Dino Crisis 2
Developer(s)	Capcom Production Studio 4
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Designer(s)	Shu Takumi (director) Hiroyuki Kobayashi (producer) Shinji Mikami (executive producer)
Release date(s)	September 30, 2000
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Mature (M)
Platform(s)	PlayStation, Microsoft Windows
Media	CD-ROM

Dino Crisis 2 is an action game and sequel to Dino Crisis. The game was developed and publised by Capcom and was released for the PlayStation on September 30, 2000. The game was followed by another sequel, Dino Crisis 3 which was released in 2003 for the Xbox. Image File history File linksMetadata Dino_Crisis_2. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... Capcom Production Studio is a developer behind Capcoms games. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For the original NASA meaning, see capsule communicator. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... Hiroyuki Kobayashi (born June 4, 1978 in Saitama, Japan) is a right-handed pitcher in Japans Nippon Professional Baseball. ... Shinji Mikami, circa 2002. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Video games are generally categorized into genres. ... A green ACTION bus in Woden, with yellow bicycle rack visible. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Entertainment Software Rating Board logo The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games and other entertainment software in the United States and Canada (officially adopted by individual provinces 2004-2005). ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A sequel is a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, and is set in the same universe but at a later time. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that may be overly long, confusing, or ambiguous. ... For the original NASA meaning, see capsule communicator. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dino Crisis 3 is a survival horror game for the Xbox. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ...

Regina is now on another mission, involving a facility located close to a town called Edward City. A major anomaly has caused the whole island to be transported back in time to the era of the dinosaurs, along with all the human inhabitants. Regina also has a new ally, Dylan, who is playable through half of the game and has a strange connection to the events on the island. The player's character change at specific points in the game. The goal is to rescue any survivors and retrieve data on Third Energy. Edward City is a fictional metropolis of the American mid-west in the videogame Dino Crisis. ... Orders & Suborders Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Theropoda Ornithischia Thyreophora Ornithopoda Marginocephalia Dinosaurs were vertebrate animals that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for over 160 million years, first appearing approximately 230 million years ago. ... This article or section should be merged with Player character A playable character is a character in a video game that can be used as the players avatar within the game world. ...

Gameplay

In a change from the survival horror theme of the first game, Dino Crisis 2 is more shoot 'em up oriented. The character always runs, thus removing the need for the run button from the first game, a second gun (machete, stun gun, firewall, chain mine and shock gun) can be carried and more weapons were added to the game (hand gun, shotgun, solid cannon, flame launcher, sub-machine gun, heavy machine gun, anti-tank rifle, missile pod, rocket launcher, needle gun, aqua grenade). Besides changes to the gameplay, the game also introduces new species of dinosaurs and lizards, such as the Triceratops, Giganotosaurus, Allosaurus, Mosasaurus,Plesiosaurus, Inostrancevia and Oviraptor. The game also adds the "extinction points" and "combo points" which help you to buy ammo (which is no longer scarce) and weapons and to unlock hidden features when the game is finished. Some of the features include Extra Crisis mode, which has two minigames: "Dino Colosseum" where the player faces a procession of dinosaurs in turn, (similar to the Survival mode seen in many fighting games) and "Dino Duel", a battle mode where players were able to play as certain dinosaurs, much like the video game Warpath: Jurassic Park The survival horror game is a prominent video game subgenre of action-adventure games or first-person shooters in which the player has to survive an onslaught of undead or creepy opponents, usually in claustrophobic environments in a third-person perspective. ... It has been suggested that Scrolling shooter be merged into this article or section. ... Species (type) Marsh, 1890 Triceratops (IPA: ) was a herbivorous genus of ceratopsid dinosaur that lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago (mya) in what is now North America. ... Binomial name Giganotosaurus carolinii Coria & Salgado, 1995 Giganotosaurus (meaning giant southern lizard, derived from the Ancient Greek gigas/γιγας meaning giant, notos/νοτος meaning south wind and saurus/σαυρος meaning lizard[1]) was a carcharodontosaurid dinosaur that lived 93 to 89 million years ago during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period. ... Species type (Marsh, 1878) Paul, 1987 Mateus , 2006 jimmadseni Chure, 2000 vide Glut, 2003 Synonyms Creosaurus Marsh, 1878 Labrosaurus Marsh, 1879 Camptonotus Marsh, 1879  ?Epanterias Cope, 1878 Allosaurus (IPA: ) was a large (up to 11. ... Mosasaurus (MOH-zah-sawr-us) was a mosasaur, a carnivorous, aquatic reptile, somewhat resembling a crocodile, with elongated heavy jaws: it lived in the Maastrichtian age of the Cretaceous period (Mesozoic era), around 70-65 millions years ago. ... Families Cryptoclididae Elasmosauridae Plesiosauridae Pliosauridae Plesiosaurs (PLEE-see-oh-SORES) were large, carnivorous aquatic reptiles. ... Paleospecies Inostrancevia alexandri Inostrancevia latifrons Inostrancevia uralensis Inostrancevia vladimiri Inostrancevia was a Gorgonopsidae therapsid found in Sokolki, on Smaller Northern Dvina River near Arkhangelsk in Russia. ... Binomial name Oviraptor philoceratops Osborn, 1924 Paleo Template Project Oviraptor was a small Mongolian theropod dinosaur, first discovered by legendary paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews, and first described by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1924. ...

