Dino Crisis 2

Dino Crisis 2 had multilingual support (in addition to having English and Japanese)... Please add multi-language support to this version (like the first Dino Crisis)

Dino Crisis 1 was able to remap all the buttons and get the controller working, but Dino Crisis 2 cannot. I have no idea why. I've tried this game with 3 controllers now (XBOX wired PC controller, Nintendo Switch wired controller, and a Super Nintendo styled controller). None of them work properly. It captures directions, but I have no way to attack because it doesn't acknowledge the bumpers or triggers. I have to use the keyboard to enter menus or exit the game. But the mystery deepens! When I first ran the game, it let me try to map the controls but only some of the buttons would register. On later attempts, none of the buttons worked even in that menu (other than navigating the menus with the direction button and select/cancel, which do work, but not when trying to change key bindings). This rebinding menu also gets obstinate with the keyboard, refusing to change some commands. Overall this game feels very broken and is currently unplayable. It's strange that it's so broken... DC1 had problems like overlapping buttons in its original binding, but with effort I was able to remap it all into something playable. This game decided it was too smart to allow that. I'm sorry that it ended up like this. I was really excited to see the games sold as a bundle, and I like that GOG is trying to rescue them from obscurity. Unfortunately DC2's keybindings 100% don't work and I have run out of options and patience.

Firstly, I want to thank GoG for their Games Preservation Program. Video games are an art and just like paintings or sculptures, they need to be protected and saved for future generations to enjoy. Now, the last game had a problem with not enough ammo, too many enemies that could kill you with a harsh look, and too many items to manage with a messed up, broken storage system. This time, there are tons more enemies, tons more weapons, another Player Character, no storage system and the only items you have to manage are your health items. Everything else goes into your super special, expanded fanny pack that is bottomless, except where health items are concerned. Those have a limit. Is this game better than DC 1? Yeah, I think it is. Does that make it a good game? No, not really. The last game wanted and expected you to run from most enemies and ensured you would do that by being stingy with the ammo. Now, you’re expected to run and gun, mowing down dinos left and right. It’s a lizard shooting gallery, and you’re the main characters. Because now, you NEED to kill everything that moves because killing gives you points. Not money, credits or stacks of dolla dolla bills, Extinction Points. Which you can somehow turn in to the Save/Shop and buy new weapons, gear, ammo and health items. Not sure how that’s supposed to work, but that’s what you got. The dinos are still bullet sponges, with no kind of explanation why a Raptor can get riddled with dozens of SMG rounds and still be alive enough to gut you like a fish. The 2 Big Bad Boss Dinos are hilariously bullet proof, to the point that a tank just annoys one, and the other requires the theft of GDI’s Ion Cannon to finally kill. I had hoped that these 2 games would scratch that Resident Evil itch. But they didn’t do that, they just annoyed me. It was very disappointing.

Instead of giving all options for rebinding keys on the controller is only given presets. With my xbox controller I don't have access to inventory, guess I'll need to do a no hit run, because what is suposed to be "Start" isn't workin and I can't rebind anything to the controller. Also I can't turn off the upscaled textures, giving the game a terrible look because the background images were not upscaled alongside with the texture for the 3d Models, so the game looks very pixelated on the background with Hi-res poly models textures. Please, allow-me to play with bad textures, at least I'll be able to get a consistent look for the game. And I would like to ask for a upscale on the backgrounds as well, it would be amazing playing with a sharper look in everything instead of only 3d Models, so far, I only ask for the game to fix the controller support and allow control over what textures to apply on the game.

This is one of my favorite childhood games, I'll play it anyway but it's a shame it's not in Spanish like the PS1 pal version. :(