Capcom’s Exoprimal looks like Dino Crisis, but it’s all new

Capcom wants a sink that is full of amazing ins ExoprimalThe game will see players don super cool mech suits in order to fight an alien dinosaur invasion when it launches next spring. The all-new IP was revealed at the beginning of Wednesday’s State of Play live stream.

Exoprimal In 2023, the launch will be on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Windows PC. Exoprimal Looks like an urban warfare take-on What Systemic Reaction did with it Second The Extinction, launched last spring in early access via Xbox One and Xbox Series X.

PlayStation Blog posted a companion post that said the game would support cooperative groups of five or more players. They’ll have access to different mech suits, and can change among them mid-mission to take advantage of all their offensive capabilities.

“Always outnumbered by their foes, Exofighter teams will need to coordinate and select a strategic combination of suits to overcome the odds,” a Capcom representative wrote. “Exoprimal is focused around multiplayer co-op gameplay, with each Exosuit having a clearly defined role.”

Wednesday’s trailer introduced viewers to the team of hip-looking dino-busters who are in charge of reptilian vector control. They avail themselves of melee as well as ranged weapons, then they debrief back at HQ with a cheerful AI who supplies the next day’s dinosaur forecast. Everything looks like it’s jam-packed with Sharknado/Snakes in a Plane Violence and irony.

Though comparisons to Dino Crisis — a series Capcom published (most recently in 2003) — are flying fast and furious, the publisher says Exoprimal This is a completely new story, not an adaptation or reboot of any previous dinoslaughter film.