The first expansion for Jurassic World Evolution 2 has arrived, turning back time to the Early Cretaceous period. The add-on – available now for £5.99/$7.99 – adds “four thrilling ancient animals” to the outing, including “land-dwelling dinosaurs, marine and flying reptiles, as well as a host of new dinosaur and reptile dig sites to unearth”.
The additions include: the Kronosaurus, a carnivorous marine reptile; the Dsungaripterus, a “stout pterosaur easily identified by its comparatively huge head”; the small but mighty Minmi, and; the armoured Ankylosaur. You’ll be able to discover and add all species to your new and existing parks as you please.
A new update to the game, regardless of whether you get the new DLC or not, includes new buildings inspired by the original Jurassic Park, while various optimisations have been made to the user interface, allowing you to create richer dinosaur enclosures than ever before. The game’s actually on sale right now as part of The Game Awards, so it may be a good time to dig in.
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Imagine turning up to Jurassic Park theme park and it's full of Cretaceous period animals shakes head
@Victor_Meldrew I don't belieeeeeeve it, is what I'd say.
Cretaceous World: Evolution 2
Would've been a cool game if it worked more like the classic zoo tycoon. And if the animals didn't look as outdated as disco music from the previous decennium.
Especially that pterosaur looks very unimaginative. I know it's the Jurassic Park aesthetic, but imagine if it looked something like this:
https://pteros-img.imgix.net/dsungaripterus-weii_julio-lacerda.png?w=2000&fm=jpg&auto=compress
https://pteros-img.imgix.net/domeykodactylus_julio-lacerda.png?w=2000&fm=jpg&auto=compress
@Octane I don’t mind how the dinosaurs look in the JP/JW universe. We’ll never know what they actually looked like. Even if they added feathers, it’s still all guess work and artistic interpretation.
I love Dr. Wu’s quote from the Jurassic World movie... “Nothing in Jurassic World is natural! We have always filled gaps in the genomes with the DNA of other animals. And if their genetic code was pure, many of them would look quite different - but you didn't ask for reality; you asked for more teeth!”
Did they fix the performance issues though?
@fR_eeBritney What I'm trying to say is that I would prefer it if it wasn't linked to Jurassic Park/World.
We have found fossils with pigment still intact, and have been able to restore some species with full proto-feather cover and colours. Sinosauropteryx and Anchiornis are two examples;
@fR_eeBritney Snippets like that made me kind of shocked that the movie got such mediocre reviews. I thought that was a brilliant way of addressing how we've discovered that dinosaurs are more bird-like than we originally thought.
@Octane sure, but they're not going to do that if they've got the JP/JW IP because the branding essentially let's them print money. There's nothing stopping another studio from making a more realistic Dino park game, they'd just have to tweak the premise enough that it constitutes original work, which isn't a particularly high bar (see Fortnite vs PUBG)
@Brydontk I think it's because people don't recall the lines, and only remember the animals.
@theheadofabroom Oh sure, absolutely, just giving my 2 cents
@Octane that's fair, I've not been awake that long and read it as "I don't like this game because I wish it was a different game where...", rather than "this game is cool, but imagine a different game where..."
@Brydontk yeah, Dr Wu had some great dialogue in JW. “Monster is a relative term. To a canary, a cat is a monster. We're just used to being the cat.” was another one. I think that might be all of his lines in the movie tbf 😂 but he really sold the character.
JW was a great movie. I didn’t like Fallen Kingdom when I saw it in the cinema but it’s grown on me with repeat viewings. Can’t wait for Dominion 😬
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