Lost with Dinosaurs

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Lost with Dinosaurs is a single player action adventure game. It was developed by Mihai Morosanu and was released on September 9, 2017. It received negative reviews from players.

Lost with Dinosaurs is a puzzle-based platformer where you play as a scientist lost in prehistoric times. Your mission is to collect specific mushrooms across 8 levels and find a way back to the present. Be cautious of hungry dinosaurs that will attack and steal your mushrooms, but you can shoot them down temporarily or use power-up potions for higher jumps. Your journey will also require you to collect and match color crystals to disable energy fields in order to progress. Good luck!

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38%

Audience ScoreBased on 58 reviews

graphics4 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

Easy achievements make it appealing for achievement hunters.
The game can be completed quickly, often in under 30 minutes.
Basic platforming mechanics are straightforward and accessible.

The graphics and overall design feel lazy and unoriginal, resembling an asset flip.
Gameplay is repetitive and lacks challenge, leading to a boring experience.
Many players report bugs and issues with character movement and mechanics.

graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics in the game receive mixed reviews, with some players praising the impressive 8K visuals and realistic designs, particularly in the depiction of dinosaurs, while others criticize the overall quality as basic or lazy, especially in level and enemy design. Overall, the game showcases strong graphical capabilities, especially for a platformer, but opinions vary significantly among users.
- “Very intense game with really good 8k graphics!”
- “Realistic looking graphics and dinosaurs are ensuring a unique never-before-seen gaming experience.”
- “It has put my 4k monitor to great use as the graphics are some of the best I have seen, better than even the latest triple-A games.”
- “Basic graphics and mechanics.”
- “It's a simple platformer with basic graphics and mechanics.”
- “Graphics, level/enemy design feel pretty lazy.”
gameplay
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is characterized as simplistic and tedious, with basic graphics and mechanics typical of a standard platformer. Many players found it lacking in engagement, with enjoyment primarily derived from achievement collection, despite some bugs affecting this feature.
- “It's a simple platformer with basic graphics and mechanics.”
- “If you are looking to get it for the gameplay experience, I'd skip it.”
- “Personally, I found the gameplay to be quite boring and tedious, with the only enjoyment coming from the achievement spam for collecting the mushrooms (though there is a bug with the achievements).”
humor
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players have mixed feelings about the humor in the game; while some find it genuinely funny and enjoyable, others feel that the humor is lacking or not particularly effective. Overall, the comedic elements seem to resonate more with certain players, leading to moments of laughter during gameplay.
- “The other day while I was playing with my friend, his dinosaurs were just like the old ones - they were so tough that I couldn't help but start laughing.”
- “This is such a funny game, I love it!”
monetization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization aspect of the game has been criticized for being a cash grab, with users accusing the developers of plagiarism by failing to credit the original artists and developers of the game assets. This has led to perceptions of the game as low-quality, exploitative shovelware.
- “The developers here didn't credit any of the artists and real game developers who created the assets, so this is plagiarism as well as a cash grab.”
- “It's just a cash grab.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story is criticized for being unengaging and exploitative, with players finding it tedious to achieve milestones by repetitively using a simple tactic in the early missions. Overall, the narrative fails to captivate, leading to a lackluster experience as players progress.
- “The achievements were slightly stupid as you were able to just sit in the first mission and keep getting hit by the dinosaurs to lose mushrooms and spam 'K' to find them.”
- “I find this boring since it is a bit of an exploit towards the achievements, but oh well, I managed to get up to mission 5 and it was horrible too.”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and boring, with enjoyment primarily stemming from achievement notifications related to collecting mushrooms, despite some bugs affecting this feature.
- “Personally, I found the gameplay to be quite boring and tedious, with the only enjoyment coming from the achievement spam for collecting the mushrooms (though there is a bug with the achievements).”