Dino Crisis – Regina’s Day Out [Review]

I have owned Dino Crisis for many years as a physical copy for the PlayStation One, but I have never finished it for some reason. I figured it was high time to do so now (20 years later). Better late then never, but it is somewhat surprising, since its right up my alley!

So, prepare for survival horror, with deadly dinosaurs acting like actual animals and a mysterious secret high-tech base to investigate. It can’t be more Crichton, unless he would have written the story himself!

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Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun – Green Armageddon

Climb into your Tiberium proof suit, because we are heading for the ecological apocalypse of Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun. This is one of the more unique settings of the franchise, a setting that unfortunately fell off a little in the future games. In Tiberian Sun we get to experience battles in the Tiberium wastelands of Earth in this direct sequel. And what a sequel it is. Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn was a cool game, and certainly sets up the story and lore. However, compared to Tiberian Sun it feels a little mundane looking back, seeing as that conflict took place in the 90s with mostly conventional weapons and vehicles. Tiberian Sun is a totally different beast that plays into what I love about sci-fi with a war theme: a dystopian world, filled with wondrous tech, but rests on the brink of destruction.

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Star Trek: Hidden Evil – Set Phasers to Good

Here we are with a new year with new games to play, and why not start the year with the action/adventure title Star Trek: Hidden Evil, a game by Presto Studios, Inc. It’s an old one, and it’s very similar in style and control to the spy adventure In Cold Blood which I have reviewed here on the site. With that I mean: tank-controls in a world of pre-rendered static background shots. Hidden Evil is based on the not-so-great Star Trek: Insurrection movie. Thankfully, it’s more of a background drop than actually being the main frame of the story. Now, I wouldn’t say it’s a fantastic game, but for a lover of Star Trek, it’s an amusing addition.

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