Can Exoprimal be the fun and dumb summer blockbuster we need?

thesixthaxis.com:

Exoprimal is shaping up to be the video game equivalent of a Hollywood summer blockbuster. It’s set for release in July, so that’s the ‘summer’ bit checked off, but it’s also got a daft as anything story as your team of friends face off against hordes of dinosaurs, putting it right on the Jurassic World and Pacific Rim end of the blockbuster bell curve.

We’ve been following Exoprimal every step of the way since its announcement, and our most recent hands-on allowed us to get a significant taste of the single player story, and a glimpse of many of the multiplayer systems that players will be getting involved in. The result? I don’t think July can come soon enough.

You’re an Exofighter – a combat specialist that enjoys hopping into heavily armoured, highly weaponised mech suits, and doling out some justice along the way. You’re all set to head off on your first mission with new teammates Majesty, Alder, Sandy and Lorenzo when a vortex appears in front of your aircraft and you crash land in your Exosuit, sans teammates and with a newly acquired ‘friendship’ with Leviathan.

Leviathan is an AI that controls the island you’re unexpectedly stuck on, and it turns out that they have some ‘interesting’ plans for you. Leviathan is transporting Exofighters to a very specific moment in history, just prior to a disaster that levelled the island you’re on, and you’ve been drawn three years into the past to take part in the AI’s combat testing scenarios. These seem to largely involve fighting wave after wave of dinosaurs and, as yet, we have no real idea why. Still, it gives you and your friends the chance to wear mech suits, utilise a batch of destructive abilities, and fire round after round at stampeding dinosaurs.

Exoprimal is a hero