It’s a strange, yet still intriguing, premise that feels like Pacific Rim with some bits of the Dino Crisis series.īut while Exoprimal may seem cut from the same cloth as the Dino Crisis franchise, my time playing the game reminded me more of another sadly forgotten Capcom property: the Lost Planet series. The opening hours of Exoprimal really send you into the deep end with its lore. Image: CapcomĮven after the tutorial and opening cutscenes, the game takes a very complex approach to justifying its sci-fi dinosaur action concept – and it took some time for me to get my head around. Guided by a powerful AI named Leviathan that can predict when these portals will appear next, a crew of mercenaries known as ‘exofighters’ use their arsenal of exosuits and high-tech weapons to intercept each incursion, dispatch the deadly dinos, and complete objectives to acquire new intel to uncover the mystery of why the dinosaurs are invading. The game begins on Earth in the 2040s, as time portals have brought dinosaurs into the modern world, creating a global crisis. During an extended hands-on preview, I took a deep dive into the game’s opening hours, running several matches with a team of players and learning more about the bizarre premise that the game embraces wholeheartedly.
