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Off-Road Velociraptor Safari is out. Go murder raptors with a jeep photo

Off-Road Velociraptor Safari, the greatest game evar, is now out. The game is a free to play and all you need to do is download a browser plugin. After that, you can create an account which will give you access to the leaderboards, stats and keep track of your hilarious achievements. Or you can just go in as a guest and get right into the action.

Off-Road Velociraptor Safari is about a Velociraptor that drives a Jeep on his quest to kill other Velociraptors and ship them off to Num-Num coporations, which will make tasty treats out of the raptors.  

Hit the jump for the basics on gameplay and my impressions of the game. Or just go right on over to jump into the action.  

The gameplay is very smple. Your Jeep is equipped with a radar system, unlimited boost and an unlimited supply of a giant chain with a spike on it. Each game only lasts five minutes and you start off in different parts of the map every time. Scoring involves doing jumps, tricks, collecting Artifacts, shipping off Num-Nums crates and of course, killing and shipping off Velociraptors. 

I really love the game. It's so simple and quirky that it's hard not to love it. The controls are pretty simple, but it does get frustrating at times. The slow motion gets old and frustrating after awhile. There is some lagging issue too when I would try to catch three raptors at once.

Overall, for an eight week long project, it's mighty impressive. Plus, it's free so you really have no excuse to not play it. 11/10. 

[Thank you taumpytears!]


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atheistium's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 02:44
atheistium
possibly the greatest game, ever?
Unicorn's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 02:46
Unicorn
major luls hitting the raptors with my jeep.


now if the new Turok game had a vehicle portion... it would be more epic than this.

i just wish the raptors weren't like clawed toucans
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 02:50
Hamza CTZ Aziz
Unicorn: Heh, funny thing is that the new Turok originally had a vehicle portion. It was supposed to be like the Jurassic Park TRex chase. They took it out cause they thought it would take away from the action and stealth aspects way too much.
Gavin's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 02:54
Gavin
Okay, okay...I'll try it.

However, this Unity crap better not haxor my gibson.
Atlas's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 03:02
Atlas
Doesn't the raptor driver have a monocle on or something?
Unicorn's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 03:08
Unicorn
@Hamza.

that's probably for the best, but if they had vehicles like halo... lol riding a quad into a raptor would be so ownd on so many levels.

then again, they made the right choice... now all they need to do is add the cerebral bore in a later downloadable content... just to appease all the people bitching about it.
Volcanon's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 03:17
Volcanon
All it needs now is Zombies.
Gavin's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 03:48
Gavin
Tried to play it earlier but it was a stutter fest.

Don't know if it was some issue with my PC or the servers.
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 03:48
Rainbowblack
NONONONONO I HAVE TO GO TO WORK IN 10 MINUTES!!!

this is going to be on my mind all day

and yes I agree with Volcanon, this game needs zombies
Churchhills Dog's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 03:51
Churchhills Dog
this is why PC game were invented.
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 04:51
vexed alex
Runs through the comments section naked
Knives's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 05:12
Knives
No
niacin's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 05:26
niacin
I wouldn't know how to stop that thing. Ketamine or Jack daniels? hell they both may just make the situation worse, I say our only option is to run down as many flights of stairs as possible and then laugh as it can't follow. Though if it starts to float that will be another of my childhood illusions shattered.
unacomn's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 06:29
unacomn
Here's a hint, you don't have to kill the raptors, chasing them and forcing them to go to the Num-Num catcher is so much more rewarding, and sinister >:)
Btw, does anyone know what the eggs are for, the red ones only give 3K points when being delivered.
Y0j1mb0's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 06:53
Y0j1mb0
WTF??
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 06:59
Necros
This game looks XTREEEEEMMMMEEEE!
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 07:06
Mxyzptlk
This game needs zombie ninja pirate monkeys.
unacomn's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 07:46
unacomn
It doesen't need zombie ninja pirate monkeys :P, but it could use a lock on missile for the bloody pterodactil.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 07:56
king3vbo
TAKE IT TO THE XTREME
24GSandCounting's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 08:01
24GSandCounting
DO WANT!!!!!
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 08:17
Tubatic
I killed a raptor.

