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Cityscape is actually the 4th part of the Carnivores
series but this time the game offers some unique changes and for the first time
uses the Serious Sam engine. There are specific
missions rather than just hunting dinos and a story (a spaceship with carnivores
has fallen near a town on a distant planet). Environments include the canyon
where the ship has crashed, the ship itself, the city, the sewers, the subway
system, and the industrial area. In a departure from the rest of the Carnivores
series, this game is a first person shooter, and not a hunting simulation. The
levels are played sequentially and are mission-based, each mission unlocking the
one following it. One can play as a person and as a carnivore (with
different purposes). There are 20 missions altogether in which one cannot
save. As a human, players can choose to equip a machine gun, sniper rifle,
shotgun, grenade launcher, or x-rifle before each mission. Additional equipment
includes binoculars, night vision, and thermal vision. Dinosaurs have their
claw attack and leap attack, as well as the aid of a sort of low-light vision
mode. When playing as a dinosaur, your species changes from mission to mission,
so that by the end of the game you have played as each species at least once.
Mission objectives include things like turning off the ship's reactor, rescuing
civilians, protecting hazardous materials from destruction, defending a workman
who is repairing a train, and also plenty of "get from point A to point B in one
piece" type of missions. Additionally there are several Deathmatch modes available,
and the single player missions can be played cooperatively. Once missions have been
beaten, they are all available for replay from a menu. The graphics are quite good,
even if the town itself is not always 100% realistic. The atmosphere
in the game is well done and it is fun to play. Whoever likes dinosaurs
and shooters should take a look or even two. |