Characters

• Dylan Morton (v.b. Gabriel Hogan) — The player's primary character. A T.R.A.T. soldier who belongs to a special task force in the army, who has strong body and mind that can endure any adverse circumstances. Though lacking in agility, he is skillful with firearms and gains more powerful weapons compared to Regina. (Playable)

• Regina (voiced by Stephanie Morgenstern — The player's secondary character. Member of the Secret Operation Raid Team (S.O.R.T.) that reports directly to the government. She is a survivor of a previous mission to capture Dr. Kirk, which took place a year before (the first Dino Crisis). Her agility and cool judgment are her greatest strengths. As such, she is incredibly fast at running, evasion and ascendin ladders. She has fast but weak weapons, but do offer an easier choice to fire when running. (Playable)

• David Falk (v.b. Eric Hempsall) — One of Dylan's team members, who appears always cheerful and raises the morale of the team, always wearing a cowboy hat. Though his fighting style is not as strong as Dylan's, his friendliness is his greatest asset. He gets eaten by an Allosaurus.

• Paula (v.b. Lisa Yamanaka) — One of the mysterious hostile survivors of Edward City apprehended by Regina and acts rather timid around Dylan. See holds a significant key in the story and appears randomly throughout.

Gail and Rick from the first Dino Crisis game are playable in the Dino Colosseum mini-game. Despite this both are completley absent from the storyline of Dino Crisis 2. Gabriel Hogan (born 1973) is a Canadian actor, best known for his roles on Canadian hit dramas Traders and The Associates. // Gabriel (known as Gabe to his friends and close colleagues) was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1973. ... Stephanie Morgenstern (born on 10 December 1965 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Canadian actress. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that may be overly long, confusing, or ambiguous. ... A cowboys hat, usually with a four to six-inch brim, acts as an umbrella in stormy weather, and a shade from the sun in hot weather. ... Species type (Marsh, 1878) Paul, 1987 Mateus , 2006 jimmadseni Chure, 2000 vide Glut, 2003 Synonyms Creosaurus Marsh, 1878 Labrosaurus Marsh, 1879 Camptonotus Marsh, 1879  ?Epanterias Cope, 1878 Allosaurus (IPA: ) was a large (up to 11. ...

