJurassicPark


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine A grudge match 65 million years in the making.]]'']]
3	''Warpath: Jurassic Park'' is a fighting video game released on the Platform/PlayStation console in 1999. It is a spin-off of the films ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' and ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark''. It was developed by Creator/DreamWorksInteractive and Black Ops Entertainment.
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5	The dinosaurs created by the [=InGen=] company, both carnivores and herbivores, have broken loose in various locations and must now fight each other to the death.
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7	[[ExcusePlot That’s the basic gist of it, really.]]
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9	The game is notable for featuring dinosaurs that weren’t featured in the movies at the time but a few would go on to have major roles in future movies (albeit with some ''major'' redesigns).
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12	!!Tropes
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14	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: All dinosaurs get 3 alternate costumes to use, and some of them are really cool. Some examples include:
15	** ''Cryolophosaurus'' with [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/26/5bjY1.png dark blue skin and flame-like markings]].
16	** ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'' with [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/26/NrmOB.png cyan skin and orange stripes]].
17	** ''Suchomimus'' with [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/26/MW8GB.png blue and light brown skin]].
18	** ''Ankylosaurus'' with [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/26/tbwBM.png black skin and yellow and black armor]].
19	** ''Spinosaurus'' with [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/26/fSJaH.png reddish-orange skin and cyan and orange sail]].
20	** ''Stygimoloch'' [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FDhcgWUXEAgOWlS?format=png orange skin and blue belly and skull dome]].
21	* AnimalsNotToScale:
22	** The game has several examples, and all of these are based upon the ''T. rex'' being its [[http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/images/species/t/tyrannosaurus-size.jpg actual size]] which it accurately resembles, when comparing it to the size of humans in-game. These dinosaurs play this trope straight:
23	*** ''Suchomimus'' is a fairly large predator in [[http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/images/species/s/suchomimus-size.jpg real life]], but it's a bit smaller than ''T. rex''. Here however, it is [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/05/5wKCV.png quite a bit larger]] than ''T. rex'', with its size and bulk being comparable to that of the ''Spinosaurus'' from ''Film/JurassicParkIII''.
24	*** ''Acrocanthosaurus'' is around the same height as ''T. rex'' in [[http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/images/species/a/acrocanthosaurus-size.jpg real life]], but it's not quite the same length as it. In this game, it is [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/05/9neH6.png taller, longer and bulkier]] than ''T. rex''.
25	*** ''Megaraptor'' in [[http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/images/species/m/megaraptor-size.jpg real life]] is certainly a large predator, but it is far smaller than ''T. rex''. Here it's not far off from being the same [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/05/Xk8N.png height and length]] as ''T. rex''.
26	*** ''Styracosaurus'' is by no means the smallest ceratopsid in [[http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/images/species/s/styracosaurus-size.jpg real life]], but here it is incorrectly portrayed being [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/05/SU0tg.png almost identical in size]] to ''Triceratops'' when compared to ''T. rex''.
27	*** ''Albertosaurus'' is among the larger tyrannosaurs in [[http://www.oldearth.org/curriculum/dinosaur/Albertosaurus_scale.png real life]], but it never reached the same size as ''T. rex''. Here, it's [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/05/mrzc.png a bit taller]] than ''T. rex'', while being fairly similar to it in length.
28	*** ''Cryolophosaurus'' is around the [[http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/images/species/c/cryolophosaurus-size.jpg same size as Megaraptor]] in real life, but similarly to it, it is [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/08/KqeCV.png much larger]] here. It's even slightly taller than ''Albertosaurus''.
29	*** ''Compsognathus'' is [[http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/images/species/c/compsognathus-size.jpg one of the smallest]] dinosaurs in real life, with the largest ones barely not reaching an adult human's knee in height. It's [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/08/qpI8.png much larger]] here, so it would be a bit easier to kill one in order to regain health.
