Man is this a really, really (really!) flawed game, first impressions were downright chaotic, started on Normal but after seeing how the encounters were designed with common enemies like the raptors taking half of your damn HP (their lack of windup in their attacks didn't help either) decided to dial it to Easy, just so i could have a fighting chance. Awful camera angles and nonsensical platforming with barely sense of depth, lul story, one can see now why it's got the "stinky" reputation, but, just like with DMC2, i also can't deny i got some enjoyment out of it especially after that abhorrent start. Yes the game did start to grow later on since the jetpack provided an interesting approach to combat plus the WASP drones were fun to use (also serving as keys), biggest issue being you will be mostly shooting the dinos offscreen most of the time since, again, awful camera angles, which won't be doing any favours. Visually the game holds up, the cutscenes were fun to watch and the ost is good as well. Exploring the ship ended up being a fun endeavor though: changing the formation, which in turn affected the level layout was a neat inclusion. In addition, the elimination meter provided an interesting approach to exploration since it gave you an interesting choice to make: do i keep killing dinos for points or go to the save point and cash the meter for points? It was thrilling to go on long stretches without saving in order to maximize the elimination meter and get the most points (saved like 42 times lol, was afraid of messing up with my upgrades somewhere). So yeah, would i go around recommending this game? Well no, but i also wouldn't be totally against replaying it.

wow. So the pros first, since I do think this game is a bit too unfairly treated. This game is already interesting to me on principal due to it being an original xbox exclusive dino crisis game that literally nobody talks about, so the fact that it takes place in god damn SPACE with CYBORG MUTANT ZOMBIE DINOSAURS is the icing on the cake. The game graphically looks good, even if it goes a bit too hard into making EVERYTHING reflective, but I appreciate it. The plot is bonkers and could easily be described as what happens if you threw 2001 a space odyssey, alien, and jurassic park into a blender, so the game is constantly entertaining in that end. The game even has more action focused gameplay to distance itself even more from being just "resident evil with dinosaurs", which is cool. Where it all falls apart, unfortunately, is the camera. The camera in this game is probably one of, if not then THE worst camera i have ever used in a video game. Constant camera cuts and camera movement make navigating the already rather linear spaceship extremely disorienting, as there will be plenty of times where you get spun around unknowingly and go back the exact way you came. Combat also consists of mashing the shoot button and letting the extremely generous auto aim let you know if there are any enemies offscreen, and there usually are. The game as a whole is really entertaining to experience but not very fun to actually play. If the camera was better then I think this game would have a much better rep among people. Definitely not something i could honestly recommend, but if you are curious like me and kind of know what you are gonna get yourself into, this game can be a hell of a time.