Dino Crisis 3: DC Retrospective 

DC 1: it was good DC 2: it got better DC 3: what just happened?

Its funny how similar Dino Crysis is to Parasite Eve First Game: Horror Masterpiece Second Game: More action oriented sequel Third game: Weird fanfiction that has nothing to do with anything

“Have you ever played a bad game that you know is bad but you kind of like it” That’s pretty much what it’s like being a modern day sonic fan 😂😭

Have you thought of doing a Silent Hill retrospective series? I would love you long time if that ever happens!

Easy Mode? You cheated us. You cheated yourself. In all seriousness, very fun retrospective and you seemingly left no stone unturned. I might actually try a couple of these out now.

Hopes to a new Dino Crisis at E3!

There actually is a bit of established Dino Crisis lore in the game - the colony ship is powered by Third Energy (the form of energy that played a role in the previous games events), which confirms that the games do take place in the same universe.

Mr. Smith, thank you for covering the Dino Crisis Retrospective. Now you should live stream these games, starting with DC 3. In all seriousness, the game doesn't look too bad, and I agree with all the points you made in the video.

Dino Crisis 1 and 2 are my two favourite games. And I bought a xbox to play 3. Biggest mistake ever!

I didn't know about the first Dino Crisis 3 concept and it's sure does sound interesting, it's like resident evil 4, is not my favourite game, but I don't hate it, but resident evil 3.5 sounded way more interesting for me

And then I was Triggered! The fans made a vow to never speak about this abomination of a game!

I remember enjoying this game when I was a teen. Didn't bother with easy mode, keep in mind this was 2003 when gamers in their teens tend to just buckle down and beat the game no matter how many times we get beaten or spam healing items. I recall getting angry at some of the more open combat areas since it's very easily to get blindsided by a random dinosaur mutant. Platforming was a bitch to do in that game especially with the fixed camera angels and it gets more annoying when the dinosaurs respawn when you just want to move on to the next area or you've just beaten a bunch of enemies and have to fight more again. In all honestly DC3 has it's charm, the visuals are lovely, animation and acting is pretty hilarious to experience, the mutant dinosaur look is really cool, I remember taking in some of the scenery of this game it's pretty good looking. But DC3 is a pain in the butt to playthrough from what I remember. DC2 I'm gonna say is a pretty good game and the slay queen of sass and ass kicking Regina is back but it's way too simple for me to enjoy, you just unload your weapons on dinosaurs like as if your playing RE Mercinaries mode but with a story. (Seriously why can't we have more Regina? she is so awesome.)

A Ratchet and Clank or a Max Payne style camera would've greatly helped this game.

This is the only DC game that I haven't played. I hope they will remake DC after REmake 3.

Well I'll be...I finally found someone who, in a way or other, actually enjoyed this game. I plan to binge-play all the DC games after I finish with RE, so you gave me some hope. Fun fact: You and Jabaplay may be the only 2 youtubers who genuinelly liked DC3 lol

I adore your content, man.

No other series had so many genre changes.

Prior to watching the video. Wait what? There was a Dino Crisis 3? This is literally the first time I've ever heard about it. Was a huge fan of the original and the sequel back in the day. Hoping I was lucky to miss out on this one...

IT SUBVERTED EXPECTATIONS!!!

Bro. I like to think I'm a pretty *"HARDCORE GAMER"* LOL but I never even knew this damn existed!?

''a see me after class note'' got a few more chuckles out of me than it probably should have. Also maybe my memory is off I think the A.I was less interested in making dinosaurs but more interested in using the dna she had instead of giving up when humans stopped being genetically viable? Also some weird perfectionist adaptability making the perfect species thing?

8:54 EASY MODE "Ahhh yeeaah". 🐉

I know there's only 2 of them, but 2 retrospectives of the obscure games in this style would be great!

I'm just disappointed that the we never got a resolution of Dylan's fate at the end of dc2. part of me is hoping for a soft reboot that picks up after dc2

I did not understand why everyone hated Dino Crisis 3 so much, then I remembered I only played it on easy.

