Primal Rift Reviews

A fun and engaging RPG Maker game, especially for only a dollar on sale! It's an interesting concept where you shoot dinosaurs in Earthbound-style combat. I like how an animation of your weapon actually pops up on screen. The game isn't too long, an hour on subsequent playthroughs when you know what you're doing, up to 3 hours the first time through when you're learning and experimenting. My biggest complaint is how slow you move and there's no run button. Also no t-rex fight :(. It's difficult in the beginning when you have low health and enemies have moves that do 10x their regular damage. Save often! Also wish there were achievements as they aren't hard to add to RPG Maker. There is new game+ mode which is cool, and if you find a certain item you can unlock a certain electronic device and up the difficulty to the impossible nightmare mode.

An okay RPGmaker survival game. Basically dinosaurs break through a portal and take over a building, and it's your job to save everyone trapped inside. The exploration is fairly standard with only a couple of puzzles, though there is a contextual climbing system. Combat is turn-based but revolves around weapons with ammo. It's very flawed. Most of the upgrades come far too late into the game to make a meaningful difference in battles. While early on it feels like you either have to grind or hope enemies miss you a bunch so you don't instantly die. Also EVEN IF you do fully upgrade; you can still be one-shot. Otherwise I appreciate the atmosphere and writing, but the game feels like it ends before the story fully reaches a satisfying point. It's abrupt and anticlimactic. I won't be too harsh though, since I got it on sale.