Dinosaurs

• Compsognathus
• Oviraptor
• Velociraptor
• Triceratops
• Allosaurus
• Tyrannosaurus
• Giganotosaurus
• Pteranodon
• Mosasaurus
• Plesiosaurus
• Inostrancevia

Binomial name Compsognathus longipes Wagner, 1859 Compsognathus // meaning elegant jaw (Greek kompsos/κομψος meaning elegant, refined or dainty and gnathos/γναθος meaning jaw) was a small bipedal carnivorous theropod dinosaur, the size of a chicken that lived in the late Jurassic Period of what is now Europe, with fossil finds from Germany... Binomial name Oviraptor philoceratops Osborn, 1924 Paleo Template Project Oviraptor was a small Mongolian theropod dinosaur, first discovered by legendary paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews, and first described by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1924. ... Binomial name Velociraptor mongoliensis Osborn, 1924 Velociraptor (IPA: RP , GA ; meaning swift thief) is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that existed approximately 83 to 70 million years ago during the later part of the Cretaceous Period. ... Species (type) Marsh, 1890 Triceratops (IPA: ) was a herbivorous genus of ceratopsid dinosaur that lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago (mya) in what is now North America. ... Species type (Marsh, 1878) Paul, 1987 Mateus , 2006 jimmadseni Chure, 2000 vide Glut, 2003 Synonyms Creosaurus Marsh, 1878 Labrosaurus Marsh, 1879 Camptonotus Marsh, 1879  ?Epanterias Cope, 1878 Allosaurus (IPA: ) was a large (up to 11. ... Binomial name Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905 Synonyms Manospondylus Cope, 1892 Dynamosaurus Osborn, 1905 Nanotyrannus? Bakker, Williams & Currie, 1988 Stygivenator Olshevsky, 1995 Dinotyrannus Olshevsky, 1995 Tyrannosaurus (IPA pronunciation or ; from the Greek τυραννόσαυρος, meaning tyrant lizard) is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur. ... Binomial name Giganotosaurus carolinii Coria & Salgado, 1995 Giganotosaurus (meaning giant southern lizard, derived from the Ancient Greek gigas/γιγας meaning giant, notos/νοτος meaning south wind and saurus/σαυρος meaning lizard[1]) was a carcharodontosaurid dinosaur that lived 93 to 89 million years ago during the Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period. ... Species (type) Pteranodon (from Greek πτερ- wing and αν-οδων toothless), from the Late Cretaceous (santonian-campanian, 85-82 million years ago) of North America (Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, South Dakota) was one of the largest pterosaur genera, with a wingspan of up to 9 m (30 feet). ... Mosasaurus (MOH-zah-sawr-us) was a mosasaur, a carnivorous, aquatic reptile, somewhat resembling a crocodile, with elongated heavy jaws: it lived in the Maastrichtian age of the Cretaceous period (Mesozoic era), around 70-65 millions years ago. ... Families Cryptoclididae Elasmosauridae Plesiosauridae Pliosauridae Plesiosaurs (PLEE-see-oh-SORES) were large, carnivorous aquatic reptiles. ... Paleospecies Inostrancevia alexandri Inostrancevia latifrons Inostrancevia uralensis Inostrancevia vladimiri Inostrancevia was a Gorgonopsidae therapsid found in Sokolki, on Smaller Northern Dvina River near Arkhangelsk in Russia. ...

Storyline

Regina (left) and Dylan (right) fleeing from T-Rex

One year has passed since Regina's fight against the dinosaurs, and the capture of the rogue Dr. Kirk. Third Energy research continued recklessly. Suddenly, Edward City, an entire town devoted to Third Energy research completely vanished, mysteriously replaced by prehistoric jungle. Now, a search and rescue to recover survivors and locate the missing Third Energy research data begins. A team identified as T.R.A.T. (Tactical Reconnoitering and Acquisition Team) has been sent into another time frame, which Edward City had disappeared into. Regina, from S.O.R.T. (Secret Operations Raid Team) has been sent along due to her previous encounters with dinosaurs. On the island, the team sets up camp, but is quickly attacked by an enormous pack of velociraptors, and everyone at camp is killed except for Dylan, Regina and David. The first two are separated from David (who is fortuitously encountering heavy firepower) and eventually the two split up in order to cover more ground. Image File history File links Dinocrisis2_b3_screen015. ... Image File history File links Dinocrisis2_b3_screen015. ... Orders Saurischia    Sauropodomorpha    Theropoda Ornithischia Dinosaurs are giant reptiles that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for most of their 165-million year existence. ... Edward City is a fictional metropolis of the American mid-west in the videogame Dino Crisis. ... Binomial name Velociraptor mongoliensis Osborn, 1924 A model of a velociraptor Velociraptor, meaning roughly fast thief, is a genus of small, agile and slender dinosaurs with up-curved skulls and large sickle claws. ...