"There was a Dino Crisis 3...?" -*Everyone*

I used to pause my PlayStation 1 games to play with myself 3 to 7 times a day. The games would play music for a really long time. Those were the good old days of being an average teenager blowing myself countless times and playing resident evil, final fantasy, devil may cry, parasite eve 2, and metal gear solid games with a sweaty face for many hours. I never got out of bed once in my teenage years.

Dino Crisis 3, the game where the true enemy is the camera, and much like the T-Rex in these games, is constantly following you around trying to kill you. It honestly saddens me trying to rationalize the reason this game came out the way it did in the end and killed the franchise. I'm still very appreciative of having the first 2 games to always go back to and enjoy from time to time. Resident Evil feels like the sibling that graduated college and ultimately went on to have a flourishing career, while Dino Crisis dropped out of college and lives at home with the parents still to this day. Feel like I would cry if I saw a trailer for this franchise getting the reboot treatment with the gameplay similar to the RE 2 Remake.

This could of been DMC in space. I really hope that Capcom reboots this franchise on todays tech for a new audience and for the classic fans. So, what series is getting the retrospective treatment next?

Oh boy. Told ya on your last video! Jokes aside, even as a fan of the franchise, I still hate this game with a passion. The controls, the map, and the fact that the ship was huge were a total fun-killer for me, back when I bought it on dayone for my OG Xbox. I think I've tried to restart or replay this game at least 20 times, before finally throwing in the towel.

There actually is some lore connection to the previous games, that however, doesn't make the game any better.

No review of the Java exclusive Dungeon Crawler, Dino Crisis: Dungeon in Chaos, yet? That’s okay, I can wait. : )

I remember getting this game after loving the other 2 and being so frustrated after 2 1/2 hour with the camera controls and getting lost constantly that I just took it back to blockbuster. “I was like 13 at the time”

You have some great reviews my man. These videos are informative and entertaining. I hope you continue posting videos.

Never been so disappointed by a game 10 year old me spent all my time playing re and 1&2 for this is was peak 90’s fever still i got an xbox thinking the graphics upgrade and dinos in space would be badass and it fucking blew. I live in a town of about 1000 or so people and the re game and dino crisis games were so popular back then my towns 1 and only video rental place had a copy of this to rent that tells you how high the fever was and this game singly handily killed the series

I loved 1 & 2 when I played them back in the day, I got my hands on 3 not long after it came out.. played it for 20 minutes then never touched it again XD

Great Video! and speaking of games taking place in space . . . Is the next retrospective going to be Dead space?

i have been a huge fan of dino crisis since day one, same for resident evil and silent hill, i also played countless unknown survival horrors and known as well, and after all that I MUST BE THE ONLY PERSON IN THE ENTIRE WORLD WHO ACTUALLY LIKED DINO CRISIS 3

If i don't see a sassy redhead in the cover of a dino crisis game, no buy for me. And seriously? Human-hybrid dinosaurs? Couldn't they have simply remade the plot of DC1 only in space? Have it dealing with the third energy crap transporting dinosaurs into the future. At least that way it would have had more of a connection with the early games.

Tomb Raider Retrospective would be awesome!

When publishers and developers change a game so drastically that it flops then blame it on because no one is interested in the series anymore, truly out of touch with their fans.

I never played this game but my god they never of put the name Dino crisis on the cover was such a dishonor to the originals

I loved this game! Im not a dino crisis fan so i cant speak on the series as a whole but yeah this was awesome.

I'm glad I purchased the og xbox along with a copy of Dino Crisis 3 definitely worth it 😀

That must be where the horrible map system for RE Revelations came from.

I was intrigued/frustrated by the same things about this game; interesting sci-fi story but didn’t connect to DC2 in any way. Cool enemy designs but there’s so few plus you’re mostly shooting off screen. And those controls and cameras, god, those cameras and controls 🤦🏻‍♂️ I truly hope Capcom resurrects this series though.

Uuuurr? Where are the dinosaurs?

looks fun and ok action sci fi horror story

After trying for 1 hour. I think this game maybe sufferable if someone provided me an infinite HP cheat code XD

So what's next? Dead Rising?

