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Elmer Fudd would get chewed up but good in
Carnivores, a new WizardWorks title thats half
hunting game, half action game. As an action
gamewell, dont ditch Half-Life yet.
As a hunting game, though, Carnivores is a mildly
pleasant surprise; I actually preferred it to either
Deer Hunter. Environment textures are quite decent
in software, and theres 3Dfx support. Also, the
dinosaur motion design and AI are passable.
Youll be able to
take docile,
vegetarian dinos
such as the
triceratops and
pachycephalosaurus
pretty easily, and
theyre plentiful,
which is rare for
prey in classic
hunting games. However, bad-ass dinos like the
allosaurus and velociraptor will be on you fast. If you
dont get them with your first shot, you probably
wont get a second. The tyrannousaurus rex, which
you only see at expert level, is even tougherit
takes an eye shot to level the king of the dinosaurs.
Carnivores staggers its difficulty level according to
the points you earn by bagging different dino
species.You can boost your abilities with such
things as cover scent or radar, but only at a
percentage drop in your points. (You can boost that
percentage to over 100 by choosing tranquilizing over
killing.)
Carnivores does
show its budget
status in some
ways: weapon
choices are
minimal, there are
only six levels
(three open to
novices, the others
to advanced or
expert), and the
environments can get pretty similar after a while. But the action elements
take it a notch above most hunting titles, and one can imagine that
triceratops is tastier than venison, especially at the price.-- Don St. John / GamePro
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