Exoprimal Analysis – Dinosaur Delusion and Exoarmor

jurassic future

The story of Expressive It’s curious to say the least. In the not too distant future, within a year 2040strange whirlpools appear everywhere and they start to come out hordes of dinosaurs. As if that weren’t enough, some of these prehistoric reptiles are mutated and pose an even greater threat. Three years later, we will put ourselves in the role of acea former squad soldier hammerhead sharksthat crashes on the island the twin because of one of those portals that appeared out of nowhere during a routine patrol mission.

On the island we will meet Leviathan

To survive this macabre loop, we will have at our disposal some high-tech exo-armor. Our task as members of the Hammerheads squad will be to put on one of these robotic suits to contain the invasion and discover its origin.

What am I wearing today?

As we told you, we are facing a 5v5 online multiplayer third person shooter. At the start of the game we can choose between the different types of exoskeletons that best suit our style of play. These armors will be of three types and will establish the roles that we can adopt: assault, tank or support. Each class has different models with their own special abilities and attacks. In addition, we will have the possibility of equipping them with improvement chips or personalizing them with skins and stickers.

Assault Exosuits, for example, will focus on attacking at close to medium range. For their part, tanks are ideal for going to the front. They are resistant to large amounts of damage and their playstyle focuses on protecting the rest or overpowering the hordes. Finally, we have the support suits, ideal for boosting or healing our teammates.

But the best thing is we won’t be stuck in the same class all the time. One of the great novelties of Exoprimal is that you can change armor and therefore abilities as many times as you want. Not only at the end of the game, but also during it. This will allow us to adapt to the future of combat and change our strategy, taking advantage of the advantages of each armor. This feature is much more enjoyable when playing with friends.

It’s raining velociraptors

For now, Exoprimal has only one game mode: Jurassic Tide.. This is where we start matchmaking games with other players. These will mainly consist of compete against another team to complete the objectives let the AI ​​Leviathan command us as soon as possible and before our rival. At the end of each round we will have to face the other team or, on the contrary, join them to overcome a greater challenge.

Leviathan will have no mercy on us and will open portals from which, literally, it will rain dozens of velociraptors. These moments are pure adrenaline and are reminiscent of other games like Back 4 Blood oh World War Z. But the enemies won’t always be 2-meter lizards. Sometimes much bigger and deadlier beasts like the tyrannosaurushe triceratops or the dreaded carnotaurussome with mutations which makes them even stronger.

By completing the games we will level up. Not only player, but also armor. Although the most interesting thing is that we will unlock cutscenes of the surreal plot.

Good, original, but not perfect

In terms of performance, Exoprimal remarkably respects. Such quantities of enemies on the screen almost instinctively lead to think that the game will have a drop in FPS. Surprisingly, in the hours I played to complete this analysis, I did not encounter any. The game is running smoothly on Series X and the servers are working fine.

Graphically, we are faced with an original title. Capcom knows how to create colorful designs that captivate us as soon as we see them, which happens with armor. We can say that in this aspect it also stands out satisfactorily. But given its cross-generational nature, it lacks a touch of showmanship. This is particularly noticeable in the visual effects of the clashes.

The sound section does not particularly attract attention. Beyond the music of the main menu or the selection screen, we will not find memorable themes. Regarding the voice acting, although the game is available in Spanish, I personally recommend playing it in English or Japanese with subtitles. The Spanish voices don’t have very good intonation, especially the AI ​​Leviathan.

Eventually

Exoprimal is a very fun title that wins integers if you play with friends. A third-person online multiplayer shooter struggling to survive in the market with a rather original story. Unfortunately, it is weighed down by the lack of variety in game modes, microtransactions, and a system of loot boxes with random content which personally I think is a bit outdated. Its high starting price doesn’t help either. However, if you subscribe to Game pass, you can play it for free on Xbox and PC. Something that leads us to think even more that Exoprimal is created to be a game as a service.