Retro Review: Jurassic – The Hunted (Xbox 360)

<p>I always wonder why developers don&&num;8217&semi;t make more dinosaur games&period; I recently finished up <em>Jurassic&colon; The Hunted <&sol;em>on the Xbox 360 and <em>Dino Stalker<&sol;em> on the PlayStation 2 &lpar;read that Retro Review <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;retro-review-dino-stalker&sol;">HERE<&sol;a>&rpar;&semi; both are very fun games &period; I was a bit leery about this title when I saw Activision&&num;8217&semi;s logo on the box&comma; but they didn&&num;8217&semi;t seem to taint this title at all&period; In fact&comma; some aspects of this game have found their way into <em>Call of Duty&colon; Black Ops&period; <&sol;em>Weird&comma; right&quest; I&&num;8217&semi;m guessing some developers from this title meandered their way over to the <em>Call of Duty<&sol;em> office and helped with those titles&period; It was that part of the game that I enjoyed the most though&comma; so I&&num;8217&semi;m glad that those guys found some work elsewhere&comma; even if it is the <em>Call of Duty<&sol;em> franchise&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You get to play as former Navy Seal Craig Dylan who is accompanied by wartime friend Amando &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Rock” Depiedra and Sabrina Sayrus into the Bermuda Triangle in search of Sabrina&&num;8217&semi;s father&comma; Dr&period; James Sayrus&period; While flying through the Triangle&comma; a huge vortex overtakes their plane and they are forced to abandon it in mid-air&period; When you come to&comma; Dylan finds himself on a primordial island&comma; his companions nowhere to be found&period; You begin to search the island for your friends and for a way off&period; Instead of finding your companions&comma; however&comma; you find horrible creatures that try to eat you at every turn&period; Sounds like a Sy-Fy Channel movie&comma; right&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;106485" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-106485" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-106485" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;05&sol;03172326&sol;gfs&lowbar;138882&lowbar;2&lowbar;1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;JURASSIC&colon; THE HUNTED - ACTIVISION&rpar;" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-106485" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Jurassic&colon; The Hunted&comma;<&sol;em> Activision&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The controls are almost exactly like <em>Call of Duty&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;em>s&period; Left and right joysticks control movement and camera&period; Y switches your weapon&period; Right trigger is fire and left trigger is iron sights&period; Right bumper is grenade toss and left bumper is &&num;8220&semi;adrenaline rush&&num;8221&semi;&comma; which allows you to see vitals in the dinosaurs to aim at&period; A is jump and B is crouch&period; Your best bet is to get acquainted with the shooting and reloading so that you can take on the raptors when they gang up on you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And they WILL gang up on you&period; The game does let you know they are coming though &&num;8212&semi; they make the same sound as in <em>Jurassic Park<&sol;em> and&comma; when you hear that&comma; make sure your gun is loaded and your back is to a wall or tree&period; If they surround you&comma; you are as good as dead&period; They will smack you into oblivion&comma; and sometimes the checkpoints aren&&num;8217&semi;t very forgiving so always be listening for their call&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The best part of the game is what everyone loves about <em>Call of Duty&colon; Zombies<&sol;em>&period; There I was&comma; running through the jungle trying to survive&comma; when I came upon some weird type of encampment&period; I slowed down&comma; looked around&comma; and then the game prompted me to defend this wall against the raptor attacks&period; I looked around and saw raptors pulling and clawing at these sticks on the windows&period; I ran to the nearest window and I was prompted to hold down a button to repair the window while I &&num;8220&semi;shot-gunned&&num;8221&semi; the raptors&period; Sounds familiar&comma; right&quest; I had to run from window to window and keep the raptors out so that I could continue my vacation through the tunnel&period; I enjoyed these parts of the game &&num;8212&semi; when I was getting tired of massacring dinosaurs&comma; these little areas helped break up the monotony for me and kept me engaged&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;106591" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-106591" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-106591" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;05&sol;03170651&sol;gfs&lowbar;138882&lowbar;2&lowbar;3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;JURASSIC&colon; THE HUNTED - ACTIVISION&rpar;" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-106591" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Jurassic&colon; The Hunted&comma;<&sol;em> Activision&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>This game was purchased solely on the fact that there was a huge T-Rex on the box art&period; I glanced at it while looking through a used game shop&comma; grabbed it immediately&comma; and never regretted my choice&period; This is a really fun&comma; somewhat original game that interestingly enough comes from Activision&period; In a world full of &&num;8220&semi;man-shooters&&num;8221&semi;&comma; they published a title that strays from the normal path and&comma; for that&comma; I am grateful&period; If you&&num;8217&semi;re into off-the-cuff&comma; weird games that no one really talks about&comma; you should seriously pick up this title&period; It will be worth your time and money&period; Then perhaps we can also get a next-gen sequel if enough people buy it&comma; so there&&num;8217&semi;s that too&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;