The closest thing we might ever get to a new Dino Crisis game is coming in a few weeks, but I’m extremely skeptical

If you long for the days of Dino Crisis, blending survival horror with prehistoric creatures and Regina’s skin-tight body suit, then this upcoming title will likely be right up your alley.

Code Violet, described by developer TeamKill Media as “our spiritual successor to the legendary Dino Crisis, blending classic survival horror tension with ferocious prehistoric threats,” only recently started showing up on my social media, and today I found out it’s just a few weeks away.

I immediately perked up. Dino Crisis? Hell yeah. I still sometimes revisit the original PS1 classic on the PS5 via PlayStation Plus, and it’s a series that I wish Capcom would return to eventually. Unfortunately, the concept of this particular game sounds cool only until you delve a bit into the developer’s past, which is filled with some questionable titles that have been rated as quite mediocre.

TeamKill Media’s history of previously released games is tenuous, at best. The studio opened in 2016 and released its first title, Kings of Lorn: The Fall of Ebris in 2019 for PS4 and PC. It’s got Mixed reviews on Steam and a 3.01 rating on the PSN store.

Then came Quantum Error in 2023, a PS5 title that ended up as the fourth-worst game on MetaCritic that year, and a paltry 2.08 rating on PSN. The studio’s most recent game, Son and Bone, may have been its best, with a 3.51 score on PSN and a 7.3 user rating on MetaCritic.

This doesn’t exactly inspire the most confidence in Code Violet, although the concept (hot woman shooting dinosaurs) sounds exciting enough, and even story-wise, sounds somewhat interesting.

“In the 25th century, a cataclysm has left Earth uninhabitable, driving humanity’s survivors to Trappist 1-E,” the game’s description on PSN reads. “Facing extinction due to sterility, the Aion colony harnesses cutting-edge time-travel technology to abduct women from the past to be surrogates in a dark yet desperate bid to save mankind. But their mission conceals a sinister conspiracy. As Violet Sinclair, torn from your time, you awaken in the Aion Bioengineering Complex, swarming with ferocious prehistoric dinosaurs and hostile forces. Carefully manage your inventory, uncover Aion’s dark secrets, fight to survive, and escape during a chaotic evacuation protocol.”

A new gameplay trailer for the game, released yesterday, doesn’t really excite me much either, despite Violet’s myriad of skimpy outfits on display. But some in the YouTube comments seem to be quite interested, as one user so eloquently stated: “Guns, buns, and dinosaurs.”

Code Violet launches on PS5 on Jan. 10 at $49.99, so maybe you’ll be willing to give it a shot to kick off the year. I am not sold just yet, but I think I’d rather just keep on hoping for that Dino Crisis remake or reboot.