Ladies, I have to talk to you about "Mecha Dinosaur Showdown" today. Just looking at the name makes me happy. Isn't this a direct upgrade of our dinosaur-growing game back then into a "cyber version"? I remember when I was playing "Dinosaur Wars" on the Famicom, the picture was just a few pixel blocks bumping around on the screen. Young people today would probably laugh out loud after watching it😂
There was no such thing as "free assembly" back then! Dinosaurs either eat grass or meat. At most, they can change the color and it will be a new version. It's good now that you can even build mecha parts by yourself, such as laser cannons, alloy claws, tail thrusters... isn't this just putting the dinosaurs in Gundam armor? My first reaction was: If it could have been played like this back then, we would have dismantled the "Dinosaur Fight" in the arcade and replaced it with a mecha dinosaur to fight with🤖
Let's focus on how to play this “turn strategy”. Don't think that turn-based system is old-fashioned when you hear it. A seasoned veteran like me who came from “Dragon Quest” tells you that turn-based system is the romance of the strategy party! Nowadays, many new games require hand speed at every turn, and my fingers get cramped while playing. This game ties dinosaur attributes and skills together. Different parts of the equipment will affect the order of moves and weaknesses. It's a bit like the calculation of equipping characters in "Fire Emblem", but the opponent is a dinosaur, which makes it more interesting😏
What impresses me the most is how can free games be so conscientious nowadays? The platform stated that the charging mode was "0". I thought it was a typo at first, but then I went in and took a look, and there was indeed no in-app purchase pop-up window! I think back then we had to save up half a month's breakfast money to buy the original cassette to play “Dinosaur Eggs”. Now that young people are just buying mecha dinosaurs with stereo sound and light special effects, I'm a little jealous🤔
As for the shortcomings... This is the first time I've heard of the developer "Shenzhen Kesheng Network", I guess it's a new company. But considering that "Super Mario" was also produced by a small workshop back then, who knows if there will be a "Nintendo" in the world of mecha dinosaurs tomorrow? Anyway, I have downloaded it. I will take my Tyrannosaurus rex equipped with a rocket thruster to fight the crispy Triceratops in Novice Village. I will report the results to you later🚀
By the way, do any old players remember the monochrome screen handheld dinosaur games we used to play? Just that antique that presses the A button to sprint and the B button to bite... Now you can equip a dinosaur with a jetpack. This industrial revolution was not in vain, hahaha!