
Nearly two years ago now, Dinolords was announced with one of the all-time great videogame trailers. 55 seconds of seemingly straightforward, medieval strategy and city-building, suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a viking riding a T rex while heavy metal music plays.
It's an irresistible premise—essentially Age of Empires 2 with dinosaurs. But the question with any elevator pitch like that is: once you've revealed the gimmick, is there any more to it?