Dino Crisis: Modern Edition Is A Resident Evil-Style Overhaul

Dino Crisis proved back in 1999 that dinosaurs could be as horrifying as a Mr. X or a Xenomorph, and ever since, fans have wanted something that elicits the same level of dread. Sadly, the Dino Crisis series has been left on hiatus for far too long, with Capcom ostensibly abandoning it in favor of its far more popular dinosaurless counterpart, Resident Evil. It isn’t terribly surprising that RE managed to survive while Dino Crisis became extinct, but it is still a great shame.

This has led to a number of fans clamoring for Capcom to release a new entry or at least a spiritual successor. Fortunately, it seems like, at least to an extent, those demands for a modern-day Dino Crisis experience have been met, as we’re getting a remaster of sorts that completely overhauls the base experience to turn it into something akin to Resident Evil. It’s a huge move for the series, one that hasn’t had a new entry since 2003, and one that fans will undoubtedly appreciate, especially as the series nears its 25th anniversary in just a few years.

Dino Crisis has gotten a brand-new fan-made mod that completely transforms the base experience and modernizes it for new audiences. Aptly titled Dino Crisis: Modern Edition, it not only enhances the game’s visuals, improving shadows, ambient occlusion, antialiasing, and more, but it also introduces a brand-new control scheme as well as switches the game from fixed camera angles to a third-person perspective. Ostensibly, it gets it as close to feeling like the new Resident Evil remakes as possible.

Dino Crisis: Modern Edition’s biggest change is undoubtedly the modernized camera angle and controls. You can obviously now play with a mouse and keyboard, which is a huge win for those on PC, but those on a controller will have a much easier time now too. The movement and shooting feel more in line with Capcom’s more recent efforts, which makes this feel like the Dino Crisis remaster we’ll likely never get, and the third-person perspective adds a whole new dimension to the experience that the original could never deliver.

On top of that, there’s the aforementioned enhanced visuals, as well as new facial animations and lip sync during cutscenes, which greatly improves the narrative component of Dino Crisis. The Modern Edition mod also supports widescreen, which is another huge win for those on PC. Dino Crisis: Modern Edition does what all good overhaul mods should do, and that’s make it feel and play as one remembers it feeling and playing back in 1999.

The original experience is still absolutely kept intact, meaning you’re not playing a compromised version or losing out on the unrelenting tension and horror it delivered. This is Dino Crisis as you know and love, with just a few modern tweaks to help make it a tad more palatable to an audience more accustomed to the most recent Resident Evil remakes and horror survival games as a whole. Frankly, Dino Crisis: Modern Edition illustrates exactly why Capcom should continue this series, as it breathes new life into a truly tremendous and terrifying game.

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