Jurassic World Evolution

 PlayStation 4
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  1. danieljames
    Jun 13, 2018
    7
    So like many of you i was a HUGE fan of JPOG and was super excited when JW Evolution first previewed almost a year ago.

    I played for a solid 4-5 hours last night and this would be my immediate feedback. I've only played the first island as I want to learn as much as I can about the mechanics of the game before moving onto more difficult environments, so yes the tutorial island can be    So like many of you i was a HUGE fan of JPOG and was super excited when JW Evolution first previewed almost a year ago.

    I played for a solid 4-5 hours last night and this would be my immediate feedback.

    I've only played the first island as I want to learn as much as I can about the mechanics of the game before moving onto more difficult environments, so yes the tutorial island can be a bit dull, however, I haven't been bored just yet.

    Graphics are amazing, the dinosaurs look incredible! Its a kind of trail by error introduction to the game, although, you get the hang of things pretty quickly.

    Yes, they park management could be a little more involved. You should be able to set prices for admission, stays at the hotel, there should be bathrooms and benches and water features etc. to be able to make it your own (I'm hoping FD hear's this and this is added later).

    Little things like how the goat doesn't try to run away right before being eaten by a carnivore or when you drive the jeep into a crowd nothing happens, this is an annoyance and the power grid system is a bit confusing to learn at first.

    For the people who complain about the length it takes to acquire dino dna, JPOG was very similar so I don't know why this is such an issue to some of you? Also, do you want to be able to create all the dinosaurs quickly? I feel like that would be anti-climatic? You have to keep on top of your expeditions and ensure they are always off getting new fossils, I wish there was a way to set this automatically until the site has been depleted?

    The same thing can be said for research, you want to ensure you're always on top of this.

    I like the missions and different divisions to keep happy, adds some variety to the experience.

    The dinosaurs DO keep you busy though as your park expands (disease, reloading feeders, deaths, etc.)

    Overall, the game is solid, its not perfect, but I'm sure this was pushed to come out to coincide with JW Fallen Kingdom and hopefully FD will continue to build and enhance and listen to us fans.    … Expand
  2. GidBix
    Jun 27, 2018
    9
    I have to be honest, I was hoping for more use of the Jurassic Park license in Jurassic World Evolution. That out of the way, JWE is a rather deep strategy game and is a must have for any true Jurassic Park fan.
  3. Malooga
    Jun 12, 2018
    8
    * Time Saver Review! *

    Gameplay: Park-sim builder with the classic JP license behind it (think Operation Genesis on Xbox). Everything works well enough, with some lack in focus on the finer details of the building mechanics, but does a nice job utilizing the park and dinosaur components to create satisfying chaos. Graphics: Very nice, a few dips in frame-rate when the screen was    * Time Saver Review! *

    Gameplay: Park-sim builder with the classic JP license behind it (think Operation Genesis on Xbox). Everything works well enough, with some lack in focus on the finer details of the building mechanics, but does a nice job utilizing the park and dinosaur components to create satisfying chaos.

    Graphics: Very nice, a few dips in frame-rate when the screen was filled with screaming citizens. Some of the texture pop or collision detection failures when flying in the chopper. Nothing too drastic, a good look overall.

    Sound: EXCELLENT. The Dino's sound great, you can tell having access to audio files from the films paid off here. Ambient noise is done well, voice actors all did very good - even Goldblum was a joy to listen to and never felt un-enthusiastic or detached in the narrative.

    Overall: Easy to pick up and play, but with a good amount of complexity stemming from menu management and balancing the three tiers of your park (Science, Amusement, Security). Its a nice tribute to a forgotten Xbox game and the JP franchise - although you can tell the focus here was all on the dinosaurs. That's fitting, but some of the other builder/sim mechanics in the game suffer for it.

