Primal Carnage

Primal Carnage
Developer(s)	Lukewarm Media
Publisher(s)	Reverb Publishing
Engine	Unigine
Platform(s)	Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release date(s)	Q4 2012
Genre(s)	First-person shooter Third-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Media/distribution	CD, Digital Download

Primal Carnage is an upcoming first-person shooter video game under development by independent game studio Lukewarm Media. The game casts the players as one of two teams: humans or dinosaurs, and is planned to support bot and network play. The game was going to be released on December 16, 2010, but got delayed to 2011. No actual date has been announced though.

Although originally developed with the Unigine Engine with support for 64-bit systems and Linux, the developers later switched to the Unreal Engine, making the release of a Linux version unlikely. The developers have also stated that the console versions may be run with less-optimal graphics but with no changes to game-play. There will be five classes for each team and Dinosaur play will be done through third-person.

A short trailer was shown at GDC 2010, though not showing any gameplay it did however showcase some of the dinosaurs that were going to be in the game such as Brachiosaurus (although as with what often happens, it was depicted based on material now referred to as Giraffatitan), Parasaurolophus, Stegosaurus, Pteranodon and Deinonychus. On the game's webpage, a donation section exists which allows those who wish to donate money to Lukewarm the ability to do so via PayPal. Depending on the amount one gives, donators will be granted special access to privileges or bonuses: $5 USD will grant access to various exclusive things from the game and on Lukewarm's forums; $10 USD grants access to Lukewarm's planned closed beta testing period; $20 or more grants beta access and a digital download copy of the game upon release.

Plot

Dinosaurs have been unleashed on an old military controlled island due to an experiment gone awry. A team of mercenaries have been dispatched to contain the threat.

Playable classes

Dinosaur Team

Currently there are five classes of playable dinosaurs planned. Tyrannosaurus, A "Raptor" (Species is under debate but size has lead some to reckon they're Utahraptor or Achillobator), Pteranodon, Compsognathus and Dilophosaurus. The T. Rex class is intended to be the heavy hitter of the Dinosaur team, with attacks including a bite attack in which the T-rex devours it's victim, a passive trample ability in which the T-rex automatically crushes anyone foolish enough not to stay away from these feet, and a roar which blurs the mercenary's screens Big Daddy T. Rex Archived 11 January 2011 at WebCite</ref> The Velociraptor/Deinonychus/Utahraptor (named simply Raptor to avoid confusion and so in gmae players don't have to spell out the dinosaurs name by which time it will have killed them) is a fast and mobile dinosaur. It has a bite attack that involves both its jaws and its claws that causes a reasonable amount of damage. It also has a pounce attack which is a kind of holding attack. Death will come in seconds if rescue isn't near. The other attack is classified. Dilophosaurus has had some of its statistics released, but not all. It has a poison spit ability, which temporarily slows down the target and blinds it. It also possesses a moderately damaging bite attack that deals poison damage overtime. Its other move is currently classified. Its special features include being able to break the Trappers nets, and being immune to them. In that sense, it is the counter to the human trapper. Pteranodon is intended to be the flying class, and Compsognathus is planned to travel around in swarms, no other details for their attacks have been revealed as of yet.

Human Team

The scientist class has been revealed to be a female sniper which specialises in taking down enemies from a long range, therefor, it is the counter to the pteranodon as it can snipe it from the air. She has a secondary fire that fires a tranquilizer dart that slows down dinosaurs and disables their special abilities such as running. Her last line of defence is her cattle prod which saps the stamina and some of the health of the dinosaurs. The Commando class is the heavy hitter of former military team of human mercenaries, and is the human counter to the T. Rex class. He is equipped with a powerful and fast firing assault rifle that lacks accuracy. He also wields a slow reloading grenade launcher and has a very short range melee attack. In some of the concept art (found here), three other humans are visible. One, referred to as the "Pathfinder", appears to have a shotgun that is deadly at close range and is intended to support the team because it has a dog [blue heeler]that is intended to warn the mercenaries of nearby dinosaurs. It can be told to remain silent when stealth is necessary. One of the people has a raptor wrapped up in a net, and is called the "Trapper" whose nets are only able to be broken with the help of a Dilophosaurus. He has a slow fire net gun that is able to trap dinosaurs. He also has duel-wielding pistols [a six-shooter and a desert eagle.] He also has a special hunting knife that when a dinosaur is trapped, he can do a one-hit kill with it. The final class is called the pyromaniac and has a custom made flame-saw which consists of a flame-thrower that can only be executed at near melee range. The second part of the flame-saw is a chainsaw which is the most devastating melee weapon on the mercenary team.

Class Rejects

Old T-Rex

As with the release of the T-Rex Development Video, it is revealed that the Sub-adult Tyrannosaur is no longer available, instead replaced with the adult. However, it may be included as an unlockable skin.

Charger class

The charger class lost the war over the last position with 'The Horde Class' but may still make it into the game. Dinosaurs who were stated to be in the charger class were either:

• Kaprosuchus
• Triceratops
• Pachycephalosaurus

Non-Playable Characters (NPC)

In the GDC demo video, Pteranodon, Stegosaurus, Parasaurolophus and some kind of brachiosaurid (presumably Brachiosaurus) make an appearance. There are also 2 universally released screen shots of a Spinosaurus and a Tyrannosaurus facing off against each other. There is also another screen shot featuring Spinosaurus, revealed to donors only, that apparently has Spinosaurus "fighting dirty". Numerous other Dinosaurs are being discussed, as are non dinosaurian animals such as some kind of pliosaurid, presumably Liopleurodon.

Boss battles

At the end of the survival mode, the human team must face a boss. Spinosaurus is one of the creatures intended for boss battles. That includes with Liopleurodon

Known NPC Dinosaurs

• Ankylosaurus
• Brachiosaurus
• Parasaurolophus
• Spinosaurus
• Stegosaurus
• Triceratops
• Liopleurodon
• Secret Dinosaur
• Others are TBA

See also

• Unreal Engine
• Unigine

External links

• Primal Carnage - Official Website
• Primal Carnage - Mod DB Page
• Lukewarm Media - Official Website
• Primal Carnage on deviantART
• Primal Carnage - Forums • Login