30	*** ''Stygimoloch'' is only around [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Pachycephalosaurus_scale.png half the height of an adult human]] in real life and stands 3 meters long. In-game however, it is a good [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/05/z2uDY.png four times taller and longer]] than in real life, now being almost the same size as ''T. rex''.
31	*** ''Pachycephalosaurus'' is about [[http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/images/species/p/pachycephalosaurus-size.jpg twice the size]] of ''Stygimoloch'' in real life. Here, ''Pachycephalosaurus'' is larger than in real life, but [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/05/UYVOD.png still smaller]] than ''Stygimoloch'', despite suggestions that the latter is a juvenile ''Pachycephalosaurus'' in real life.
32	*** ''Spinosaurus'' is the largest meat-eating dinosaur to have existed, but here it's [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/05/wdGkv.png the smallest]] of all playable carnivores, being nowhere near the size estimates of a [[http://sites.psu.edu/kateyorko/wp-content/uploads/sites/31945/2015/10/Spinosaurus-size.jpg long-legged]] or [[http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/images/species/s/spinosaurus-size.jpg short-legged]] ''Spinosaurus'' in real life, in addition to looking nothing like its film counterpart [[note]] This game was released two years before ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' came out but it was still fairly known that Spinosaurus had a crocodilian snout and enlarged thumb claws if one did the research[[/note]].
33	** The dinosaurs who avert this trope are:
34	*** ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'', as explained above.
35	*** ''Giganotosaurus'' is one of the few theropods confirmed to be [[http://shipwrektyt.com/uploads/monthly_2016_01/giganotosaurus-size.jpg.478d1d875acafbbdb0ff0627f0af3a9f.jpg larger than]] ''T. rex'' in real life, and [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/05/2Xx7g.png in-game]] it's still larger than ''T. rex'' but not to a ludicrous extent.
36	*** ''Carcharodontosaurus'' is around the same size, if not slightly larger than ''T. rex'' in [[http://shipwrektyt.com/uploads/monthly_2016_02/carcharodontosaurus-size.jpg.adf9304fad9cc0c46414fe0d1f472ff7.jpg real life]], and here they are also [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/05/ciKVB.png near identical in size]].
37	*** ''Ankylosaurus'' is the largest ankylosaur known in [[http://sites.psu.edu/kateyorko/wp-content/uploads/sites/31945/2015/10/ankylosaurus-size.jpg real life]] and [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/05/nrxjt.png in this game]], its size is accurate to the upper estimates it could have reached.
38	*** ''Triceratops'' was the largest ceratopsid in [[http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/images/species/t/triceratops-size.jpg real life]] and its size [[http://i.picresize.com/images/2017/01/05/w3qNx.png in-game]] is accurate to the one in real life when compared to ''T. rex''.
39	* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: In addition to the usual ''Jurassic Park'' examples like pronated hands and the raptors lacking feathers, the ''Spinosaurus'' and ''Megaraptor'' in particular are based on long-outdated assumptions regarding what they looked like.
40	** The ''Spinosaurus'' is a smaller theropod with long hind legs and a generic carnosaur skull, whereas paleontological discoveries in the decades since the game came out have revealed it to have had a crocodilian head, short legs, and a ventrally flattened tail.
41	** The ''Megaraptor'' is portrayed as a colossal ''Velociraptor'' -- in line with assumptions that its giant claw was on its feet and that it was a dromeosaurid. While there is some contention as to exactly where it's phylogenically classified -- with scientists theorizing that it was an allosauroid, tyrannosaurid, or even a spinosaurid -- it's known that ''Megaraptor''[='=]s giant claw was actually on its hands.
42	* AscendedToCarnivorism: The ostensibly herbivorous playable dinosaurs like Ankylosaurs and Triceratops are able to munch on small edible creatures running around the arena and regain their health. Although given recent theories that herbivorous dinosaur may have occasionally dined on raw protein as extant herbivores are known to do, this may actually be closer to the truth than the average layperson would think.