    Chaotic and fun - 8/10    … Expand
  4. Zalabar22
    Jun 12, 2018
    9
    Everything about Jurassic World Evolution makes me feel like a kid. 8 hours in with 18 species maxed out and I am absolutely loving this game. It looks and sounds just like the Jurassic movies. Only thing holding it from a perfect score is the wonky building placement and no random generated islands. Other then that this is the Jurassic game every fan of the series, or dinosaurs for thatEverything about Jurassic World Evolution makes me feel like a kid. 8 hours in with 18 species maxed out and I am absolutely loving this game. It looks and sounds just like the Jurassic movies. Only thing holding it from a perfect score is the wonky building placement and no random generated islands. Other then that this is the Jurassic game every fan of the series, or dinosaurs for that matter, should own!… Expand
  5. SuperkenGaming
    Jun 15, 2018
    8
    Jurrasic World Evolution
    The Best game with this licens attached
    Jurrasic World Evolution is a Tycoon styled game where youre tasked with running your own Jurassic Parks… There are 6 total islands here to unlock all with their own challenges, such as dealing with an island that gets frequent storms, or turning a failed park into something profitable… And to unlock these islands you    Jurrasic World Evolution
    The Best game with this licens attached
    Jurrasic World Evolution is a Tycoon styled game where youre tasked with running your own Jurassic Parks…
    There are 6 total islands here to unlock all with their own challenges, such as dealing with an island that gets frequent storms, or turning a failed park into something profitable…
    And to unlock these islands you first have to prove yourself in the islands prior…
    to do so youll be juggling your science, entertainment and security…
    as your doing your thing, building your park.. youll get constant tasks that reward you with cash that will be something along the lines of building a certain facility, hatching a certain dinosaur, or taking pictures…
    this cash will go tawards building items in your park as well as excavating and unlocking upgrades..
    excavation is another great opportunity to earn some cash..
    you git a list of possible fosils, your team goes out collects the fossils, brings them back and you can then extract them and make progress towards a genome for that dinosaur species. Biut youll also get materials you can sell for high prices…
    its not quote as simple as just build a park and keep your guests happy though..
    you also have to keep your dinos happy..
    make sure they have food to eat, give them plenty of room to roam around, make sure theyre comfortable so that they aren’t constantly breaking their fences which gets annoying as youre trying to chase ratings, keep everything calmed balanced and organized, they’ll get into fights, so youll have to find ways to separate, they’ll get sick, they’ll die.. so you have to heal them and transport dead dinosaurs out of the park..
    it’s a little annoying though that there isn’t an option to sortve automate things like in a roller coaster tycoon where you hire workers, drop them into the world and they automatically fix things and clean
    you have to go to problem areas yourself and then command your team to heal, fix, tranqulize a lose dinosaur before they eat too many guests and transport them back to their living area..
    it is cool that you are able to just take control of the vehicles completely to get a 3rd person perspective of your park if youd like.. which does give you more incentive to actually create something cool..
    though sometimes youll have to if for example a storm knocks out the power to their station..
    they cant be commanded, but you can go out and fix things yourself..
    as you do unluck new areas youre free to revisit your old islands and use its recourses to unlock new buildings for example or mutations to alter your dinosaurs before you hatch them…
    your unlocks and fosils carry from island to island.. it isn’t constantly starting over which I appreciate..
    the only thing that doesn’t carry over is your cash…
    but again youre able to send out temas from other islands and save the fosils they find to sell on your new island if youre really hurting for cash..
    but the park is running real time in the background so you might find yourself having to fix things up again before you return
    Jurrassic World Evolution offers a decent challenge and tons of fun in creating and trrying to run a successful park..
    This is a game that you don’t necessarily have to even be into the series to enjoy..
    Theres something here for just flat out dinosaur fans or tycoon management fans..
    this is a great game no matter which of those 3 reasons youre coming in for
    I give Jurassic Wordld Evolution
    an 8/10    … Expand
  6. Coyote796
    Jun 19, 2018
    6
    This review was done AFTER competing all islands, including all Missions.
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    Jurassic World Evolution is a nice game to relax to after a day of stress, or like me after a good DS Remastered session, or at least that was what I wanted when I bought it. To list the few good things about the game wouldn't take much time because    This review was done AFTER competing all islands, including all Missions.
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    Jurassic World Evolution is a nice game to relax to after a day of stress, or like me after a good DS Remastered session, or at least that was what I wanted when I bought it.
    To list the few good things about the game wouldn't take much time because honestly apart from good graphics, a decent park simulation and a good dinosaur line up there isn't much else to praise.

