Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odyssey

by Vicious Cycle

Product Features

• Defend the island of Dinotopia as you battle against the most dangerous foes.
• A mix of hand-to-hand fighting, puzzle solving, and exploration, all lying in wait on the mysterious island of Dinotopia.
• Travel through 24 mysterious levels on foot, in the air and by vehicle as you experience the dazzling array of sights, sounds, and enemies.
• Over 16 enemy types including dinosaurs, vile swamp creatures, evil tribes and robot dinos.
• 3 modes of gameplay: ground mounted, on-foot, and air mounted

Product Details

• ASIN: B00008KUA4
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,576 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

A lawless band, known as the Outsiders, has threatened Dinotopia. They have invaded the towns, enraged the carnosaurs and revived the mechanical strutters. Now it's gotten personal, because they have taken your family hostage. It's your job to be Dinotopia's guardian, and its only hope for survival...

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Didn't know it was a kids game., August 2, 2004

By 

Brett Johnson - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Dinotopia: The Sunstone Odyssey (Video Game)

I just want to say up front that this was one of those rare titles where I didn't know what to expect going in. I had never seen the "Dinotopia" mini-series or the short-lived TV series.

What I found was a dreary game which featured a lot of button mashing and a smattering of tasks where you go and find items for other characters. I found myself frustrated more than once by forgetting in which direction I was traveling and inadvertently backtracking. The reason wasn't early dementia...it was because the environments are so poor that it is difficult to tell one spot from another.

You pretty much "lock on" to enemies in the game by using the left trigger on the controller. You then keep pressing the A button until they are dead. That constitutes 80 percent of the game. The other 20 percent consists of finding items for people and a couple of flying sections where you control a dinosaur of some sort (a pterodactyl perhaps?).

The cutscenes were horrible and the game took me just over 5 hours to beat. This might be a good title for some younger gamers who enjoy dinosaurs but I wouldn't recommend it for the older video game players out there.