Isles of Yore

Games great, graphically. It will astonish you with how beautiful this game can be at time, either that be you drinking water in a swamp as the volumetric fog covers half of your body or the way the cloud casts a shadow on the ground. But unfortunately that's where it falls off, the gameplay is fairly lackluster, you'll rarely find players on and if you do it will be difficult to find them considering the map is so large, not that it should stop you playing the game considering the AI does populate the map. But other than that I do think you should buy the game, either to support the dev or just to try it out. I can imagine with some better funding and a bigger community this game can become way better than what it is currently. Personally it isn't for me but I can see how others would enjoy this.

Since you're probably looking at this game because you heard about it on a Discord server dedicated to one of the other dino games, I'll just get straight to the compare and contrast portion: [h1]The Good[/h1] - Nearly all of the playable roster can also spawn as AI. - There is a fairly robust AI-only roster. - The strongest AI dino is stronger than the strongest playable dino. No one player can ever be the top dog in a server. - Temperature is simulated, and the animals can be warm- or cold-blooded. - Most animals inflict bleeding with at least one of their attacks. - Bleeding deals damage over time, and can be lethal. Can result in a pyrrhic victory if you don't retreat. - AI will always retreat if they take enough damage. - Players continue growing after reaching both adult and elder growth stages. Most stats increase with growth. Upon reaching a very generous growth cap, the player is from then on an "ancient," receiving a high defense buff at the cost of a speed debuff. - There is a basic perk system, with perk points awarded by reaching growth stages. Out of a possible 13 perks, you can eventually take 7. Many perks are mutually exclusive with others. - AI can spawn at any growth stage, grow at the same rate as players, and eventually die of old age. - There are several food options for small and juvenile carnivores. - AIs do not simply kill on sight. Carnivores hunt when they are actually hungry, and most AIs won't bother you if you don't bother them. - Most food also hydrates you, but you tend to get thirsty faster than you get hungry. - The effects of weather can and will get you killed if you fail to adapt. - The game is pretty to look at. - Updates are frequent. - Developer is communicative, and overall a nice fellow. [h1]The Bad[/h1] - The old map was recently swapped out for a new, largely unfinished map. - Many AIs, such as Tyrannosaurus, Spinosaurus, and Brachiosaurus have been disabled since this switch was made, drastically reducing the challenge of survival. - Some mechanics are not explained well, or at all. - Some animations lack polish. - The movement system is quite difficult to get used to, especially if you're accustomed to the other dino games. [h1]The Buggy[/h1] - The game has some minor bugs that do not significantly impact gameplay. - There are a couple of annoying bugs concerning scent that you will eventually overcome by simply learning the map's layout. Overall, there is considerably more that I like than dislike about this game. Give it a go.

Isle of Yore is a game still in development but very promising. It's being developped by a single developer so updates can take some time to come out (they're still a lot more frequent than some other dinosaur game cough) but you can tell it's a project of passion, the dev is very active on the discord too and they've always been very quick to help when I needed help about something. The game itself is gorgeous and although I wish there were more ais when there is little players online, it's always a pleasure to come back.

Gorgeous game! Dev is responsive. You can have a blast just exploring and interacting with the ai. Watch out for the Trex..he is quicker than he looks! Only downside is that the servers are empty.

so far they have a lot more then most game's like this have. you can make a pack with AI .

