Jurassic World Evolution 2

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  1. Redeyeee
    Nov 19, 2021
    0
    Locking everything behind a grind wall is something I can't understand. Not everyone has the time to grind away 30+ hour's at challenge mode when at any point a storm cam destroy all your progress is soul destroying.
  2. jack_slaughter
    Nov 25, 2021
    4
    I really, REALLY didn't want to give this game the thumbs down as I was insanely excited about it. But it's buggy, frustrating and unfinished to the point where I've given up on it completely. I spent hundreds of hours on the first game across both PC and PS4, completing every island and beating challenge mode on Jurassic difficulty. I'm a massive fan of the franchise and a total dinoI really, REALLY didn't want to give this game the thumbs down as I was insanely excited about it. But it's buggy, frustrating and unfinished to the point where I've given up on it completely. I spent hundreds of hours on the first game across both PC and PS4, completing every island and beating challenge mode on Jurassic difficulty. I'm a massive fan of the franchise and a total dino geek so JWE2 really had to work hard to turn me off.

    Every aspect of park management which used to be relatively straight forward has been replaced with an unnecessarily frustrating and unbalanced system. Emergency generators which now power your park cost over FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS to refill the tank. Yip, the guts of half a million dollars to fill just ONE fuel tank out of x amount you own to keep your park running. When something beyond your control like a storm hits you'll be smarting from lost revenue and repair costs. You could already be in the red so if your generators run out of fuel as well then you're totally screwed as refuels are prohibitively expensive.

    After doing about five tasks your scientists will become dangerously overworked and require a two and a half minute lunch break. It might not sound like a big deal but it costs you SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS to give one scientist two and a half minutes break and that's ON TOP of their existing wages... What?!?! Who at Frontier Studios green-lit this? It's utterly ridiculous! Hatching dinosaurs is an expensive lottery now as well. You create a batch of eggs and cross your fingers that they won't be an entire nest of duds. I had to throw batch after batch of raptor eggs in the trash which I'd spent time, money and manpower creating while my park (which I couldn't open without the dinos) was rapidly bleeding cash. When I eventually hatched two raptors with no negative traits one murdered the other and then smashed out of its enclosure in seconds. It went on a murderous killing spree because it felt lonely while my capture helicopter impotently fired one missed tranquiliser dart after another even when the dino was stationary. It was all just a MASSIVE waste of time and resources which was utterly un-enjoyable. Having to keep supplying food and fuel to rangers and doctors is another unnecessary time sink that gets real old real quick. Nothing is priced reasonably or believably so the gameplay ends up feeling cheap and unbalanced.

    The main game campaign is actually an insult. It starts off with some promise but soon gives up trying to impress and turns into a pointless yawn fest. Nothing that anybody says or does is remotely relevant to anything resembling a plot, it's just terribly written and disjointed dialogue masquerading as a story. On the pterosaur mission two of my dimorphodons and a pteranodon were stuck in mid-air flapping their wings on the spot as they slowly starved to death. On another level I was in a ranger jeep desperately trying to put my park straight when the vehicle flipped onto its front bumper and span like a top unable to drive. It's an unfinished buggy mess.

    I pre-ordered this game and desperately wanted to like it but it's GENUINELY bad. You're not allowed to just get on with playing it and enjoy the experience; you're constantly being hit with roadblocks. They exist to pointlessly waste your time, needlessly drain your park funds and just outright frustrate the hell out of you. Jurassic World Evolution 2 is a massive disappointment that has made me a VERY grumpy dino fan.

    I'm giving it a 4/10 - 'Below Average'    … Expand
  3. LowResDev
    Dec 11, 2021
    0
    NOT WORTH YOUR MONEY!

    Me and my girlfriend absolutely loved the original Jurassic World Evolution. So this new game feels like a real punch in the gut. The first game may be missing some of the features of this game, but atleast the campaign is more than 2 hours long. The campaign in JWE1 is about 25-30 hours long. There are challenge levels but they don't provide any kind of structure    NOT WORTH YOUR MONEY!

    Me and my girlfriend absolutely loved the original Jurassic World Evolution. So this new game feels like a real punch in the gut. The first game may be missing some of the features of this game, but atleast the campaign is more than 2 hours long. The campaign in JWE1 is about 25-30 hours long. There are challenge levels but they don't provide any kind of structure really. And there are "Replay scenes from the movies!" sections, but they are overly structured! It's as if they didn't test this game with any kind of focus group or anything to make sure it was properly game-y. That there were actually things to do or compelling reasons to play. Don't buy this game if you are a fan of the original. Go re-play the original on game pass. Trust me. Spent about 10 minutes just sitting at the main menu in disbelief when it said the campaign was 100% complete. Truly heartbreaking.    … Expand
  4. Patrikk
    Feb 7, 2022
    10
    You know its good. Need more modes but frontier supports their games long so im not worried. Dlc politic is garbage tho. 8 bucks 3 dinos? Are you on crack? A lot more would buy at 5 and make more money in the end.
  5. AdmiralNazgul
    Nov 11, 2021
    4
    Ultimately this is a hard review to make. As I have been very excited for this game it truly does feel rushed and underwhelming. It feels more like a giant dlc expansion for the first game and very much does not have all the components if a traditional Frontier Dev game.

