Dino Frontier is a charming little VR game that allows you to play Big Mayor over a small town in the Wild West. The catch? Dinosaurs roam this land. It’s the ultimate mashup, and it’s helped along by a charming Old Western soundtrack. The highlight of this soundtrack is the narrator of the game — the voice guiding you through the ins and outs of Dino Frontier — singing songs at various points. He’s got a couple of full length ones, and some short little silly ones on the loading screens in between different areas.
As I played the game for my review, I tried to capture each of these songs, and I’m pretty sure I’ve got the full collection up there in that video. Be warned that this does include the two songs sung during the ending, both the beginning of the boss fight and the end credits. I’d call these very minor spoilers, as the story isn’t exactly the riveting part of Dino Frontier, and it doesn’t include how the Bandit King meets his end.
After you listen to the music, make sure you read our review, where I said that “Dino Frontier is an impeccably charming adventure, one that feels like physically playing with a bunch of cowboy figures and plastic dinosaurs.”
“Dino Frontier is a sim builder. As Big Mayor, a hilariously appropriate name given my godlike nature looming over the town, I used the Move controllers to simulate hands, building the town up from an empty plot and helping my settlers harvest resources. It’s the classic gameplay loop of a simulation builder game, but virtual reality makes it feel more like playing with an Old West play set, one that got mixed in with the plastic dinosaurs. Instead of separating out the different toys, someone’s imagination said “let’s put a cowboy on the back of a T. Rex and see what happens.” Being able to zoom into the environment and become the same size as your settlers, or zoom out to a bird’s eye view is something I can’t do with my toys though, and it’s a delight to see the detail they’ve put into the objects and animations at a macro level.”
What did you think of the Dino Frontier songs?
10 PSVR Games to Look Forward To
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Upcoming PSVR Games Worth Anticipating
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Ace Combat 7
While EVE: Valkyrie showed how VR is a game changer for dogfighting games, Ace Combat 7 will look to fulfill its potential. The opportunity is here for Bandai Namco to make something really special, and I'm excited to see if they can pull it off. It'd be the perfect way to reintroduce Ace Combat to the mainstream, so hopefully it'll be the first feature complete flight combat game on PSVR.
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Dreams
No matter how many previews I read and trailers I see, I don't think I'm gonna be able to wrap my head around Media Molecule's Dreams until I actually go hands-on with it. So, while I'm still not sure how this magical creation tool works, I'm ecstatic to check it out in 2017. Few developers have constantly impressed me like Media Molecule has, so I can't wait to see what crazy thing they've conjured up.
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Farpoint
I am so ready for a first-person shooter in VR. I feel like it's the next logical step for the genre, and am excited to see how developers take advantage of head tracking. Farpoint seems to be the first major release that will have a chance to really nail it, and it has the chance to be a must-own title for PSVR owners.
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GNOG
So far one of my favorite things about virtual reality is just getting to take a peek into different worlds. So, considering GNOG is all about exploring giant monster heads (yes, it's pretty out there) and solving puzzles within them, I'm pretty stoked. Nothing else looks like it, and I want unique experiences in VR.
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Golem
Golem has an awesome hook that has gamers playing in virtual reality and on their television. In the game players will play as a bed-ridden child who wants to explore the outside world. After developing the power to control stone creatures (the titular golems), he's eventually able to explore vicariously through them.
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Gran Turismo Sport
DriveClub VR showed that virtual reality is a great place for racing games, and Gran Turismo Sport looks to build upon that. Beyond VR, there are a lot of reasons to be excited about the first Gran Turismo game on PlayStation 4, and Polyphony Digital will look to show that they are still the king on consoles after having been passed up by Forza this generation.
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Megaton Rainfall
Megaton Rainfall is a first-person game that will allow players to live the fantasy of being a superhero. It's unknown if the ambitious title will be able to pull off its lofty goals, but it promises a wide range of movement and the ability to cause as much destruction as the player wants. If successful, it might just be PlayStation VR's killer app.
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Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin
Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin will serve as a bridge between Psychonauts and its sequel, which is plenty of reason to be excited. The first-person adventure title will let players once again play as Raz, and will have to use his psychic powers to solve puzzles.
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Resident Evil VII
If anything, Resident Evil VII looks to be a bold new look for the franchise. It's a big switch from the action that Resident Evil 6 offered, but that's just what the series needed. Hopefully this change will pay off, but it certainly has the attention of fans until then.
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Star Trek: Bridge Crew
Games like Space Team have shown how much fun it is to operate a complex ship with friends, so I'm hoping that Star Trek: Bridge Crew will scratch a similar itch. Sporting online play and a familiar license, this could finally be the Star Trek games that fans have been thirsting for. The Ubisoft published title has been delayed until March 2017, so hopefully it'll be worth the wait.