As the two struggle to stay alive, they encounter leather-clad helmeted inhabitants who are hostile towards them, but their female leader -Paula- is easily captured (saved, really). Though the girl is hostile towards Regina, she acts differently towards Dylan, almost as though she knows something about him. After constantly fleeing from the two heroes, she eventually leads Dylan into a large base complex where she shows him a recording that reveals the truth.

Regina against an Allosaurus.

Apparently, after the first incident in Borginia (another spelling is given in Dino Crisis 2) involving Dr. Kirk, the humans decided that the dinosaurs were to be studied. Widespread 'Time Skewing' was carried out, with disastrous results that threatened the end of the human race when it became clear that dinosaurs and humans could not coexist. In view of these events, the military decided to transport all the dinosaurs 3 million years into the future, where they could thrive, before they were to be sent back to their own time (65 million years ago) when the third energy timegate was perfect. This was the 'Noah's Ark Plan'. However, the team that transported the dinosaurs to the future suffered another overload, and the timegate was destroyed. Thus, the team was trapped with the dinosaurs. All the survivors were killed by the dinosaurs, but their children were saved and brought to the safety of the habitat support facility where they were kept in life support chambers, which protected them and allowed for growth and learning. The children learned how to survive around dinosaurs, and because of the nature of the 'Noah's Ark Plan', they were thought to protect the dinosaurs. Somehow through the teaching, they lost the ability to speak. These children are the mysterious helmet-wearing teenagers Regina and Dylan encountered throughout the game. Apparently, one of the members of the team that came to the future was Dylan himself, older. His daughter, Paula, is the blonde haired mystery girl. It appears that in the overloading incident, Edward City itself had been transported to the future. Image File history File links 608173. ... Image File history File links 608173. ... Species type (Marsh, 1878) Paul, 1987 Mateus , 2006 jimmadseni Chure, 2000 vide Glut, 2003 Synonyms Creosaurus Marsh, 1878 Labrosaurus Marsh, 1879 Camptonotus Marsh, 1879  ?Epanterias Cope, 1878 Allosaurus (IPA: ) was a large (up to 11. ... A painting by the American Edward Hicks (1780–1849), showing the animals boarding Noahs Ark two by two. ...

Reception

Dino Crisis 2 received a positive response from critics with an average score of 81.5% at Game Rankings based on 24 outlets.^[1] Internet game reviewing site Gamespot gave it a 9.2 (out of 10) saying it "avoids the stereotypes of the genre"^[2] and IGN gave it a 9.3 saying "the fast-moving action is incorporated into the Dino Crisis 2 almost flawlessly and it sends the series into a great, new shooter/action direction".^[3] The Official Playstation Magazine awared it with 4.5 stars out of 5. However the game has been criticised for its fixed camera with no movement in the game except for the cut-scenes making it frustrating at times with the dinosaurs not in player view. Game Rankings is a website which keeps track of video game reviews from other sites, and combines them to present an average rating for each game. ... GameSpot is a video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information. ... IGN is a multimedia news and reviews website that focuses heavily on video games. ... Official PlayStation Magazine (often abbreviated to OPM) is an international video game magazine published by Ziff Davis Media focusing on PlayStation culture, including gaming on the original PlayStation, the PlayStation 2, the PlayStation 3, and the PlayStation Portable. ...

External links

• Dino Crisis 2 at MobyGames
• Dino Crisis at Wikia

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