    Campaigns: The campaign is one large tutorial that cam be completed in under 2 hours. You could finish the    Ultimately this is a hard review to make. As I have been very excited for this game it truly does feel rushed and underwhelming. It feels more like a giant dlc expansion for the first game and very much does not have all the components if a traditional Frontier Dev game.

    Campaigns:
    The campaign is one large tutorial that cam be completed in under 2 hours. You could finish the "campaign" and return it under steam requirements. There are sub campaigns that cover all 5 previous movies that are made to clearly compensate the main campaign and they are ALSO larger tutorials.

    Sandbox/Challenges:
    Ultimately the game aims to push you towards the challenges mode and sandbox...all of wish have to be unlocked through game play. While these modes are fun to work up to they are not what the game was functionally built to provide. The first game was one huge lengthy campaign that made you feel like you were building up the the last island. This game gives tons of separate unconnected scenarios that essentially start you from scratch without the satisfaction of the previous installment.

    Mechanics:
    This is by far the best rework of their original game. If they essentially released JWE1 with the mechanics of JWE2, they would have the perfect dino park builder of all time. The reworks are smooth and give a good satisfaction when building your park. This does not however make the game feel great all the time as it does have dozens of mechanics that when put together can easily overwhelm the player and make it all somewhat clunky.

    Overall: This game has immense potential but it feels like the developers were afraid to go too far and be too ambitious prior to the release of Jurassic World Dominion. It's as if Universal didn't want them to reveal the movies intentions so they simply made it a sandbox experience instead of providing the great quality that they aspired to give to their gamers. The game is enjoyable but clearly lacks the spirit of its predecessor and needs some more work from the developers before it is the game it deserves to be. If at some point there is more feeling put into the game then this review may be liable to change back to a positive rating.    … Expand
  6. Enerla
    Nov 11, 2021
    5
    It isn't a bad game. The bugs might get fixed, and it can be an acceptable source of some fun. If you love the genre or are at least interested in it, it is likely that you already have a prequel in your game library. Like a new "The Sims" game from EA, we can already compare it to the previous game with all its DLCs. To justify an already expensive purchase now and knowing that we wouldIt isn't a bad game. The bugs might get fixed, and it can be an acceptable source of some fun. If you love the genre or are at least interested in it, it is likely that you already have a prequel in your game library. Like a new "The Sims" game from EA, we can already compare it to the previous game with all its DLCs. To justify an already expensive purchase now and knowing that we would need DLCs "for our favorite existing features" again, it will look like we must pay a huge price for very little improvement in gameplay. For games included in some subscription services similar "slightly improved sequels" are okay deals, but when you must purchase something again at full price, they are usually bad deals. Jurassic World Evolution 2 is one of these bad deals on the market right now.… Expand
  7. Squarething
    Nov 13, 2021
    7
    This game ain't a bad game, I keep seeing these kids getting angry at this game because its harder and has a shorter campaign then the first. To be honest, Don't get this game for the story, I can sort of recommend this for challenge mode and chaos theory but only as secondary modes. This game really shines in sandbox mode, thats where most of the improvements have been made. Right now IThis game ain't a bad game, I keep seeing these kids getting angry at this game because its harder and has a shorter campaign then the first. To be honest, Don't get this game for the story, I can sort of recommend this for challenge mode and chaos theory but only as secondary modes. This game really shines in sandbox mode, thats where most of the improvements have been made. Right now I would say wait for a sale unless you are a die-hard fan of the first jwe.… Expand
  8. LuciferMornings
    Nov 18, 2021
    4
    Don't bother with challenge mode hard difficulty its impossible to get 5 stars which you need to unlock some dino skins, game overall is good lots of new dinos but still several glitches needing fixed, chaos theory is hard too
  9. Henry_D
    Nov 17, 2021
    0
    3 hour gameplay in 2021. I mean there’s nothing else to say. The first game way average at best, but playable.
  10. winzentween
    Nov 11, 2021
    4
    "Jurassic world devolution too: a non adventure 65 million years in the making!

    Quick summary: if you loved jwe1 you'll be frustrated. If you didn't there is nothing for you here. As a huge J Park fan and fan of park games I loved the deeply flawed first game and was disappointed the devs chose to make bad dlc and never fix the many launch day issues which reviews pick up on. As a    "Jurassic world devolution too: a non adventure 65 million years in the making!

    Quick summary: if you loved jwe1 you'll be frustrated. If you didn't there is nothing for you here.

    As a huge J Park fan and fan of park games I loved the deeply flawed first game and was disappointed the devs chose to make bad dlc and never fix the many launch day issues which reviews pick up on. As a community we worked very closely with the devs over the last 3 years to ensure they understood what was wrong with the first game. Im sorry to say they have not listened at all or they pretended to. JWE2 is
    a game of things which should have been included last launch and problems fixed in the first year but with added grind.

    As a huge fan and franchise vegeran I can say that these 10/10 reviews and promises that a perfect game has been perfected are either fake or delusional as this game is a mess.

