Dino Crisis 3

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Dino Crisis 3

Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Platform(s)	Xbox
Release date	^JP June 26, 2003 ^NA September 16, 2003 ^PAL November 7, 2003
Genre(s)	Action-adventure
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: M (Mature)
Media	DVD

Dino Crisis 3 is a survival horror video game for the Xbox. It is the third and final game in the series. Like the previous iterations of the Dino Crisis series, gameplay revolves around fighting dinosaurs. The action takes place in outer space, on a space station.

Unlike the first two installments of the Dino Crisis series, the enemies in the game are not real dinosaurs. Instead they are mutations created from the DNA of some dinosaur species.

1 Gameplay
2 Plot
3 Protagonists
4 Antagonists
5 Reception
6 Trivia
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Gameplay

The number of weapons was reduced (1 gun with 3 ammo types), in addition to small machines to help against dinosaur encounters (3 types). The game was played mostly through the character Patrick and only a small section was played as Sonya (although an unlockable mode allows you to play as Sonya only faster wearing a Waitress costume). There are also three types of body armor available.

[edit] Plot

It is the year 2548 and it has been over more than 300 years since Earth lost contact with the colony spaceship Ozymandias on its trip to a². Somehow, it mysteriously reappeared near one of the moons of Jupiter. A team called S.O.A.R. (Special Operations And Reconnaissance) onboard the investigative Probe ship 'Seyfert' are sent to investigate. A smaller shuttle lifts off from the Seyfert to investigate. Suddenly, the supership launches its turbo cannons at the Probe ship, destroying it. It then aims and fires at the shuttle. The weapon causes a large explosion, killing most of the troops and crew members aboard.

Fortunately, a few of the team members of S.O.A.R., Patrick Tyler, McCoy, Sonya Hart and commander Jacob Ranshaw, were able to survive the blast and managed to board the ship. What will await them inside is just the beginning, if they can survive, rescue the other survivors and escape the bowels of the mysterious ship.[1]

With Patrick and Sonya on board the ship they are reunited with McCoy, but he is killed by the Australis. Suddenly the Australis is attacked by many tens of little slug like dinosaurs, and then , after killing the Australis they attack Patrick as well as Sonya , where the games action begins.

After exploring, Patrick reunites with Jacob Ranshaw (the team leader). Soon in the control room Patrick and Sonya have a signal in the part of the ship hoping that its the survivors of the (dinosaur) outbreak . Patrick goes investigating the signal and finds a girl named Caren Velázquez, only to find her calling him "daddy" and leaving, despite Patricks attempts to stop her.

Soon after he finds her again and tells her that she looks like his younger sister and that "he feels that he has to protect her, like he had to protect he’s own sister". Soon he meets M.T.H.R.s holographic form , also her telling him "you and your friends are interfering with my work", but Patrick doesn’t understand it at all. She then suddenly opens a hatch and a another Australis comes out attacking Patrick.

After defeating it he reunites with Caren and they both are attacked by the Regules but baked up by Sonya and Jacob . Jacob then sacrifices him self by throwing a grenade to kill the Regulus , thought it fails. Sonya and Patrick then see that Caren was an android after she was injured. But soon after Patrick finds "another" Caren.

Checking the genetic reaserch data of the ship they realize that M.T.H.R. was somehow able to create Carens clones and androids. Patrick finds M.T.H.R. again and figures that the dinosaurs that run across the ship where created by the products that was meant to create humans . M.T.H.R. explains that she had to use it because she was forced to create a hybrid , do to that the ships crew was suffering from mutation after the ship was attacked by cosmic phaser rays. Patrick tries to stop her but she opens another hatch releasing the dinosaur "Miaplacidus".

After defeating the creature, Patrick tries to stop M.T.H.R. sending the dinosaurs to Earth and fights her. He is reunited with Sonya and Caren as they try to escape the ship via escape shuttle .But they are attacked by the "Cebalrai" giganotosaurus . Patrick is then attacked by the creature, being unable to reach his gun . Caren decides to sacrifice her self to make her self fall, along with the dinosaur from a collapsed platform. Patrick and Sonya are able to escape before the ship self-destructs it self. But the Cebalrai was somehow able to get on the top of the shuttle. Then Patrick gets on top of the shuttle himself to destroy the "genetic freak" , and so the final battle begins.

Defeating the creature, Patrick stands on top of the ship and says his final words: "It's finally over! Caren ..." . Then the Earth is shown on the screen where the game ends.

Note: The game events are canon, but have little connection to the first two games (Dino Crisis 3 is a new chapter to the series). The events of Dino Crisis 2 continues with the spin-off game "Dino Stalker" .

[edit] Protagonists

Patrick Tyler Michael Yurchak - A member of S.O.A.R., Patrick Tyler's strong sense of duty and natural charisma make him an asset to any operation. Trusted by the entire team, he boosts troop morale.

Sonya Hart Vanessa Marshall - Another member of S.O.A.R. Sonya's cool and flawless actions make her appealing. Her single goal is completing missions.

McCoy Wally Wingert - Not much is known of him. Patrick and Sonya find him running towards them, asking about the other team member's whereabouts. After he realizes he's been drooled on, a Australis pulls McCoy into the air and throws him into the wall, killing him.

Jacob Ranshaw Kevin Killebrew - Jacob Ranshaw leads S.O.A.R. His directness and bold decision-making abilities are critical to the operation. He's a fanatic about the safety of his troops. He is inevitably killed by Regulus, after its fight with Patrick. Jacob sacrifices himself, using a grenade to kill Regulus, though it fails.

