The Lore of Carnivores

Hey everyone. After my two Roblox lore videos gained some moderate attention, I thought I'd step things up a bit with the game Carnivores, which has a smaller fanbase but an equally as grand lore. I might make another Carnivores lore video if this one does well. In this video I mainly touch on the general and information-based lore, such as notable landmarks, the general plotline, etc...

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:40 Game Plotline / Main Lore
4:37 What is FMM UV-32?
7:02 Colinization Attempts
8:52 "The Ancients"
9:20 Carnivores Cityscape Lore
10:30 Outro

Video Credits:
Saurian Target - Carnivores 2 (1999) Review
Music Credits:
Carnivores - Dinosaur Hunter HD Full Trophy Room Theme
Carnivores Cityscape Soundtrack - carni-jamm02
Carnivores Cityscape Soundtrack - Main Theme
Carnivores_Carnivores 2 Installation_Setup Music
Carnivores - Dinosaur Hunter Reborn Credits Theme

[BackToBackJames]

Hey everyone! Thank you all for watching and I hope you enjoyed the video. This is my first time uploading a Carnivores video. It's not my usual type of upload but I'll probably make a few more. I really enjoyed the process of making this video, and I think Carnivores has some really great worldbuilding to work off of.

[hydrix]

I remember playing this on my mom's phone as a kid, I had no idea this thing had lore!

[majestichotwings]

Holy shit, you have reawakened a core memory in my childhood. I haven’t thought about this game in years, I didn’t even know the name but I remember playing it on my dad’s old PC. Man what a throwback, i need to check this out now that i have a name to look for.

[shreksnow]

I really like how they purposely used outdated depictions of dinosaurs as a basis for the aliens. It definitely gives the games their own feel to them. It makes the convergent evolution more believable because realistically these things wouldn’t look exactly like earth dinosaurs since they indipendantly evolved to fill a lot of the same niches utilizing similar body plans. Too bad the reboot just uses Jurassic Park designs and lacks the character of the original games.

It would be cool if you did make some videos covering the extended/mod lore and different fan theories. It would’ve been cool if the reboot were to canonize some of those as a way to expand the world, while still keeping it true to the spirit of the old games.

This was definitely interesting. Great video.

[SaurianTarget]

Very enjoyable video! I know I’d be down for some more Delphaeus Hills Ghoul content 👀

[princessmaly]

"Aliens would have evolved completely different from life on Earth."

I appreciate you making the distinction, because you're right, they're neither dinosaurs or animals, but don't sweep it under the rug how intense the convergent evolution is between the two planets. Sure, in the real world, that's the point, but in-universe, the fact that these aliens with no relation to Earthlings whatsoever independently evolved to look like this is kind of amazing and worth attention.

Of course, plenty of sci-fi stories do stuff like this all the time, like Star Trek aliens just being humans but different colors or w/e, but it's still kind of amazing to think about what that means for xenobiology in the stories where it happens.

[globe]

I played this game a whole lot back then, this hits different.

[ThreeTinyCats]

My buddy Jake loved this game when we were in middle school to highschool. He showed me a bunch of these cool mods whenever we hung out at his house and they're some of my favorite memories. If you see this Jake, keep it real homie.

[addictivechemicals]

Shit scared me as a child, especially the allosaurus

[mob_]

Thanks for making this vid, just felt really depressed after a breakup and this was what I needed.
You've really unlocked an old childhood memory I have playing the game on my mom's phone lol.
This vid was made some years ago but I'd love a sequel video

[HalIucinations]

Carnivores 2 was the first video game I remember playing, on my dad's pc probably around 99/2000. It absolutely blew my mind and it remains the most nostalgic game of all time for me
I haven't played in years and randomly remembered it when I woke up today, I love that there's such a dedicated community to this day ❤ stay safe out there hunters

[lovecraftgaming]

I only recently remembered I used to play this when I was younger. It's a shame steam port isn't here but it's good to still see people breathing life to such a chill game. Coming home from work and you got nothing to do, you can just bing chilling play this game and slowly go through the whole series and all the amazing mods.

[DraptorRonin]

I'd like to think that the Ancients look like Dale Russel's "Dinosauroid", given how the series has a running theme of purposely using outdated reconstruction of dinosaurs.

[eneocct]

Devs: Ok so there is no story in this game...
Fans: *Fine I´ll do it myself.*

[TheSketchof]

Awesome. Played the whole series cover to cover and was always captivated by the mysterious structures and disembodied voice of the temple in the first game - just those small atmospheric components did so much for a seemingly straight forward dinosaur hunting game. Thanks for the coverage and keeping the game alive in 22'!

[smallgoose]

amazing video man, as someone who plays this game religiously I can say this video is very well done

[Jakob_The_Stoic_Norseman]

Ah Carnivores...this brings back some nostalgia!

[taylorcoley]

I remember I figured out how to hack the game and fly around. You had to shoot the T-Rex directly in the eye. I loved this game.

[Boxscot]

This game was the first thing to make me realize how scary dinosaurs would actually be to encounter in real life even more so than Jurassic Park did believe it or not. I guess its just one of those things that videogames sometimes can get right more than a movie ever could because you really get immersed in a game like this (especially as a kid, as I and many other here were when playing for the first time)

[DavidK]

Thanks for giving these games the love they deserve! I used to play the mobile version all the time, so happy to see it's still around and appreciated.