Ferocious puts players in the shoes of a character who wakes up on an unexplored island where in addition to ancient ruins there are dinosaurs and mercenaries. To survive you have to explore, adapt and use the dangers of the island to your advantage. The island is divided into several distinct zones, each with a unique style, look, and challenges. It is not an open world. Ferocious presents a structure similar to the first Far Cry or Crysis games, with semi-open levels that allow you to explore in peace. This way the development team can set the pace better and avoid filler elements.
In the new Ferocious trailer we can see the Dino Control Device in action, a device that allows you to dominate beasts to cooperate and survive. It is a tool that scans dinosaurs to give them orders. Not all creatures can be controlled, but those that can «are tremendously useful,» says Omyog. It is about offering an additional tactical option that is especially useful in situations where weapons are not enough or are of no use. For example, a dinosaur can eliminate enemies marked as a target or order you to activate a mechanism to open a door.
As you can see in the trailer, dinosaurs can be both an ally thanks to the control device and an enemy.
Once scanned, the dinosaur can be ordered to follow the player, move to a specific location, attack a target, break obstacles, or search for objects. Whether it pays more or less attention will depend on the level of docility and intelligence of each species. As expected, the operation of the Dino Control Device does not have any scientific basis, but it does have a cinematographic basis. Omyog says the device scans the creature's brain and plays back its vocal signals, a method similar to what we see in Jurassic Park 3, but using ultrasonic emissions that only dinosaurs perceive.