Carnivores: Ice Age

Carnivores: Ice Age is a first-person shooter video game developed by Action Forms and published by WizardWorks for Microsoft Windows. The game was released in the United States on January 15, 2001.[2] It is the third game in the Carnivores series. Unlike the previous games, in which the player must hunt dinosaurs, Carnivores: Ice Age allows the player to stalk large Cenozoic mammals such as mammoths and saber-toothed cats. In 2011, the game was ported to iOS and Android devices by Tatem Games.

Carnivores: Ice Age
Developer(s)Action Forms
Publisher(s)WizardWorks, Infogrames
Producer(s)Michael Gjere[1]
Programmer(s)Oleg Slusar[1]
Artem Kuryavchenko[1]
Alexey Menshikov[1]
SeriesCarnivores series
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android, PlayStation Portable
Release
  • NA: January 15, 2001 (Windows)
  • NA: February 8, 2011 (iOS)
Genre(s)Sport (hunting)
First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Storyline

The game's story follows the events of its predecessors, in which an Earth corporation purchased the rights to a dinosaur-inhabited planet codenamed FMM UV-32 and created the DinoHunt Corporation, allowing customers to hunt the planet's dinosaurs. Scientists also found Ice Age animals living in the Arctic regions of FMM UV-32 and they set up a separate hunting program for big game living there.

Gameplay

Carnivores: Ice Age is a first-person shooter in which the player can hunt 10 animals, including Diatryma, Megaloceros, Smilodon, and the woolly rhinoceros. Weapons include a handgun, rifles, shotguns, and a crossbow. Accessories such as camouflage, cover scents, and radar can be used during hunts, but their usage decreases the player's ultimate score. The game features five levels, each with diverse landscapes and creatures.[3]

Ports

Carnivores: Ice Age was ported to mobile devices, first appearing for iOS in the United States on February 8, 2011.[4] The game was later ported to Android, and the iOS/Android version was later released for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable under Beatshapers' development. These new versions of Carnivores: Ice Age feature the same animals as before but with the inclusion of a few new creatures to hunt. Weapons and maps also remain the same as the original, with only minor tweaks to enhance gameplay.

Reception
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
iOSPC
GameSpot5.4/10[5]
IGN5.1/10[6]
AppSpy4/5[4]
Computer Games Magazine[7]
The Electric Playground6/10[8]
Pocket Gamer7/10[9]
Aggregate score
Metacritic75/100[10]54/100[2]

According to Metacritic, Carnivores: Ice Age received "Mixed or average reviews,"[2] while the iOS port received "Generally favorable reviews."[10]

Slide to Play reviewed the iOS version and criticized the game's difficulty, but stated that, "For the committed mammoth hunter, Carnivores: Ice Age offers a pretty good experience."[11]

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References
  1. "Carnivores: Ice Age credits". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 15, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. "Carnivores: Ice Age". Metacritic. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  3. House, Michael L. "Carnivores: Ice Age overview". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  4. Nesvadba, Andrew (February 10, 2011). "Carnivores: Ice Age Pro Review". AppSpy. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  5. Kasavin, Greg (January 30, 2001). "Carnivores: Ice Age Review". GameSpot. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  6. Steinberg, Scott (January 29, 2001). "Carnivores: Ice Age – WizardWorks' dinosaur hunting series chills out so hard that it dies of frostbite". IGN. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  7. D'Aprile, Jason (February 27, 2001). "Carnivores: Ice Age – Back to the good ol' prehistoric days of hunting". Computer Games Magazine. Archived from the original on July 9, 2003. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  8. MacIsaac, Jason. "Carnivores Ice Age". The Electric Playground. Archived from the original on June 1, 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  9. McFerran, Damien (February 25, 2011). "Carnivores: Ice Age – Chilly reception or cool as ice?". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  10. "Carnivores: Ice Age Pro". Metacritic. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  11. "Carnivores: Ice Age Review". Slide to Play. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
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