    I really wanted to like this game but it's deeply flawed to the point of broken from a gameplay stand point and all too often a technical one.

    1). the campaign is a poorly made 3hr tutorial (barely a story) which gives you simple tasks and then abruptly ends. But you'll need to finish it to unlock in the actual mode you want to play e.g. sandbox. 2). Pointless reputation. Pointless repetition ;) You will be forced to do the same thing again and again as the game pads out it's play time so the devs could lie it was a 20 plus hr game. The game will have you endlessly fixing the most simple thing and micro managing every decision with little automation. They added these scientists who are just brain dead busy work and need every tasks done for them. And everything now breaks every few minutes. It's crazy.

    3). New additions like the water lagoon / avary / baby dino area are a joke. Don't expect actual water physics as the dinosaur just floats in air but you can't enter the water (try driving in it and it's like tarmac lol) and the dino won't interact outside of it. The level of customisation is almost non existence and overall very poor. I wish they would let modders help them and customise this game in ways we actually want. The avary is just a sad empty space inside and you can't build rocks or trees for dino birds. And same is true for hatchings. Its all extremely limited and not remotely like planet zoo or coaster. It's more like a cash grab recycled game without the core complaints addressed.

    4). The entire game is more like medium size dlc. It's very much like the first one and not remotely like a fleshed out sequel. Almost copy and paste at times but with added grind. Honestly the game feels and plays like a mobile game as if it's been ported over. Same graphics engine but with more issues. Also The game feels like it exists simply to promote the new film but not in a positive way. You're given the basics of the plot but no details and no conclusion. And don't expect any camp creatatuous cross over.

    5). On pc it has many game breaking bugs and many small visual glitches and you'll need a decent pc to run on high settings. Still no multiplayer as we had hoped for or anything like an invasion or play other people's parks etc. The new modes like chaos are missed opportunities and again the game fails to even explain it self. But it adds layers of additional complexity which make it more time consuming but not fun. It's boring in a way the first one was not.

    6). The music and sound and graphics are mostly good. The voice work is fine and has a few expensive film stars. All the stuff you've All ready seen is still here. There are a few new additions but they're more after thoughts for marketing than game changers. But the ai is shockingly poor and the dinosaurs do not feel alive like planet zoo and the visitors are generic clones.

    Summary: Honestly I don't know what such respected competent devs were thinking beyond making cash as the game is very expensive and not a true sequel and not worth it's asking cost. It feels like content has been removed and is going to be sold back to us as well. And that was a real problem with the first game dlc. For this price with this little content it should all be free.

    I can not recommend this game in it's current state and I'm deeply saddened by the devs duplicity and overall lack of low effort when you compare this to their other amazing products. Do not believe the gushing reviews and if possible play for yourself. But be aware after the refund period the game quality drops off significantly which I'm guessing isn't an coincidence.

    There are better dino sim games coming out but this is not one of them. Buy on a deep sale or play the first one.    … Expand
  11. Dinoh
    Nov 14, 2021
    4
    Jurassic World Evolution 1.2

    Literally is all the content JW should have at launch. It still lack a ton of content, compared for example with how deep is Planet Zoo, by the same developer. Literally you can see how Universal cut things to fulfill the post launch with DLCs...Also some designs are amonge the laziest **** I had ever seen, even mobile JW The Game has way more work than this    Jurassic World Evolution 1.2

    Literally is all the content JW should have at launch. It still lack a ton of content, compared for example with how deep is Planet Zoo, by the same developer. Literally you can see how Universal cut things to fulfill the post launch with DLCs...Also some designs are amonge the laziest **** I had ever seen, even mobile JW The Game has way more work than this

    Also, the most horrible part is the fact that AGAIN YOU HAVE TO SIGN IN THE LICENSE AGREEMENT TO NOT USE MODS ON PC. WTF, after how popular where mods on JW1...

    Insulting    … Expand
  12. Destinylver
    Nov 14, 2021
    4
    Im awarding 4 for issues ill explain but its more of a 6 as in average but i refuse to give broken games positive scores. On pc it can be very glitchy with some game breaking bugs at launch and youll likely lose your progrees. That isnt acceptable for an expensive aaa game.
    I love jurrasic world evo 1 as It has a fun campaign but the sequel is like a 3-4 hr tutorial but it doesn't even    Im awarding 4 for issues ill explain but its more of a 6 as in average but i refuse to give broken games positive scores. On pc it can be very glitchy with some game breaking bugs at launch and youll likely lose your progrees. That isnt acceptable for an expensive aaa game.
    I love jurrasic world evo 1 as It has a fun campaign but the sequel is like a 3-4 hr tutorial but it doesn't even cover all the new mechanisms. And what story there is... is poor.
    The sound and music is good. The graphics are last gen and identical to the 3 year old game but with added glitches though they look ok on a decent pc.

    There are a few new modes and new dinosaurs and some new buildings but none of it is great or it feels like unpolished and poorly implemented dlc.

    Jwe2 is more like how jwe1 should have been but its actually a sequel but more like the same game being sold twice. And so overall it feels a little like a scam.