    The negatives however come soon and often. Just starting to build your park you cannot fault the game but after getting to the second Island things start to unravel. Massive FPS issues on my PS4 (non-pro), dinosaurs not recognising their environment properly leading to weird comfort spikes, buildings just straight up not working, almost non existent visitor AI, the almost laughable fact that EVERYONE wants to sabotage you, the terribly lack lustre amount of park decorations (what decorations ?) and last but not least the dodgy missions.

    Just to elaborate how bad I feel the Contracts were Security would tell you to go on an expedition and Science would tell you not to let anyone die from carnivore attacks for 4 minutes. Then the actual Missions themselves for the Islands were stupidly annoying telling you sometimes to do stuff that would deliberately put the guests in danger, and if you made it so the Indominus Rex was SUPER comfortable the Mission would change its A.I to actually randomly go crazy, even going so far that after the mission ended this never happened again.

    Overall this game feels like its trying to hard to replicate the movie, going so far as to take away from overall game experience at times.
    A simple 6/10 that could have been allot better if this game didn't feel so rushed/under developed.    … Expand
  7. Tgx1500
    Jul 30, 2018
    8
    I actually rly like this one! One of the best strategy games I played on a console and it’s cool to see your dinosaurs destroy everything haha.
  8. CanadianYeti
    Sep 5, 2018
    8
    This game is easily one of the best to ever come out of the cluttered tycoon genre. Blending fantastic game design with the aesthetics of a franchise we all know and love, Jurassic World Evolution is one of the most addicting games I've played all year, taking the old Zoo Tycoon formula and reinventing it into a formula that's both fun and incredibly investing. However, a few major issuesThis game is easily one of the best to ever come out of the cluttered tycoon genre. Blending fantastic game design with the aesthetics of a franchise we all know and love, Jurassic World Evolution is one of the most addicting games I've played all year, taking the old Zoo Tycoon formula and reinventing it into a formula that's both fun and incredibly investing. However, a few major issues get in the way of complete enjoyment, such as needing to rebuild the same buildings over and over again to access integral functions every time you start a new island.… Expand
  9. bersi84
    Nov 17, 2020
    7
    After a long while of having the game in my sights I finally bought it to see whether it could convince me or not. I have played the whole standard game with every island with full score and all missions on my PS4 Pro with SSD. I would rate the game a 7.5 but I feel it does not deserve an 8 so I ll go with the 7. Read on for the "why".

    I am not fan of Jurassic Park although the movies    After a long while of having the game in my sights I finally bought it to see whether it could convince me or not. I have played the whole standard game with every island with full score and all missions on my PS4 Pro with SSD. I would rate the game a 7.5 but I feel it does not deserve an 8 so I ll go with the 7. Read on for the "why".

    I am not fan of Jurassic Park although the movies were kinda cool, so I m practically not biased in any way. Still the game is definitely something for fans of the franchise and delivers quite well. You play over the course of multiple islands each with different tasks, missions and obstacles. The principle is kinda nice and the variety with the unlocks that come over time is well done.

    The core gameloop lacks a bit in my opinion. The simulation factor is very basic and most statistics you will never need. Every island plays the same: very slow start, drop cheap dinos and then snowball until you drown in money. This is a little bit sad and I wished so often to have a possibility to pause or fast forward. Some dino mutations take forever to breed, so you gotta go for a shower or cook meanwhile.

    The disaster management is a nice addition but sometimes **** snowballs so hard in this game where a tornado caps walls, then elektro or maybe your ranger station. While you try to recover other dinos break out of panic. It IS handable but after all such events may cost you half an hour or more depending on the random damage. Even storm security doesnt help much. Same goes for the walls. There are different types but either you just need the weakest one or the dinos are so creeped out that even electrified concrete walls wont do the deal.

    As you can see it is a mix of up and downs. The game still is fun, the dinos are cool, it is just very slow a bit repetitive and it lacks a certain depths. When you want 5 stars for each island, it can be a pain in the ass because some places are minorly overcrowded or you try to squeeze in another toilet for a 0.5% boost. For the dinos just drop the highest mutation for a quick boost and thats it.

