What could go wrong… It’s just a few Dinosaurs on some island out there in the middle of the sea?
Some key points that this game offers:
- Beautiful visuals.
- Bioengineer your own Dinosaurs.
- Send dig team all over the globe in search of fossils.
- In depth management tools.
- Campaign Mode
- Challenges.
- Sandbox Mode.
Gameplay & Controls:
Jurassic World Evolution can be played with the keyboard and mouse or with a controller, it offers full controller support for those that prefer it. Under the hood we have options to rebind keys and customize how we play our game and with what keys.
The game world and navigational mechanics have been properly designed to make moving around your park a swift and memorable experience, the same goes for zooming in and out to see the full picture or an up close and personal one.
You are the new Director, and your task is to manage and ensure the success of the Jurassic Park’s… Parks is correct there is more than one Island that you get to build on. You have numerous tools at your disposal. You not only get to engineer your own Dinosaurs when you have enough DNA for them but you also get to alter them, their colours, their Wow factor, their attack and defence ratings along with a few other elements.
Creating Dinosaurs is only one of many to do’s that you have. Building the appropriate enclosures for your Dinosaurs, ensuring that they have food, water and other necessities such as habitat specific biomes is another. Each Dinosaur is a living breathing animal with its own needs, these needs aren’t just food and water, but companions, comfort and social status are a few others, each one has its own emotional wellbeing that you and your teams need to care for.
Should a Dinosaur go on a Rampage it is also your task to rectify it, get your ACU team to tranquilize it if it has damaged the fence and decided to munch on a few tourists. Then have it transported back to Its enclosure. Don’t forget to fix that damaged fence using your Ranger team, they can be used for several other services as well, and best of all, you get to drive the Ranger’s Jeep yourself. Don’t just issue commands but carry them out yourself too.
Your Park has numerous other concerns that you need to care for, ensure that Tourists need are met, this can be done in a variety of ways. Building attraction shops where they can spend money which you need again to fund and manage your Park. The game has a full Management panel where you can get in depth views on how well you park is doing and what it needs to increase its star rating.
This is but the tip of the Iceberg that awaits you in this grand simulation…
Graphics:
Jaw droppingly gorgeous… From the wide variety of Dinosaurs that you can engineer to the variety of traits that you can modify them with, each and every aspect of your Dinosaurs is beautiful, realistic and an absolute marvel to behold. The animated scenes of each Dinosaur shares this creativity.
Every building has been carefully created to offer us a wide range of customizable options for our Park, Space is limited on some Islands, but we have so many building options that we can go and created unique Parks in each region with their own styles, Dinosaurs and attractions.
Weather elements play a big role in the management of your park and they are visibly active in your Park.
Under the hood there are a wide range of settings to further customize how your game runs.
Sounds:
Another beautifully engineered set of mechanics. Your Dinosaurs don’t just look and behave realistically but they sound like animals that are alive, their roars are loud and proud. Zooming closer into a Dinosaur you can hear numerous other noises and background music that adds to the realism of what Jurassic World Evolution creates.
The game has very relaxing background music to ensure that you are entertained for hours without end. Storms can be heard and vocally enjoyed as they play their roles in your Park. When a Dinosaur does manage to escape its enclosure and you task your ACU team, you can hear that chopper as it approaches to tranquilize the escapee, meanwhile hearing the screams as your tourists runs for safety.
Replayability:
Jurassic World Evolution is at it’s heart a management game, so the fun never ends. You build, expand and improve as you unlock more options, and as you rake in the money you get to go bigger and more expensive. Doing all of this takes time so besides for being replayable, just doing everything it has to offer will keep you busy for days to come.
The game does offer a Sandbox mode with two options. Creative and Standard mode, so even when you’ve had your fill of the Campaign mode, there are numerous challenges to undertake and then the fancy Sandbox mode.
MGR Gaming’s Conclusions:
Spoilers ahead:
Jurassic World Evolution is an instant hit. You get a trip down memory lane to relive your childhood years when Jurassic Park was something, we all loved. If the original Trilogy pre-dates you, chances are you loved Jurassic World, the new set of Dinosaur movies and here it is, a game catered especially in honour of these movies.
Jurassic World Evolution has so much to offer in terms of fun and entertainment. As a simulation game it offers the full package to us. We have plenty to do, build and create. The more we build the more we have to do. Ensuring public safety in terms of Weather effects and Dinosaurs keeps us on our toes.
The massive number of different Dinosaur types that we can create is astounding and leaves one with so many options to create the perfect parks to ensure that there is something for every possible Tourist. The emotional wellbeing of our Dinosaurs offers us a realistic experience and that is one thing that raises the standards of games these days.
Jurassic World Evolution has so much to offer, and then some. It is one memorable experience that simply doesn’t end. It keeps on giving. You have so many options and choices that you will not get bored very easily or soon for that matter.
Additional info:
Platforms: PC: PlayStation 4: Xbox One
Genre: Building: Dinosaurs: Simulation: Management
Censor Rating: Mature
Age Rating: 16
Developer: Frontier Developments
Publisher: Frontier Developments
Release Date: 12 June 2018
MGR Gaming Steam Curator:
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32364038/