    There is no multiplayer which is a real shame as sharing parks or coop would be so fun. The game puts fun last for no good reason and choses to pad out with grind.

    Id be more forgiving if it was any other developer but this is the mighty frontier who made the amazing planet coaster and zoo. So they know how to make a great game. Jwe1 gameplay is better in some ways so this is why jurassic world evolution 2 gets a 4/10.
    Its not a bad game but its not good enough or worth the insane price tag.

    I love dinos and i love Jurassic park and i love frontiere but i dont love this game. Very disappointed.    … Expand
  13. windalor
    Nov 14, 2021
    4
    I have been looking forward to this since word of its release. I got over 450 hrs on JWE 1. I'm highly disappointed in JWE 2. I loved the Paleobotany side but a lot of the other changes just made the game way too over complicated. I won't ask for a refund but it's borderline close. and 3-5 hrs to complete the campaign for a $60-70 game I even more of a letdown. Next, they'll try to sell usI have been looking forward to this since word of its release. I got over 450 hrs on JWE 1. I'm highly disappointed in JWE 2. I loved the Paleobotany side but a lot of the other changes just made the game way too over complicated. I won't ask for a refund but it's borderline close. and 3-5 hrs to complete the campaign for a $60-70 game I even more of a letdown. Next, they'll try to sell us the DLC for another $15-20 just so we get some sort of campaign storyline.… Expand
  14. JaxMan322
    Nov 12, 2021
    4
    This was supposed to be a sequel, but it’s pretty much the same game with some added maps & features. It’s like they took all of the worst aspects of the first game and repackaged it with a handful of new dinosaurs and even more stressful scenarios. It’s still the same tedious, repetitive multitasking that you experienced in the first JWE, only worse because the core mission of trying toThis was supposed to be a sequel, but it’s pretty much the same game with some added maps & features. It’s like they took all of the worst aspects of the first game and repackaged it with a handful of new dinosaurs and even more stressful scenarios. It’s still the same tedious, repetitive multitasking that you experienced in the first JWE, only worse because the core mission of trying to create a successful theme park is gone. JWE2 tries so hard to appeal to people’s nostalgia for the movies that it’s like they forgot they were making a park-builder game. By centering it around the events after Fallen Kingdom, the devs backed themselves into a corner without many options — and apparently the inability to come up with a story of their own. They’re clearly planning on releasing a DLC when Dominion comes out. Perhaps that’s why this game feels incomplete? It’s going to leave many fans of the original game like myself feeling really disappointed. JWE2 is more of the same jumping through an endless series of hoops trying to put out fires, except now you have to tell your scientists when it’s time to go to bed (I’m not kidding) — otherwise they’ll work themselves to the point of insanity and end up sabotaging your park. Who doesn’t get a little homicidal after a long work day? Totally normal. I’d hoped this game would take a much deeper dive into new features for decorating & customizing your park and its exhibits. Instead, they’ve completely removed the option to plant individual decorations like trees & rocks in your exhibits — which was arguably one of the best additions to the original game. And here I was hoping we’d be able to include waterfalls & rivers in the enclosures. HA! Instead, you’re given you the option to customize the appearance of gift shops & restaurants with the exciting new feature of adding tables! Doesn’t that sound fun??

    It’s like Frontier ignored all of the ways they could have made the park-building experience better and instead focused all of their attention on ways to make it a more stress-filled, tedious experience. Because that’s why people love Jurassic Park, right? The campaign is effectively a 3-hour tutorial that feels like it’s about to get interesting, only to tell you that you’re done. What was the point of even calling it a campaign? Chaos Theory is a nice addition to the original formula, but that’s the problem. Chaos Theory pretty much serves as the meat of the game outside of Challenge Mode — which is just as annoying as it was in the first game. The “sandbox” forces you to jump through the same repetitive hoops in the other game modes before you can unlock everything and enjoy it. Except now you have to consult a scientist for every little decision. And if the scientist is incompetent (and they are) and doesn’t know how to build an aquarium, we’ll that’s too bad! What was the point of even having a sandbox mode of you’re going to lock it behind the same dull tedium as the rest of the game? It’s like player enjoyment wasn’t even a consideration for the developers. Jurassic World Evolution 2 is not a sequel worth $60. I’d go so far as to call it an unfinished DLC worth half of that price. If you’re dying to get it, do yourself a favor and wait until it’s on sale.    … Expand
  15. fedroB
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    сюжетка короткая, а режим Теория Хаоса непроходимый страшный сон игрока в OSU
  16. Kabulloozo
    Nov 16, 2021
    9
    very similar to the first game in the franchise, but they added new mechanics that make the gameplay a little more complex, I loved it, the game just needs a better optimization, but I didn't have many problems
  17. The_Crocky01
    Nov 11, 2021
    10
    I think it's worth it, you fan of the franchise, you'll definitely like it, the gameplay is much harder now, which is a good thing, the animals have much better effects and animations, vegetation and maps are very more varied, the decorations, everything is better, so I think it's a very different evolution from the first game. Thank you Frontier for providing us with this beautiful game.
  18. 7i4g0
    Nov 11, 2021
    8
    A good follow-up to the first one, that will most definitely get better with time.
    The game is solid for both simulator type game lovers and Jurássic fans alike, it gives you a good challenge in terms of difficulty and a decent variety in terms of costumization, but not tho the point where it becomes excessive like other games such as planet zoo where you it gets real boring real fast and    A good follow-up to the first one, that will most definitely get better with time.
    The game is solid for both simulator type game lovers and Jurássic fans alike, it gives you a good challenge in terms of difficulty and a decent variety in terms of costumization, but not tho the point where it becomes excessive like other games such as planet zoo where you it gets real boring real fast and makes you lose sight of what the game is about, wich is the animals, or in this case the Dinosaurs
    Plus 90% of all negative critics are from people complaining about how hard and overall more complex than the first one was, it's pathetic, you think this games management is hard? Go play Planet zoo to see a true overcomplicated management, you think putting doctors to sleep is boring and bad the wait until you planet zoo where you have manage real boring stuff like their salary, anyone that compares the two and says planet zoo is better (management wise) are either dumb and not really played the game or their hipocritics for upholding the hard and boring management of PZ against the more player friendly and overall easier management of JW Evolution2    … Expand
  19. Verrik
    Nov 14, 2021
    9
    JWE2 is an improvement over the original in almost every single way. Frontier introduced several new elements to make managing your park an actual thing, instead of the original formula of just 'build it and look at it' without much thought.

