On the 10th, on PlayStation’s new public broadcast ‘State of Play’, a new anti-dinosaur action game ‘EXO Primal’ was released. Capcom has previously released a dinosaur action game called ‘Dino Crisis’, and there is much interest in whether this game will lead to its spiritual sequel.
‘EXO Primal’, unveiled for the first time in this broadcast, is a massive action shooting game with a 5 vs 5 team versus Capcom’s new IP. In 2040, it depicts the battle of ‘EXO fighters’ who protect people from a dinosaur disaster that started in a dimensional rift called ‘Vortex’. With the theme of the most powerful exo suit of modern times and the worst dinosaur in history, you just have to compete through various rules, clear missions first, and protect people.
The main mode of the game is ‘Dino Survival’, a 5-on-5 PvE game in which 5 players form a team. The goal is to defeat the dinosaurs that attack in large numbers by competing with the opposing team, and to win by clearing the missions that change in each game. A player called ‘Exo Fighter’ takes the ‘Ivyus’ fighter suitability test and jumps into a battle to protect people, and the story unfolds according to the progress of the play, not the campaign format.
The player must accurately and quickly handle various missions given by the new-generation AI ‘Leviathan’ in charge of predicting dinosaur disasters made by Ivyus. In the dinosaur disaster that occurs in the vortex, various dinosaurs such as tyrannosaurus, raptors, and pteranodons appear, so it is necessary to take different powers depending on the situation. The mission changes according to the player’s skill and situation, and ‘Leviathan’ provides voice support to the player to help carry out the mission and provides assistance such as guiding the destination.
The ‘EXO suit’ that the player wears to perform a mission is a combat equipment made by ‘Ivyus’. It is largely divided into three types: Assault in charge of attack, Tank in charge of defense, and Supporter in charge of recovery, reinforcement, and weakening. Suits that have been released so far include ‘Dead Eye’, a mid-long-range combat type using shooting, a high-speed fighting type ‘Zephy’ specialized in close combat, ‘Road Block’ that uses a shield to block attacks and blows enemies away with a boost function. There is ‘Witch Doctor’ that repairs and strengthens the suit.
EXO Primal is scheduled to be released in 2023, and supported platforms are PS4/5, XSX/S, Xbox One, and PC.
