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Forget zombies, we need more dinosaurs

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Clevergirl

Zombies are old hat. Passé. Nobody cares about the ambling undead anymore. What the world needs now is something better. And that thing could just be dinosaurs. An enterprising modder has started work on something very much like DayZ, only with dinosaurs instead.

Using ARMA III, the thing is very barebones at the moment, but if done right, could have everything you’d want in giant open shooter. Jerks and dinosaurs. Make the terrain a little more like Jurassic Park’s island, introduce a variety of different creatures with varying AI and you could perhaps be on to something incredible. Judging by DayZ’s development, if you start now, you might have something playable in 2019.

With Dean Hall now having left Bohmeia and DayZ development behind him, maybe he’s keen for something with dinosaurs. Here’s a test video, with a ludicrously, swear-filled soundtrack that’s a little NSFW.

Last Updated: February 24, 2014

39 Comments

  1. Kromas

    February 24, 2014 at 17:34

    Google Stomping Grounds. That is all.

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  2. LAblak22

    February 24, 2014 at 18:05

    Forget dinosaurs, we need zombie… beavers.

    Reply

  3. Captain GUZ

    February 24, 2014 at 18:16

    Would be cool if you could play marines vs dinos. Velociraptor is coming for you.

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    • Weanerdog

      February 24, 2014 at 20:28

      Yip because a feathered dinosaur the size of a chicken is very scary. It may just steal your eggs for breakfast.

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      • Gr8_Balls_o_Fire

        February 25, 2014 at 10:47

        I don’t think Velociraptors were the size of chickens.

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        • Weanerdog

          February 25, 2014 at 12:11

          They grew to about 2 meters in length this included their tails, they would have stood at about knee height to an average person, kind of like a large chicken. Speculation was that they were egg thieves, hence the name fast thief, some however believe they were scavengers although others believe they were pack hunters. The Dinosaur of the same name in Jurassic Park is however mostly fiction. It has a lot in common with Deinonychus although was portrayed a bit larger and without feathers.

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          • Gr8_Balls_o_Fire

            February 25, 2014 at 13:17

            Ahh man! I like the Jurassic Park ones. They were badass

          • Weanerdog

            February 25, 2014 at 13:53

            I know, I cried when I found out. The Dilophosaur (the cool spitting, frilled one that sorts out Wayne Knight) is also fiction except for its name.

          • Gr8_Balls_o_Fire

            February 25, 2014 at 14:45

            NOOOooooooo!! 🙁

            You must keep this sort of news for Mondays man

          • Lupus

            February 25, 2014 at 14:58

            Well technically the movie wasn’t wrong, at the time Deinonychus was still counted as a velociraptorinae soooo you could call it a raptor 🙂

  4. Hammersteyn

    February 24, 2014 at 18:45

    I want to ride a dinosaur like in Blood Dragon. Now there’s an idea for Planetside 2

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    • Admiral Chief in Vegas

      February 24, 2014 at 19:01

      XD

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  5. Admiral Chief in Vegas

    February 24, 2014 at 19:01

    YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  6. Estian Hough

    February 24, 2014 at 19:46

    Make a Dinosaur survival game… NAOW!
    Somebody, Go!

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    • Skyblue

      February 24, 2014 at 20:57

      Been done, Dino Crisis… and it was AWESOME!

      Reply

      • derp

        February 25, 2014 at 08:02

        That game ;_;

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      • Tiaan Pat

        February 25, 2014 at 10:00

        That game was the best!!!! Just sad the sequel was so bad 🙁 I loved the DNA puzzles in the first one! I want more of those….

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  7. Umar Reborn

    February 24, 2014 at 19:51

    Turok X Arma … yup

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    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      February 25, 2014 at 11:01

      I want it so badly!

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      • Umar Reborn

        February 25, 2014 at 11:03

        With mountable dinosaurs…….Why there no game liek this!

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        • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

          February 25, 2014 at 11:15

          Yes! MOUNTABLE DINOSAURS!! DINO RIDERS!!!

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          • Umar Reborn

            February 25, 2014 at 11:17

            With a Questar character model…….We may be onto something

  8. Skyblue

    February 24, 2014 at 20:56

    “Jerks and dinosaurs” just like Cadilacs and Dinosaurs for the 2000’s.

    Seriously though, anyone else here play Dino Crisis on PS1? Loved that game, it was Resident Dinosaur basically, awesome!

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    • Acornbread

      February 24, 2014 at 21:32

      Great game that!

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    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      February 25, 2014 at 11:02

      Brilliant game, one of my favs!

      Reply

  9. Corbin

    February 25, 2014 at 00:10

    Amen to that. There are waaay too many zomie games out there. Dat video! hahaha

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  10. General JJ the ashamed

    February 25, 2014 at 07:02

    Wow. I’ve been saying this for so long. I’ve actually commented exactly this about a hundred times on here.

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  11. Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

    February 25, 2014 at 07:20

    I’d love a dinosaur survival game!

    I played Trespasser back in the day. For all its flaws I still loved it coz dinosaurs!

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  12. Kensei Seraph

    February 25, 2014 at 08:01

    Now that looks interesting.
    It’s pretty well animated as well.
    Music isn’t half bad either.

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  13. El Capitan del Blade

    February 25, 2014 at 09:59

    This exists: http://store.steampowered.com/app/104900/

    Don’t Know if it’s any good or not, but it is retardedly cheap….

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    • Tiaan Pat

      February 25, 2014 at 10:06

      Dude just checked it out and i have to say it looks pretty cool!!!

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  14. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    February 25, 2014 at 11:00

    I can get behind this! Oh yeah!

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  15. oVg BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA... HA!

    February 25, 2014 at 12:12

    If only CAPCOM would change back to their former glory.

    Reply

    • Skyblue

      February 25, 2014 at 12:21

      Hear that!

      Reply

  16. Tidycpc

    February 26, 2014 at 13:26

    This i want!

    Reply

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