    In JWE2 you have to actually create habitats now (correct types of plants and environments inside paddocks) instead of the old 'drop the feeder and    JWE2 is an improvement over the original in almost every single way. Frontier introduced several new elements to make managing your park an actual thing, instead of the original formula of just 'build it and look at it' without much thought.

    In JWE2 you have to actually create habitats now (correct types of plants and environments inside paddocks) instead of the old 'drop the feeder and nothing else matters' approach. You have to breed and select dinos based on traits like +dominance or +aggressiveness and attack in order to make sure you don't release a complete **** that's going to attack everything in sight causing injuries and costing you money (unless you want that, or want to create an Alpha to keep the others in line and prevent them from fighting). There's so much more interactivity and management that to some could seem like pointless busy work, but to me that's what GAMEPLAY is. It's reasons to revisit and tweak things, and actually manage things.

    JWE2 ups the difficulty curve and I like that. Somehow Frontier has created a sense of urgency, agency and uncertainty in a park manager / builder that I didn't think could exist. I'll give you an example:

    Had park on the first Chaos Theory, 4 stars, running very well, solid. Everything was monitored, feeders were automatically replenished, not many fights or injuries. I sent out an expensive expedition, built some stuff and cash was low but that's OK I was making maybe 350k / minute. Then a storm hit. Nothing scripted, just a random tropical storm. Opened the shelters, which drops income to zero which is fine it's just for a few minutes, THEN a dino broke a fence segment. This caused "dino threat" at the park. I looked and my cash savings was zero and going into the negative. I had over-spent and didn't leave a big enough cushion for repairs during a possible storm. Couldn't close the shelters because of the 'dino threat' with an open fence (people would have been injured, income tanks when guests are threatened anyway) and I couldn't afford to fix the fence. Holy **** my park is finished. Luckily I had an empty paddock I had built preparing for my T-Rex so I tranquilized the dinos in the broken paddock and airlifted them to the empty one. Problem was it was full of sand and biome for a T-Rex and had nothing that the relocated dinos could eat. It was a race against time to get the dinos there, clear out the broken paddock and repair the fence to stop the dino threat warning, and get my income back into the positive before the relocated dinos died.

    TLDR: This game creates actual scenarios where you have to white knuckle for a bit, and plan intelligently and for contingencies or you can lose your park. THAT'S COMPELLING GAMEPLAY! It's so far superior to JWE1's formula of building a park with no risks of it dying, and doing stupid nonsense missions for 3 factions.

    I think the negativity comes from people who just want a sandbox with everything unlocked to slap down and stare at, or don't want to manage dinos at all, just want to hatch them and look at them. JWE2 is great, and such an improvement over the original I am shocked. I watched tons of YouTube plays and read lots of reviews on this one and was really skeptical. But now that I've been playing, it is so much deeper and more engaging than the original I am very pleased with the result.

    If you liked the original but wanted more management options, agency and sense of realism than the first game, you will love JWE2.    … Expand
  20. ltraven65
    Nov 16, 2021
    9
    beautiful looking game on a rtx and campaign is good as well better than JWE animations in JWE 2 are amazing im having a good time with this and some funny moments as well
  21. bAnk1994
    Nov 22, 2021
    10
    After I’m disappointed from the first game and now JWE 2 this game I’m very very happy for this and I’m enjoy for it .
    Territory system is a new best and dinosaur behavior this so cool and hunting dynamic co great
  22. Patrik93
    Nov 18, 2021
    10
    Jpog found its master finally. It only gets better from this point on. 10|10 goldblums and cabot
  23. Saxurai
    Dec 4, 2021
    9
    This Game Is an excellent park builder with beautiful dinosaurs.

