Primal Planet

The beginning might feel a little awkward. There's like three or four story events that unfold before the game becomes fully open to start exploring. The story elements are at least pretty gripping. Even if you feel a little lost from the start, I suggest staying course and it'll pay off. Once past the story/tutorial opening, the game makes you explore and figure out the world you're in. It's pretty fun exploring, leveling, and collecting resources. The crafting and town upgrading is very streamlined and easy to deal with. The combat works, but kind of turns into dodge then attack then repeat those two moves. You still have to pay attention to the enemies, but your forced to use your invincible dodge, attack quickly, then dodge again. It's almost like button mashing. I wouldn't say it kills the gameplay experience. You can still get hit by enemies doing this. It's just that if you don't, you'll probably get murdered quickly. It still feels rewarding to slaughter your enemies to upgrade your character and dino companion. Exploring is also rewarding, especially if you don't look up guides to figure out what to do. There's a decent amount of backtracking, but it doesn't feel cumbersome. I beat the game without coming anywhere close to fully leveling my character. However, there's an underwater teleporter that I think might contain a separate ending or more content. I have to go back and check it out... luckily once you beat the game it's easy to continue your progress if you want to continue to explore. The story is surprisingly effective especially since there's no text or voice overs explaining anything. This game is a relatively unique entry in the Metroidvania genre. Highly suggested if you're looking for something a little different.

A lovingly detailed world that you simply want to explore down to the last corner. Combined with a simple yet emotionally gripping story. The gameplay reminds me of the games from my childhood. All in all, a perfectly rounded game that I enjoyed every minute of.

You should try it if you like metroidvanias or just 2d in general. Loved the movement and feel of it all.

Fun game - played on Steam Deck. (The hours are probably inaccurate because the Steam Deck often counts hours incorrectly.) I beat the game but did not 100% it. The game is not a traditional Metroidvania in that you buy upgrades with skill points. The exploration is satisfying, and there should be more games like this with dinosaurs in them!

Excellent little game with great atmosphere (both visual and audio). Would like to see it on Steam Workshop to expand content and story.

It's a mediocre metroidvania but it's got dinosaurs in it sooo

Kinda boring. Nothing really going on for the most part. Idea sounds cool but the game just feels empty. The gameplay also feels a bit clunky.