I had to totally rewrite my experince with The Isles of Yore since I started playing it again. "The most realistic dinosaur simulation that exists" Some people would say that it is "The isle". But it really isn´t since Herbivores in groups will try to hunt down Carnivores and that is not realism in anyway.If there was an inbuilt mechanic in that and other games That Herbivores can only hit Carnivores if they hit you first it would have worked. "Few players does not matter" The first thing is that I didn´t grasped when I wrote the review first is that I feelt it was a failed game since very often I only see empty servers. But in this game it doesnt mean something bad like it would be in in PoT,TI or BoB (Other Dinogames out there) because the difference is that those are stonecold dead without players even Path of Titans with it´s Ai critters because they are not Dinos. The immersion of the beautiful landscape of the nature and the ai dinosaurs you encounter is really enough for Isles of Yore to stand on its own. There is no need for an online playerbase. - "The adventures of an Allosaurus the isles of Yore" - "Lets share the food" I started as a small Allosaurus and feelt then I wouldnt have to fear anything. I traversed the landscape and managed to chunk som small Raptorlike Dinos with feathers even though I struggled when we got deep inside of the vegetation of a jungle. I heard some noises of another Dino and I went to see what it was and managed to kill something much larger than me but I suddenly started to bleed.I ripped of some chunks of meat and ate ( Its possible ingame). Suddenly emergering from the foliage was another huge Dinosaur of unknown species grey and dark grey in colurs appeared 20 meters from me. I show to leave my food and not take the fight since I was bleeding and wounded. It went for the carcass and started to eat and then it dawned on me that it really feelt very natural and realistic. I went out in the open and then a huge Tyrannosaurus came out 50 meters ahead, not looking in my direction. I just followed it from that same distance very slowly to se where it would go but when it deeper inside of the jungle I didnt dare to follow and thought I would just end up a snack. At some point managed to go down in the swamps in the dark and I had to swim some time. " Me and the natives" I had no clue it was a swamp first until later on when I tried to swim to land but just had to swim for such along time. Then when I finally got there and the grey foggy daylight became a bit easier to see through I understood it was just an island somewhere and everywhere I looked I couldnt see any land. My feelings where; I will never reach adulthood and form my pack with small kids to chunk meat with. I stomped around on the island for some time and noticed that the only natives of the island me and the foul looking fat toads. I ate breakfast and brought the toads with me, inside of me and said to them "It´s time we leave this island of sadness" and I splashed into the water and hope I wouldnt drown in the swamps. It took forever to reach the other side and the only landmark I could see was the mountaintops in ghe distance. But finally I was safe and I spotted a small Triceratops but to big for me still since I´ve met Trikes before (PoT,Ti,BoB) and know that I would probably die. " A friend in the water" I went up the mountainside and enjoyed the looks of wonderful close by. Then suddenly I saw a Allo sitting behind me in the middle of the waterstream looking directly at me. I could choose to form a pack but I didnt get how and I by misttake attacked it and got hunted instead. I run away and manage to escape it just see myself standing infront of a Tyrannosaurus. I turned my tail and started to dolt for the water and it stomped after me I ran further up the mountain and and tried to get rid of it by jumping over a waterfall stream but just ended up falling into the water. " The trap" The Rex didnt jump after and instead went further up to go down in the stream. I knew it would be my death if it managed to because there was rocks on bothsides of the stream except the area further up where it was stomping towards. I was so happy that I found footing close to the stream and started to gain speed and was quick enough to escape the trap. Aarrghh. So far I´m still alive and not yet a fully grown Allo. ---- I wanted to play as a Parasaurolophus, The one with the long curved alienlike head. https://images.dinosaurpictures.org/Parasaurolophus014_4de9.jpg I never enjoyed it in any othergame but wanted to give it a try. I took sometime to grow allmost adult. Then I started to enjoy just eating swimming around and exploring the landscape. But when I traversed uphill at a rocky area I came up behind a fully grown Tyrannosaurs Rex and my heart froze to Ice and I just turned around and sprinted downhill and in a straight line as long as long as I had Stamina. Later on I got hunted down into a lake by some foul slim small looking Dinos and got killed. Below the creatures that killed me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelophysis#/media/File:Coelophysis_Jeff_Martz.jpg My only minus are these: - Neonred blood that looks like its from a paintball gun. - A bit fiddly controls before you get into them, Not so clear how to form a pack and how smelling works - Humanmade cottages and lights on the road but not possible to play as a human. "The isles of Yore is truly an Island of its own in terms of Dinogames" There is nothing like The isles of Yore in terms of simulation of the dinoworld that is singleplayer wiht possibility to play with others. The only thing close so far is a game that isn no longer in developement named "Saurian". So even though The isles of Yore only so far got 6 dinos I think to play with it still is a so deep and immersive simulation of the era that makes it not possible to even compair to any other. Other Dino games that are good but are riddled with problems based on the devs failures with inbuilt mechanics to force players playing them as the Herbs & Carnos and not based on the humanmindset: - Path of Titans - + Solo server with permanent death + Extremly enjoyable flying that really feels like you fly. + Good mix with day/nightcycle and no need for nightvision + Good emotes to communicate with sound and gestures ingame without using chat. + Mods, Tons of Dinosaurs -Modded servers only have pple playing in few hotspots + Wonderful graphics + Fantastic Storms with rain,swaying trees,Extreme fog. + Ai critters and small dinos that can kill you when you are smaller including snakes. +Nesting - Very game map even though its fantastic with its diversty - Not possible to choose transparency of the HUD. -Mixpackers on regular officials, Not on soloservers(Carnivores & Herbavores hanging out in groups killing others together) - Pointless electrical sounds emerging from Teleportstones (Brings you out of immersion) - The Isle - + Tracking dinos and smelling +You are allways afraid of drinking water because of how smart the rivers are in Evrima and you never know if a Croc will eat you. - Night with nightvision in grey with viewdistance 10meters. (This is what made me never being able to enjoy it since its to long downtime of doing nothing until day is back) - Few dinos -Very bad and gamey flyingmechanicsx, -No Seacreatures -Mixpackers (Carnivores & Herbavores hanging out in groups killing others together) - Human made stuff all over the place but can´t be played as humans. - Beasts of Bermuda - + Smelling +Very realistic landscape with fantastic views +Good foliage +Nesting +Weather affects you + Fantastic Storms and rain - Neon coloured skins -Strange sci-fi looking Dinotemples - Glowing portals

Love the peaceful environment til orexy rexy gets hungry

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Español: Los graficos son los mejores que he visto en un juego de dinosaurios(Si tienes una buena targeta grafica). La IA esta muy bien. El mapa esta muy bien, es muy grande y aunque tenga una opcion por si el dino se bugea solo me ha pasado una vaz(quedarme atorado dentro de una piedra). El los servidores ay poca gente pero la IA lo compensa bastante bien, ademas no es su culpa que la gente no se connecte. Los modelos son MUY realistas. Al igual que Saurian, este juego esta entre los mejores que he jugado de su tipo. Actualizazion reseña:20/05/2025 Han hecho grandes mejoras en la IA y otros canvios comentados en la reseña que hice. Para el creador: Muchas gracias English: The graphics are the best I've seen in a dinosaur game (if you have a good graphics card). The map is very good; it's very large, and although there is an option in case the dino bugs out, it has only happened to me once (getting stuck inside a rock). There are few people on the servers, but the AI compensates quite well; plus, it's not their fault that people don't connect. The models are VERY realistic. Just like Saurian, this game is among the best I've played. Review update: 05/20/2025 They've made major improvements to the AI ​​and other changes mentioned in my review. To the creator: Thank you very much.