    Pros: decent but not impossible challenge in Chaos and Challenge Mode Intricate systems with available metrics to help your park succeed More than just breeding dinosaurs Genetics matter Engaging (still playing and being challenged) Cons: dino fight animations are a little rough No reason for dino fights still    This Game Is an excellent park builder with beautiful dinosaurs.

    Pros:
    decent but not impossible challenge in Chaos and Challenge Mode
    Intricate systems with available metrics to help your park succeed
    More than just breeding dinosaurs
    Genetics matter
    Engaging (still playing and being challenged)

    Cons:
    dino fight animations are a little rough
    No reason for dino fights still (arena or something please)
    Two of the Chaos mode levels are pointless (no park no fun)

    This game has kept me engaged for 30 or 40 hours so far. It has very pretty dinosaurs, but also a very meaningful management system. I will admit I dont get to watch my dinosaurs that often, but i still have moments where i get to stare. The systems threw me for a bit, and I had to restart the first challenge mode mission multiple times, but not in a manner that was frustrating, just a good challenge that made me slow down my park a bit and focus on my guest's needs. When I started paying attention to the systems, which there is a dashboard for so it is readily available, I was able to get the hang of it, but still needed a buffer for storms. And that was a good thing, it is not as mindless as the first one.

    I am currently playing through the third challenge mode, and am happy as can be. The game has gotten easier, but I think that is because i understand the mechanics better.

    Just recently Frontier announced that they are adding free updates to include new dinosaurs, and the patch is addressing some of the complaints in some of these reviews. This is very kind of Frontier, and cool.

    As far as the complaints for things locked behind challenge mode, two pieces of note.
    1.) you do not have to meet the par time to get the unlocks
    2.) I you just want to do the basic unlocks, which are environment and two skins, it can be done in about 45 min, because you only have get the park to 3 stars.

    Overall I think this game is very complete, fun, and engaging. I note Completeness because that is not the standard these days for most companies.    … Expand
  24. SammyHauguth
    May 13, 2022
    1
    The first game was great and the best! This one got nothing that made the first game so epic, well it got dimosours too. That's the only thing. Evolution 2 fells like more like a job on to play, they forgot to add "Fun". One mistake or a storm, and you can could bankrupt in seconds... I'möglad Steam got a refund policy, because I sure used that. Evolution 2 should'nt been made.
  25. Zalabar22
    Nov 23, 2021
    5
    I want to give this game a 9/10 but there are some overlying issues that drag that score down significantly and make me feel like it launched in an unfinished/unbalanced state. I love the game and still think you'll enjoy it if you liked the first game but there needs to be some major balancing and updates before it gets to the point I'd recommend it.
    1. Scientists: I like the idea of    I want to give this game a 9/10 but there are some overlying issues that drag that score down significantly and make me feel like it launched in an unfinished/unbalanced state. I love the game and still think you'll enjoy it if you liked the first game but there needs to be some major balancing and updates before it gets to the point I'd recommend it.
    1. Scientists: I like the idea of scientists and I think they add more to the game's tycoon appeal as they provide more opportunities for micromanagement and can add a level of strategy and depth not found in the first game. That being said, they should not be a factor in Sandbox mode. You have to set up a new crew of scientists every time you start a park, and I was surprised that you had to do the same thing in Sandbox. This slows the pacing and feels tedious when all you'd like to do is create a pretty park with little worries. Maybe the devs could add an option to unlock everything without scientists when you're creating your Sandbox park? In addition the scientists constantly becoming unhappy after 3-4 tasks is an expensive early game woe for a new park, especially for those that quickly want to start up a new park. 2. Campaign: Or should I say, the lack of campaign? The main story was incredibly short, around 3 hours from start to finish. It almost feels like they were going to lead into JW3 but stopped short because the film was delayed. Some of the more unique aspects and game play ideas are locked to this mode but the missions are so short and move you quickly to the next area that I barely had time to enjoy them. It felt that just when I started getting into a groove the mission would end, and then just as the missions ended the campaign ended as well... it just ends...? In its current form it feels criminally unfinished, and honestly I assume it'll continue when the new film comes out, but if it doesn't I feel like this should have been a 6th Chaos theory mode and not a "campaign" as advertised. 3. Dinosaur health and aggression, "the medical team": I've had completely docile same species dinosaurs with no aggressive traits kill each other, and i'm not just referring to carnivores. The rate that your dinosaurs fight and injure themselves in large parks is way too high at launch. I've had so many fights break out during good weather with every dinosaur 100% happy yet for some reason they fight and the battle damage is so bad I have to heal multiple dinosaurs which forces me to build multiple medical labs just to keep up. Also, I never thought I'd hate "the common cold" more than I do while playing this game. In addition assigning teams to check out the dinosaurs and having them drive back without healing if they can is also tedious, why not heal a dinosaur if you're there? It's just becoming irritating and tedious and at launch this is the feature I dislike the most. If you throw that nonsense in with a severe storm, where you're bound to have at least 2-3 dinosaurs injured and some get sick, it will back log your scientists and medical trucks to the point your game grinds to a halt as you have to manage the injuries and sickness or risk losing your dinosaurs. The whole system feels overly aggressive towards players with large parks and kills a lot of the late game enjoyment. Speaking of storms... 4. Storms: The rate at which storm hit as soon as I spend a large amount of money on dinosaurs and research is highly suspicious. Before I spend a large chunk of cash I save the game, something I learned early on, before I make the purchase because I can almost guarantee a severe storm will hit afterwords. I'll then turn on my shelters and watch my income hemorrhage away and possibly even go into the red, which has happened quite a few times actually, making the park I had spent hours on become a wasteland with no ability to fix the problems needed to start a cash flow again. I've had to reset late game Chaos Modes right before I would have finished purely because my park couldn't recover. My advice to other players? Make multiple save files and hoard cash until you are absolutely positive you could survive a storm with your new purchase. 5. Sandbox mode: why are the dinosaurs locked behind Chaos mode, "campaign", and challenge and why are the maps locked behind challenge mode? Why do I have to use scientists to get a park rolling? Why did they remove the option to turn off carnivore aggression? You can't even use anything without a 30-40 hour grind which was an awful idea. Why didn't they just give you all of the unlocks for creative sandbox mode from the start? This is still a major problem and one that would keep me from recommending it to my friends who just want a relaxed park builder, this definitely feels like an over site and I still don't understand why they didn't update it for the sequel.