Nothing's wrong with a drastic shift of a totally new sequel, as long as the new characters get fleshed out with a rich narrative to back it up, but this ain't it Capcom. Zero lore continuation, makes me think it's undeserving of the 3rd title.

I don't know what you mean by "the resident evil 4 effect" in reference to DC3 not using any established DC lore. That doesn't make sense. RE4 directly acknowledges the previous games, even if it is vastly different from them. Am I just misunderstanding you?

Loved this game 👌

I think saw video game qualifies as a bad game that I still kind of enjoyed

Good video man. My likes on videos keep disappearing for some reason.

The environment ruined the game for me. I missed the run down high tech facility.

Pretty decent series. Great job

This game is a insult to the first two Dino Crisis games.

A Dino Crisis Reboot with the RE Engine (assuming they go for a horror genre) has potential to be the scariest game with Dinos ever. Just imagining a raptor stalking me in a rundown jungle facility with RE2R fidelity makes the poop go. As a side note I'm dying for Capcom to pull a Rockstar and implement First Person, Third Person and Classic RE fixed camera modes into all survival horror releases here on out on the engine. The fixed cameras would take the most work for sure since Dino Crisis 3 proved fixed camera angles can be botched and there would need to be at least a couple control sets for fixed mode itself. Combined with NG+ and we'd be looking at alot of replay value for each game.

1:22 YOU ABSOLUTE MADMAN. I've been searching for this concept art (as well as some more intel on the proto-DC3) for years ! Good job finding it.

I honestly really like the design of the dinosaurs in this game.

Imagine if the whole terrorist attack didn't happen. We could be getting a really interesting DC game. FeelsBadMan

I absolutely love the arcade style action fun of DC2, but I also think it would be neat if they revisited the survival horror idea by taking the RE4 approach. I guess more of an action horror.

Dude, I dig your vids but the constant contrarian opinions kinda just starts to make it seem like you are forcing yourself to like stuff just so you can have the opposite opinion and state it in the video. There's nothing wrong with tearing a game apart and if any game deserves it its this one.

Never send a series to space. 💀 franchise.

I prefer my Dino Crisis like Dino Crisis 1, but with the pre-rendered backgrounds of Dino Crisis 2 😅

How do you go from DC1 to DC2 to DC3??? .... all very different ... DC2 still the king tho

What do you have planned next? Metal gear? I was so excited when I randomly found DC3 in an old electrical shop and how disappointed I was that it didn't conclude DC2.

It does look kind of fun. Seriously missed potential here. They should give another go with a game like this but separate it from Dino Crisis. It could be like Vanquish with dinosaurs. Great video though Jared.

I actually really liked this game as a child and i completed it several times, aswell as dino crisis 2. There is one singular element that made this game so addicting to me and its something that i think almost no youtuber has mentioned. This game plays esentially like a metroidvania, with different locked doors that need specific items to open, keys, a complex map and later some clever puzzles when you have to reshape the ship, changing the whole map to access certain rooms. This game really looks like it was heavily inspired by metroid prime, from the scifi setting, the lock-on fighting system, the platforming, save rooms etc etc. I've always been a fan of metroidvanias, even as a kid, and that generation had almost none, aside from metroid prime. I can't even think on an example for the xbox, so i think the game did a fine job in that regard, granted i haven't played the game in a while.

So When Is The Final Fantasy Retrospective Hahaha Test Your Might

Man am I glad to see an actual proper review of this game, because on this site there is barely any of that despite how infamous the game is. I think I more or less agree with that you said in that the game isn't nearly as awful as people say, but it's still not a good game. The premise of fighting mutant dinosaurs on a space station sounds like it could have been the coolest game, but the camera and level layout just flat out kill it from being as good as it could be. Which is weird, because the actual combat seems like it would be decent and it actually feels more like a spiritual successor to 2 with the whole combo thing going on. Definitely agreed on the visuals, cause even today Dino Crisis looks really good on the original xbox and I'm a big fan of the original dinosaur designs they had in the game. I never tried the game on easy, but in all honesty I think I'd like to re-try the game and give it another go on that.

