Nanosaur 2: Hatchling Demo

Dinosaurs went extinct so long ago that humans cannot even properly comprehend those kinds of time periods. However, although it may seem like nothing when you read about it in the history books, it is worth remembering that the dinosaurs ruled the Earth for millions of years, whereas human civilization as we know it only began like a few thousand years ago, at least if we start counting from when people settled down and stopped living like nomads.

Nanosaur 2: Hatchling is not your average game, in the sense that the underlying idea is rather unique and exciting at the same time. As such, you get to control a pterodactyl and fly around what appears to be a different dimension, given the fact that you have to watch out for laser turrets and various other technologically-advanced machinery trying to bring you down.

The pterodactyl is equipped with a booster device that allows you to gain significant speed boosts when you need them, or when you want to evade enemy blasts. Besides that, the flying dinosaur also has the ability to use sonic waves to destroy turrets, although they are pretty tough to aim and they also move quite slowly, which make sit difficult to move moving targets.

The environments are a combination of a jungle and a military complex, but they are a bit too tight to allow you enough room for maneuvers. In fact, almost everything can cause you to go down in flames, so you’d better avoid every solid object. Hostile raptors can be a menace as well, although they can only reach you if you fly too close to the ground.

There are multiple game modes as well, depending on how you want to enjoy the experience. Hence, you can either play a simple campaign mode and just take it mission-by-mission, or you can choose to have a race with a mate in split screen mode. Regardless of the choice you make, the annoying controls and the lack of precision can give you a lot of headaches.

When it’s all said and done, Nanosaur 2: Hatchling is not really that bad, but it tries quite hard to make your life unpleasant. The awful controls are what stick out the most, but there are many more annoyances that make the experience a tad too difficult to swallow on the long run.