    All in all, I love the game and I'll keep playing hoping some of my issues are resolved, as of now I believe the game is sitting at a firm 5.5/10.    … Expand
  26. nikt455
    Sep 15, 2022
    2
    Absolutly poor game.
    Campaign = tutorial.
    Graphics from 1, game is to simple and fast.
  27. Alperen007
    Jul 21, 2023
    8
    Really good game. It has been roughly 20 hours and I mostly enjoyed. There is a campaign that takes about 7-8 hours long. Also different biomes and "Chaos Theory" mode which you create parks in the Jurassic Park/World movies. I strongly suggest for people who interested in Jurassic Park/World series or paleontology. But I don't know how this game looks like for a guy who doesn't know aboutReally good game. It has been roughly 20 hours and I mostly enjoyed. There is a campaign that takes about 7-8 hours long. Also different biomes and "Chaos Theory" mode which you create parks in the Jurassic Park/World movies. I strongly suggest for people who interested in Jurassic Park/World series or paleontology. But I don't know how this game looks like for a guy who doesn't know about movies or prehistoric reptiles.… Expand
  28. SuperMarioMario
    Mar 12, 2022
    0
    JWE2 is one of the **** games I've ever played. Apart from the presence of ugly as **** swimming and flying "dinosaurs", it has no innovations, it's just the first game with new shaders. It doesn't worth a single penny. And, well, I still hate that given the Dominion and the fact that the game has genetics, dinosaurs cannot be fixed. They're just deformed frogs and you can't do **** aboutJWE2 is one of the **** games I've ever played. Apart from the presence of ugly as **** swimming and flying "dinosaurs", it has no innovations, it's just the first game with new shaders. It doesn't worth a single penny. And, well, I still hate that given the Dominion and the fact that the game has genetics, dinosaurs cannot be fixed. They're just deformed frogs and you can't do **** about it. For **** sake, there's even a hideous spinosaurus skeleton that is, at first, outdated, duh, but it also has a broken tail and a messed up skull. Like come on. Also it's quite buggy but meh, I don't mind it.… Expand
  29. Naselone
    Nov 25, 2021
    6
    Game really disappointed me, I was really hyped when the game was announced, but the devs didn't deliver. The Fact that you to scan every dinosaur now is just boring and annoying and the fact that you need to get a scientist for any little task.
  30. Aiden_12114
    Jun 20, 2022
    9
    Easily one of the best games I've ever played. I have not played Jurassic World Evolution 2 but, currently I am glad I bought this instead of that. The amount of decor you can to your park is incredible.

    The biggest downside is that all the sandbox mode content is not unlocked when you first start the game. You'll have to play the game's scenarios and challenges to unlock the sandbox    Easily one of the best games I've ever played. I have not played Jurassic World Evolution 2 but, currently I am glad I bought this instead of that. The amount of decor you can to your park is incredible.

    The biggest downside is that all the sandbox mode content is not unlocked when you first start the game. You'll have to play the game's scenarios and challenges to unlock the sandbox content. Most players would rather be able to use sandbox straight away and make a wonderful park.    … Expand
  31. makalope
    Apr 23, 2022
    2
    Update 4/24/22: It's been 6 months since launch and they game has received bug fixes, performance patches and some skins. That's it. No new content, no DLC, nothing. Once you have completed the campaign and a few chaos modes there is basically nothing to do. At this point I have gone back to JWE 1 to replay the story for the 4th time since that game continues to be 100x better. Game feltUpdate 4/24/22: It's been 6 months since launch and they game has received bug fixes, performance patches and some skins. That's it. No new content, no DLC, nothing. Once you have completed the campaign and a few chaos modes there is basically nothing to do. At this point I have gone back to JWE 1 to replay the story for the 4th time since that game continues to be 100x better. Game felt unfinished at launch and still feels unfinished. If this is the quality Frontier is going to bring to these games I really hope they DON'T make a JWE 3.