Wasn't DC3 tangentially related to DC cannon due to 3rd energy reactor onboard of Spaceship or some such? I know - grasping at straws

Man I hope this series gets a reboot or something

Mutated Dinosaurs in a Space Station? Makes sense!

I personally love DC3. Yes its no DC1 or DC2 but it is a decent game on its own. DC1 is my favorite by far though

Ive been waiting for a good review on this game specifically for years now and Im glad you did this. Im a sucker for bad games so I may have to give this a try sometime.

_“And for the VERY LAST time...”_ *I don’t think Jared is expecting any sort of reboot any time soon.*

Ah, we've finally reached this point, the franchise killer lol. I think this game is okay (maybe meh lol) on its own merit but a terrible addition to the series, I am glad you had some fun with it at least. Thanks for the retrospective! It was so amazing. The amount of work you put into these videos really shows! I am looking forward to the Silent Hill one :D and I do hope you give the Fatal Frame series a second chance.

Great video. Why are you so underrated?

On a serious note I have suggestion for the next series. Metal Gear series Doom Wolfenstein Resident Evil Silent Hill Duke Nukem

I still dont like 3, I'm willing to admit the flying around bit was awsome... but it was not designed for tank controls!

Highly enjoyed that. You covered each of the games very well.

I'm more mad at Capcom for so quickly ditching Dino Crisis after just one failure considering how many other bad games they've put out in other Capcom franchises. Still waiting for Dino Crisis to return. Hope those rumors are true. Thanks for the review/retrospective. Old games and their stories are a lot more interesting to me than many of the soulless corporate crap releasing lately.

Dino Crisis 3 was the reason I was so apprehensive about Dead Space 3. A friend of mine explained Dead Space as Zombies in Space and all I thought of was this. So glad I finally played Dead Space and Zombies in Space was a much better game than Dinos in Space.

Due to my love for the previous two entries, I tried so hard to love this game but at the end I just couldn't...sooooo frustrating was this game to play :(...This was more of a Camera Crisis than Dino Crisis

I've never really understood all the hate this game gets lol. The first 2 games are obviously far superior, but this game is still fun as hell. The whole reason i bought the original xbox was to play this game and i wasn't disappointed

maybe the series could come back and have success if they try using the Resident evil 2 remake gameplay. Not only the dinos would be scarier if you could have them jump in your face, but they could also be faster. Can you imagine how creepy it would be with the REngine? I really hope they reboot the series, or at least remake the games. DC3 could become a great game with preoper camera/gameplay.

Nobody: Capcom: yeah Dino Crisis 2 did suck! Here's dinos IN SPACE, lolz!

Great video can you do a video about a ps2 survivor horror game called run lile hell or be hunted ?

i always play on easy after i was like 18, learning from mistakes if a game isn't good on easy if it isn't good to its core if it's great on easy you can always go on hardest and this time play with skill, not with trial and eггoг

Is this a DMC3 situation where the "Medium" difficulty was actually the "Hard" difficulty in Japan?

I really loved all 3 dino crisis! Real miss them! I was only aged 9 to 13 when playing them, remember 3 the most tho I still have it on the xbox

It's basically J-Trash with a higher production value than J-Trash usually has. Like if it was on PS2 with lesser graphics I could totally see it as a game from the Simple 2000 series.

Great video! Was expecting it to be shittier but unfortunately it’s one of those sucky games that don’t suck bad enough to be interesting lol

DlN0 CRlSlS 3 is actually almost FULLY PLAYABLE on the XB0X 36O. All u need is 2 things: (1) *A moded & unlocked og XB0X compatibility, for ur XB0X 36O allow u to play it.* (2) *A save already started shortly after the beginning of the game, to avoid the only part of the game that crashes on the XB0X 36O.*

Dino Crisis and Parasyte Eve started at their Climax, took a step back and then stumbled upon their third installment Makes me want to replay the first two

If you're a fan of Alone in The Dark series, i wouldn't mind seeing a Alone in the dark retrospective series. But i'll be happy what you decide to do regardless. :)

Would have been 20 times more tolerable with tank controls

I never checked this game out but, thank you for saving me time from checking it out. Patrick and Sonia favor Chris, and Claire in my opinion.