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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
atheistium at 01/31/2008 02:44
possibly the greatest game, ever?
Unicorn's Avatar
Unicorn at 01/31/2008 02:46
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
Hamza CTZ Aziz at 01/31/2008 02:50
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
Gavin at 01/31/2008 02:54
Okay, okay...I'll try it.

However, this Unity crap better not haxor my gibson.
Atlas's Avatar
Atlas at 01/31/2008 03:02
Doesn't the raptor driver have a monocle on or something?
Unicorn's Avatar
Unicorn at 01/31/2008 03:08
@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
Volcanon at 01/31/2008 03:17
All it needs now is Zombies.
Gavin's Avatar
Gavin at 01/31/2008 03:48
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
Rainbowblack at 01/31/2008 03:48
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
Churchhills Dog at 01/31/2008 03:51
this is why PC game were invented.
vexed alex's Avatar
vexed alex at 01/31/2008 04:51
Runs through the comments section naked
Knives's Avatar
Knives at 01/31/2008 05:12
No
niacin's Avatar
niacin at 01/31/2008 05:26
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.
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unacomn at 01/31/2008 06:29
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
Y0j1mb0 at 01/31/2008 06:53
WTF??
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 01/31/2008 06:59
This game looks XTREEEEEMMMMEEEE!
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 01/31/2008 07:06
This game needs zombie ninja pirate monkeys.
unacomn's Avatar
unacomn at 01/31/2008 07:46
It doesen't need zombie ninja pirate monkeys :P, but it could use a lock on missile for the bloody pterodactil.
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 01/31/2008 07:56
TAKE IT TO THE XTREME
24GSandCounting's Avatar
24GSandCounting at 01/31/2008 08:01
DO WANT!!!!!
Tubatic's Avatar
Tubatic at 01/31/2008 08:17
I killed a raptor.

I fell through the world.

I subsequently destroyed three doors.

11/10
Silverback 55's Avatar
Silverback 55 at 01/31/2008 08:25
There is a tear in my from the awesomeness I am about to partake in.
Mr Jonson's Avatar
Mr Jonson at 01/31/2008 08:28
yay it works on mac too!!
Senisan82's Avatar
Senisan82 at 01/31/2008 08:32
Carmageddon anyone?
wonky360's Avatar
wonky360 at 01/31/2008 08:46
NICE
Origim's Avatar
Origim at 01/31/2008 09:08
@Sensian82: Carmageddon ftw, now that would be a hell of XBLA game. This game is fucking great the spike rules.
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repsode at 01/31/2008 09:20
"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
Sir Unimaginative at 01/31/2008 09:23
Proof that casual games can be beyond awesome. Is it too early to nominate a Game of the Year?
Senisan82's Avatar
Senisan82 at 01/31/2008 09:24
Oh man, if Carmageddon 2 was remade on xbox live. HD? multiplayer? move over burnout paradise!
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 01/31/2008 09:26
@Mxy

You rang?


My productivity for the day is shot to hell. Thank you, Destructoid.
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 01/31/2008 09:26
fuckfuckfuck its my birthday this weekend and I'm busy every day till sunday
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 01/31/2008 09:38
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
GoldBond at 01/31/2008 10:11
Ooh! Can it have Chuck Norris jokes as well?

Somehow this already feels played out.
taumpytears's Avatar
taumpytears at 01/31/2008 10:42
I feel so cool right now!
SourGr8pes's Avatar
SourGr8pes at 01/31/2008 10:44
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
urbanyeti at 01/31/2008 10:49
EPIC ROADKILL!!
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 01/31/2008 11:46
DO WANT
kevinski's Avatar
kevinski at 01/31/2008 12:05
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
Kyuzo at 01/31/2008 12:10
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
Colin Creasy at 01/31/2008 12:15
mac + ORVS = crappy slideshow of a game

good try, though
adam wolf's Avatar
adam wolf at 01/31/2008 13:54
this is a lot of fun.
Eschatos's Avatar
Eschatos at 01/31/2008 16:43
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
Spartacus at 01/31/2008 17:17
All I can say to this is DUDE.
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 01/31/2008 18:17
Every other game developer should just stop now. There is no way anybody will ever top this.
Ichigo Style's Avatar
Ichigo Style at 02/01/2008 02:24
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
BaBaBaBaBirdman at 02/01/2008 08:54
I played and I killed like.... 600 whole raptors. This game is 1 of my favs.
Fading Star's Avatar
Fading Star at 02/16/2008 02:59
:)

Excellent
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