I fell through the world.

I subsequently destroyed three doors.

11/10
Silverback 55's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 08:25
Silverback 55
There is a tear in my from the awesomeness I am about to partake in.
Mr Jonson's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 08:28
Mr Jonson
yay it works on mac too!!
Senisan82's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 08:32
Senisan82
Carmageddon anyone?
wonky360's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 08:46
wonky360
NICE
Origim's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 09:08
Origim
@Sensian82: Carmageddon ftw, now that would be a hell of XBLA game. This game is fucking great the spike rules.
repsode's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 09:20
repsode
"Off-Road Velociraptor Safari is about a Velociraptor that drives a Jeep on his quest to kill other Velociraptors and ship them off to Num-Num coporations, which will make tasty treats out of the raptors."


Greatest. Premise. Ever.
Sir Unimaginative's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 09:23
Sir Unimaginative
Proof that casual games can be beyond awesome. Is it too early to nominate a Game of the Year?
Senisan82's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 09:24
Senisan82
Oh man, if Carmageddon 2 was remade on xbox live. HD? multiplayer? move over burnout paradise!
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 09:26
MechaMonkey
@Mxy

You rang?


My productivity for the day is shot to hell. Thank you, Destructoid.
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 09:26
AgentMOO
fuckfuckfuck its my birthday this weekend and I'm busy every day till sunday
Samit Sarkar's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 09:38
Samit Sarkar
I played this game last night thanks to Buster’s comment in Vent. It was fun for a while, but it went nuts and crashed Firefox in my second game, and the lagging got really old, really quickly. But yeah, Hamza’s right...for a free game that took two months to develop, it’s cool.

@Hamza: Minor correction here...

I think you mean “quirky” instead of “corky” in the second sentence of the fifth paragraph.
GoldBond's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 10:11
GoldBond
Ooh! Can it have Chuck Norris jokes as well?

Somehow this already feels played out.
taumpytears's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 10:42
taumpytears
I feel so cool right now!
SourGr8pes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 10:44
SourGr8pes
Best concept EVAR!!!!!!!

The game itself is a little choppy at times but it's still an 11/10. Can you imagine if this got the HD Xbox Live treatment? Ohhh, save the thought, for I have already soiled myself.
urbanyeti's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 10:49
urbanyeti
EPIC ROADKILL!!
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 11:46
king3vbo
DO WANT
kevinski's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 12:05
kevinski
Hahahaha...this game is just too much. The scoring names are hilarious. You get "Raptor on Raptor" for hitting a raptor with another raptor that's already attached to your vehicle.
Kyuzo's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 12:10
Kyuzo
I love the Super-Helpful Tip:
We almost considered not releasing this game because the people on the internet were so darn mean to us.

I actually quite enjoy the game.
Colin Creasy's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 12:15
Colin Creasy
mac + ORVS = crappy slideshow of a game

good try, though
adam wolf's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 13:54
adam wolf
this is a lot of fun.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 16:43
Eschatos
Damnit, I came home from work expecting to make a clog announcing this. Too late. The game runs a bit slow for me, even with my beast of a machine.
Spartacus's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 17:17
Spartacus
All I can say to this is DUDE.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/31/2008 18:17
Dexter345
Every other game developer should just stop now. There is no way anybody will ever top this.
Ichigo Style's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/01/2008 02:24
Ichigo Style
This game is a bit of an enigma... at times it runs smooth as all hell, and other times it's stutter city... I'd love to know why :(
BaBaBaBaBirdman's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/01/2008 08:54
BaBaBaBaBirdman
I played and I killed like.... 600 whole raptors. This game is 1 of my favs.
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/16/2008 02:59
Fading Star
:)

Excellent
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