Caren Velázquez Shanelle Workman - Apparently the sole survivor of the mysterious dinosaur outbreak. She also worked as a patrol officer in one of the ships control hangars. Caren's appearance is shrouded in mystery throughout the game. She is first discovered by Patrick and is later discovered to have several copies, mostly androids made by the M.T.H.R. However, it is discovered that she is in fact a human/dinosaur hybrid created by the M.T.H.R. During a battle Cebalrai, she sacrifices herself to save Patrick, by making it fall on a loose platform.

Captain Satoko Evans Jasmin Paul - The Captain of the Ozymandias. After the Ozymandias is affected with cosmic rays, the crew members began to die. During her last days she and the surviving crew members searched for animal DNA, and mixed it with their own. This was all by the captains orders to MTHR, who then conducted a cloning process.

[edit] Antagonists

[edit] Australis

DNA Code: D-01-10a
DNA Prime: Tyrannosaurus rex

A failed attempt to create a creature capable of surviving in the vacuum of space. Failure to develop a suitable skin resulted in its exposed musculature. However, its self-healing properties and ferocious disposition make it a formidable foe to any that cross its path. Equipped with an electricity-generating organ, the creature releases shock blasts.

There are a total of 4 different Australis in the game.

The first Australis is also the first dinosaur to be seen in the game. It is killed by a large group of hungry Rigel. The second Australis is seen in the power station after a formation change. The third one attacks Patrick in the hangar deck whilst life support is malfunctioning and the fourth and final Australis is killed by Patrick and Sonya in the engine sector of the ship.

[edit] Rigel

DNA Code: D-01-001
DNA Prime: Giganotosaurus

Individually, this particular species poses no significant threat. However, an insatiable appetite coupled with a tendency to blindly feed on anything that moves makes this a very dangerous creature when encountered in large numbers. The Rigel is a metamorphic being, changing its appearance with age. Its adult form is Cebalrai.

[edit] Cebalrai

DNA Code: D-01-001
DNA Prime: Giganotosaurus

A successful attempt at developing an ultimate life form, Cebalrai is capable of surviving on land and in space. Extremely resilient, this creature is the Rigel's final stage of growth. The Cebalrai displays aggressiveness that is well beyond its predatory instinct.

Cebalrai, like Rigel, also change their appearance, but less drastically. The only part to change in a significant matter is its head.

Although it is first encountered in the final two boss levels, its foot breaks through the ceiling in the deck sector shortly before the second Australis boss level.

[edit] Regulus

DNA Code: D-28-477
DNA Prime: Ankylosaurus

Based on the Ornithischia-Thyreophora. The skin of the Regulus' back is covered with thick plates of organic armor capable of deflecting projectile attacks. In combat, it curls up its body and rams its opponent. However, the creature's soft underbelly and slow speed makes it vulnerable to well-placed attacks. Only one is seen in the DNA lab, where Captain Evans sacrificed himself by placing a bomb in the Regulus' mouth. During the explosion the Regulus managed to curl up into a ball and spin its way through a wall. It later appeared in the main lobby where it was eventually destroyed.

[edit] Rigel Domain

The Rigel Domain is a giant organic tower in the center of the large storage room. It releases deadly spores and sends waves of Rigels after the player. The Domain's only weakness is the tower itself. When attacked, the outer layer of its 'skin' breaks apart.

[edit] Algol

DNA Code: D-02-001
DNA Prime: Velociraptor

The Algol is highly agile and has well-developed hind legs that enable tremendous jumps. When agitated, it can release shock blasts from the electricity-generating organ on its head. It has a high-level survival instinct brought on by the manipulation of its genes. Algols are very group-conscious and hunt in packs. Later in the game, Algol are shown to have a chameleon-like cloaking ability, allowing it to appear fully transparent with only the outline of its body being visible.

[edit] Kornephoros

DNA Code: D-3a-001
DNA Prime: Velociraptor

Another dromaeosaurian-based creature, genetic manipulation using primate DNA resulted in alteration of muscles and skeletal framework. As a result, the Kornephoros has a distinctive ape-like shape and hunts systematically as a group

[edit] Miaplacidus

DNA Code: D-16-021
DNA Prime: Spinosaurus

Genetically manipulated for amphibious qualities that would allow survival on both land and water, the Miaplacidus is an aggressive creature with a sharp dorsal fin. It is also capable of spitting high-pressure jets of water, granting the creature long-range attacks.

The player fights it twice, first submerged and it retreats after being injured but the second on land.

[edit] M.T.H.R.

This M.T.H.R. (voiced by Jasmin Paul) unit is a first generation model used on space vessels. She is also the ship's main computer system on board the Ozymandias. Since over 300 years have passed since meeting a human being, she has suffered a form of madness. She considers the dinosaur-like creatures to be her 'children', due to the fact that she created them.

[edit] Reception

Dino Crisis 3 was critically panned and its sales flopped, mainly as a result of being unfaithful to its prequels and its poor controls. This has somewhat reduced the likelihood of a possible future sequel.

[edit] Trivia

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This is the only Dino Crisis in the series that does not have Regina (save Stalker, which is considered a spin-off series) as a character since more than five hundred years have passed since the events of the first game.
It is the only game in the entire series to not include time travel. Yet time remains as an important factor of suspicion because the ship that hosts the events disappeared 300 years before the game is set.
It is the only game of the series in which Third Energy is stable, according to a file that is found ingame near the reactor part of the ship.
Dino Crisis 3 was originally planned for PlayStation 2 as well, but was canceled due to a deal with Microsoft so the game could only be on Xbox, however the cover doesn't show the Xbox exclusive label. A later version of Dino Crisis 3, codenamed 'Dino Attack', was produced for the PS2 in Japan - this version was never sold and has now been discontinued.