43	* BigEntrance: All dinosaurs will do a big entrance into their respective home stages. Some examples include:
44	** ''Triceratops'' breaking out of its cage, stomping its foot on the ground and shaking its head.
45	** ''Acrocanthosaurus'' jumping on top of the roof of a gas station and chasing its tail before jumping down to the ground.
46	** ''Albertosaurus'' walking through the entrance of Universal's Islands of Adventure, doing an UnnecessaryCombatRoll and roaring.
47	* BiggerIsBetter: The playable [[RaptorAttack raptor]] here is not your usual ''Velociraptor'', but ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaraptor Megaraptor]]'', which is only slightly smaller than many other bigger dinosaurs like ''T. rex''.
48	* CanonImmigrant: ''[[Film/JurassicParkIII Spinosaurus]]'', ''[[Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom Stygimoloch]]'', and ''[[Film/JurassicWorldDominion Giganotosaurus]]'' all made their entry into the ''Jurassic Park'' franchise here and have since transitioned into the film canon.
49	* CarnivorousHealingFactor: The dinosaurs regain health by eating the dogs, smaller dinos like compys, and humans that wander into the battlefield.
50	* CombatCommentator: Bizarrely, an in-universe example; the person commentating is apparently in a helicopter over the battle, and different comments at the end of fights indicate that they're either A.) Making the dinos fight for some reason, or B.) just watching as one dinosaur proceeds, for whatever reason, to whoop the ass of every dino it meets.
51	* CoolVsAwesome: This is a fighting game between ''dinosaurs'', so this is bound to happen. The announcer implies they're siccing the dinosaurs on each other - for what reason? ''Who cares?''
52	-->'''Announcer''': What a battle!
53	* EarlyBirdCameo: A ''Spinosaurus'' three years before before [[Film/JurassicParkIII the third film]], albeit looking very different from the one in that film -- to the point that it looks more like a claw-less raptor with a sail strapped to its back. Also ''Stygimoloch'', which made its first onscreen appearance in ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' 19 years later. Stiggy incidentally has the same coloration as the game’s ''Stygimoloch''. ''Giganotosaurus'' also makes its first appearance in the franchise in this game, 23 years before appearing in ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion''.
54	* EpicFlail: Ankylosaur's tail.
55	* FlawlessVictory: The announcer will say "Flawless" if you manage to win a battle without taking damage.
56	* HyperactiveMetabolism: Various edible creatures (goats, humans, dogs, and ''Compsognathus'') will scurry across the arena, partially replenishing lost health when eaten or killed by one of the fighters.
57	* MightyRoar: As usual, ''T. rex'' lets out its SignatureRoar in its victory pose, as do nearly all the carnivorous dinosaurs.
58	* MythologyGag: Various arenas are based on scenes from first two films are shown in the game, such as the T.Rex enclosure, the Raptor pen and the visitors center from ''Film/JurassicPark1993'' and the S.S. Venture deck, the [=InGen=] basecamp and the San Diego gas station from ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark''.
59	* NaturalWeapon: Since you play as dinosaur, of course you will fight with kicks, teeth, [[AbsurdlySharpClaws claws]], [[UseYourHead headbutting]], [[TailSlap tail whacking]] and [[HornAttack horns]].
60	* PracticalTaunt: Taunting an opponent's dinosaur will fill up your dinosaur's rage meter and allow you to perform a special rage attack should it be full.
61	* ProductPlacement: Having been released on the same year that it opened, the game includes an arena that's based off of the Jurassic Park area at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal's Islands of Adventure]]. It also features a commercial for the park as a special bonus.
62	* VictoryPose: Every dinosaur will do one upon winning a battle.
63	* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Your health is replenished when you eat edible creatures as mentioned in HyperactiveMetabolism above.
64	* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: ''Megaraptor's'' eyes, which are particularly visible in its victory pose.

Context VideoGame / WarpathJurassicPark