Ahastar wrote:
Well no wonder the reception was miffed before Primal Rage 2 - they cut out the dinosaurs and replaced them with fighting human worshippers. That is about the same as if you would slice out the cars from the newest version of Gran Turismo, replacing them with wheeled flower shelves and then wondering why the audience is... meh.
Seriously, epic facepalm.
People keep thinking that but its not the case. The 7 original Dinos are in it + new ones Named Slashfang, and Necrosan, and The 8 Human Avatars adding up Too 17 Fighters to choose from all together.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primal_Rage_2 wrote:
Primal Rage 2 was a video game that was never released. It was the sequel to the hit game Primal Rage, and Atari was going to produce it. The previous game had garnered so much success that a sequel was likely to come along. The game was to feature new characters that took on the form of humans and were called the Avatars. Another prehistoric fighter which took the form of a Smilodon, Slash Fang (originally called Saber Tooth; he has been around as long as the other gods have, but he never fought for any land), was also planned to appear in the game as well. A boss monster known as Necrosan (what appears to be a living dragon skeleton) which was originally planned for the original game was promised to appear. The original characters were going to remain as well.
The plot centered around in the years after the gods fought again. It turns out the meteor that crashed on Urth was actually an egg and hatches a being known as Necrosan. The gods fight it but their efforts become useless. Necrosan then imprisons them in a state of semi-suspended animation, forms minions of his own and starts to wreak havoc on Urth. The gods then choose human Avatars for themselves that take on a human form. The Avatars fight the minions of Necrosan, release the gods from their prison and battle Necrosan. The warriors would be Xiao Ming, avatar of Slashfang, Malyssa, avatar of Vertigo, Arik, avatar of Sauron, Keena, avatar of Talon, Shank, avatar of Chaos, Sinjin, avatar of Diablo, Kaze, avatar of Blizzard, and Tor, avatar of Armadon.
Much anticipation centered around the upcoming game. Unfortunately, it wasn't the same for the production. The game didn't get very far in production and Atari felt that the game wouldn't generate enough sales. They later announced the cancellation though not many people knew about it. After that, Primal Rage's popularity died down. A supposedly finished machine of this was shown at the California Extreme 2001 show. The machine had the original board and most of the original art.
In recent years, posthumously screen shots have been released on the Internet of what was finished for the game and what was made of the game has also been passed around. Also, the characters of Slash Fang and Necrosan were released with the other god characters in the short-lived Primal Rage action figure series.
Sadly PR2 keeps getting a bad Rap because people are so fast to assume the worst...
EDIT...
And I even have Proof that the Dinos are still in it. just click
here, and
here, so hopefully we can put that rumor to rest(At least on this forum)...
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