    I am unbelievably disappointed. I was a huge fan of the first Jurassic World Evolution, currently have 7 days and 8 hours total game time. It felt like a real game, the first game's campaign took me 2 to 3 weeks to complete and I replayed it 3 times I enjoyed it so much. This game though, campaign completed in 4 hours, only 2 days. It felt like a glorified tutorial. Chaos mode is complete grind and feels like a cheap cop out on making a real story. I feel absolutely screwed by Frontier that they sold a game that couldn't even match the value of the first installment. Do NOT pay $60 for this. IT IS NOT WORTH IT.

    UPDATE 11/15/2021:
    Frontier pushed out a patch to address GPU related issues and crashing. Although I am not experiencing crashing, my games performance has taken a serious hit. Literally cut my fps in half, getting a 30 fps experience with a 2070 super. Awesome thanks.    … Expand
  32. Grandmasterkupo
    Mar 17, 2022
    1
    Doesn't let you play the way you want without sinking 60+ hours of repetitive linear gameplay.
  33. BaliBoy
    Apr 9, 2022
    4
    This game is so disappointing! There are a tons of bugs in it.
    However there are a lot more species in the this game like the previous but the combination of dinos much more shallow. You can't make a larger enclosure with a lot different type of dinos, because of lack the lack of "compatibility". What a nonsense that you can't put more sub spices in the same enclosure because they    This game is so disappointing! There are a tons of bugs in it.
    However there are a lot more species in the this game like the previous but the combination of dinos much more shallow. You can't make a larger enclosure with a lot different type of dinos, because of lack the lack of "compatibility". What a nonsense that you can't put more sub spices in the same enclosure because they "dislikes" each other. For example you can't combine the sauropods with other sauropods... damn...

    I don't recommend this game. Much more frustrating than pleasure.    … Expand
  34. shin777
    Sep 13, 2022
    0
    Denuvo sucks, cant play it on my steam deck.
    And 60€ for like a DLC of the first game wasn't worth in my opinion. Plus it have like 40€ more in DLCs
  35. ACrazyGoose
    Jun 12, 2022
    0
    I can not recommend this game to anyone.

    1st: The "campaign" is really just a half-baked tutorial system that is only in place to tell the player the bare minimum of the game. This is obviously worse than the first one on many levels. In the first game, it teaches you the basics and as you progress and become more successful it teaches you more mechanics and opportunities for upgrades.    I can not recommend this game to anyone.

    1st: The "campaign" is really just a half-baked tutorial system that is only in place to tell the player the bare minimum of the game. This is obviously worse than the first one on many levels. In the first game, it teaches you the basics and as you progress and become more successful it teaches you more mechanics and opportunities for upgrades.

    2nd: This game is basically a micromanagement and waiting around simulation game. It has you constantly babysitting the scientist with deciding when is a good time for them to take a break. The game asks you to hold on to your money if a storm breaks out because there is no way to prevent damage to most structures. The only redeeming part about this point is they gave the player a speed-up option, but it can potentially hurt the player if they don't have the foresight to prepare for any and all structures to break during the storms.

    3rd: The game rides on the success of the Jurassic franchise as a whole. Frontier decides to go with potentially good ideas and to do them halfway. Basically insulting anyone and everyone who would buy this bug-filled hellfire of a game.

    In closing, it baffles me how most people seem to enjoy this game. I understand that it tries to give the player more of a challenge than the last one, but it feels less rewarding to have to literally start all over after every level even though they already have a challenge mode (that is meant for you to speedrun through) for that sort of difficulty or "challenge". The game does nothing but insults your intelligence and asks you to sit around and watch dinosaurs try to wipe out each other and the humans that try to watch.    … Expand
  36. Thefatalerror
    Aug 13, 2022
    0
    Platin nur noch möglich durch den Kauf überteuerter Nutzloser DLCs daraus wird gelernt und von dieser Kapitalistischen Schweinen nichts mehr gekauft.
    You must pay senseless DLCs to get the Platin so 0 Stars for wasting my time for get all 5 stars.
  37. GojiTheKing2019
    Dec 8, 2022
    10
    A major improvement over the First one. And the DLC's it got are just great! Specifically, the Dominion BioSyn and Malta expansion's.

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 30, 2024
    60
    In the end, it doesn't bring that much revolutionary change, on the contrary, it often suffers from a desperately slow pace, dumb AI and surprising repetitiveness during classic building. [Issue#317]
  2. Games.cz
    Jan 13, 2022
    60
    Building your own Dino Park may be more fun than last time and the game is beautiful, with a certain cinematic quality to it, but there are just too many missteps, both connected to game design and technical in nature. Unless you absolutely adore dinosaurs, just play Planet Zoo.
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  3. Everyeye.it
    Dec 6, 2021
    80
    The second incarnation of the Jurassic World Evolution series is undoubtedly a clear step up from its predecessor. The end result is a revised and corrected version of a formula that overall continues to work quite well and that we think will satisfy fans of the saga quite a bit. The game is elaborate but not particularly demanding, and it could certainly represent a more than satisfying pastime, as long as you overlook some small defects that afflict its playful structure.
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