Recently, Resident Evil legend and former Capcom employee Shinji Mikami made it pretty clear that there was no room in the modern gaming era for a Dino Crisis renewal. This is despite the fact that it’s the most-wanted Capcom revival that fans are after. Given this, it’s not surprising that people are deciding to forge their own path instead.
As noted by DSO Gaming, fans have been attempting to create unofficial remakes of Dino Crisis, and there’s another one in the pipeline. Called Project Crisis, the developer has shown off an announcement trailer for the game, which is being built in Unreal Engine (UE4 specifically, according to the report).
The teaser above is brief, but gives a little dollop of what may come. However, as it’s very much a work-in-progress, it’s likely that things will change as development moves on. There’s no information about when we can expect it to release, but we do know it’s “coming soon” to Itch.io.
If it comes out at all
Given that this is a project not officially endorsed by Capcom, we can expect this fan remake to hit quite a few barriers along the way. DSO suggests that, as exciting as it would be to see Dino Crisis make a comeback, it’s unlikely to be as polished as something like the Resident Evil 2 remake, and the original developer/publisher may not be pleased with people tinkering with its IP, even if the company itself isn’t doing anything with it.
It would be a shame if the plug did get pulled, but we may get lucky. The video is probably enough to whet the collective whistles of those who remember the original 1999 survival horror game, especially as the last one we got was Dino Crisis 3 way back in 2003. Sadly, this last entry was not exactly well received, with a Metacritic score of just 51%.
Mikami’s reasoning behind Dino Crisis probably not being given another shot is basically down to Monster Hunter. The hit Capcom series is evidently filling a hole that seems to render a game about fighting dinosaurs moot at this point. He goes on to say that he was surprised to see fans are eager for a new game in the long-dormant franchise, but it definitely looks like it’s not going to be happening any time soon.
We can only hope the studio has a change of heart, or we at least get to experience Project Crisis before the lawyers get involved.
Published: Aug 30, 2024 10:35 am