Developer OMYOG and publisher tinyBuild have released a new trailer for upcoming shooter Ferocious. The title, which has players taking on dinosaurs with conventional weaponry, was originally announced all the way back in June 2023, and the new trailer finally gives us a glimpse at what its story will be about. Check out the trailer below.
The core crux of the story in Ferocious revolves around the player getting shipwrecked on a remote island that was seemingly left behind by the passage of time. The island is teeming with prehistoric creatures that were long thought to have gone extinct, including not only dinosaurs, but also other creatures like giant crabs that can kill a human in a single swipe of their claws.
Throughout their time on the island, the player will be in contact with an unnamed woman who is seemingly trying to help them. This character notes that the animals that the player faces aren’t the biggest threat on the island. Rather, more dangerous is the presence of Manifesto—a shady corporation that is seemingly armed to the teeth with high tech weaponry, and has several bases all over the island. While their goals are currently unknown, the protagonist isn’t interested in fighting them; he just wants to find his brother and escape.
Along with the main story setup, the trailer for Ferocious also gives us a look at some bits of gameplay, including the fact that the player will seemingly be able to befriend some of the smaller dinosaurs that they encounter. Players will have access to a wide arsenal of weapons as they take on the forces of Manifesto, as well as some of the more hostile wildlife that they encounter.
During the course of a fight, players can also make use of the ecosystem around to, for example, lure in a giant triceratops to wreak havoc on a Manifesto base while the players themselves sneak around, enemy soldiers being completely oblivious to their presence.
Along with revealing all of this data, the trailer has also confirmed that players can try the game out for themselves thanks to a beta that is available on Steam. The demo has been available since last month’s Steam Next Fest, and has already been quite popular, with the studio noting that some players even played it for more than ten hours.
When Ferocious was originally announced, the studio had noted that its biggest influences for the title were classic monster movies like King Kong and Jurassic Park. The game, as noticed by the trailer, also takes quite a bit of inspiration from the earlier Far Cry titles in how it gives players quite a bit of freedom to take on challenges.
The studio has also previously noted that there is a lot of focus on realism in Ferocious, especially when it comes to gameplay aspects like survival mechanics. Players will likely have to make sure that their wounds don’t get too bad as they also take on challenges with limited resources and plenty of stealth.