    My summary is that I had a lot of fun and I would recommend the game for fans or casual simulation players but only for a decent discount. They could ve done way more out of the game and I kinda hope they will do a 2nd try after they dropped all the DLCs they want to. If you truly like the game you will find content for 20 to 40 hrs with DLCs even more. So consider your likings and go for those dinos!    … Expand
  10. KingGoji2001
    Jul 7, 2018
    9
    Jurassic World Evolution is a Great Park-Sim Builder that is similar to Operation Genesis. Everything in this game works so well in this game.

    Graphics: Perfect, The frame rate isn't that all bad, but it will sometimes drop when the screen is filled with dinosaurs attacking screaming citizens. Still Perfect Overall. Sound: Excellent. The Dino sounds are Perfect, and The Voice Actors    Jurassic World Evolution is a Great Park-Sim Builder that is similar to Operation Genesis. Everything in this game works so well in this game.

    Graphics: Perfect, The frame rate isn't that all bad, but it will sometimes drop when the screen is filled with dinosaurs attacking screaming citizens. Still Perfect Overall.

    Sound: Excellent. The Dino sounds are Perfect, and The Voice Actors are Perfect despite some are actors are from either Jurassic Park and Jurassic World.

    Soundtrack: PERFECT. This game brings back the original theme from Jurassic Park and is very nice to have the theme in the game.

    Overall: This is a must buy game. I think it stands find at being a $60 game since it has a lot of potential to it. Also, they have Great DLC for this game. Buy this Game Now!

    Amazing and Fun - 9/10    … Expand
  11. pooprthereviewr
    Jul 25, 2018
    8
    Dinosaurs are amazing but tutorial is not.

    once i figured out how to play like a sane person it is so much fun! dinos are great park building is fun. big draw backs are, its annoying to get your buildings where you want to and can make you real dizzy trying to get your support people to help without knowledge of the hot keys. L1 R1. even so it still can take your head for a whirl and    Dinosaurs are amazing but tutorial is not.

    once i figured out how to play like a sane person it is so much fun! dinos are great park building is fun.

    big draw backs are, its annoying to get your buildings where you want to and can make you real dizzy trying to get your support people to help without knowledge of the hot keys. L1 R1. even so it still can take your head for a whirl and isn't as fast as it could be,

    big pros, dino are fun, amazing to see people walking around the park. not that many options for buildings but enough. love the ability to tranq your own dinos too.

    great fun but could use a little more tlc for gameplay.    … Expand
  12. Chlerks31958
    Dec 1, 2018
    7
    Not bad at all, but not the smarters AI and bugs make me said, so if you are Jurassic world fan like I am buy it.
  13. dinohunter360
    Dec 5, 2018
    9
    I think this is a great game to finally you get to do what you want and how the graphics are and how the water drops off dinos but the fighting animation is sad just the same except some dinos but cmon the spino raptor you could give its own anamtaion but anyway i told my friend about it on ps4 we goanna buy it today maybe hope he like it cause ps4 jw evo has the lowest rating between xbox and pc.
  14. Warthock
    Jun 12, 2018
    10
    A game who is honoring the Jurassic Park Franchise !

    It has been a long time since, I wasn't this addicted to a game. This is an excellent game, to make it simple : you got a city-builder with a lot of options at your disposal (managing store prices, upgrades your buildings etc...) very complete... And the aspect of a Zoo Tycoon but with Dinosaurs, where you have to care of your    A game who is honoring the Jurassic Park Franchise !

    It has been a long time since, I wasn't this addicted to a game.

    This is an excellent game, to make it simple : you got a city-builder with a lot of options at your disposal (managing store prices, upgrades your buildings etc...) very complete...

    And the aspect of a Zoo Tycoon but with Dinosaurs, where you have to care of your little incubated creatures (handle their thirst & foods, heal them if they contract diseases, and
    a very advance environment setup, specific dinausors will need more space or grass than other etc... you have to accommodate their needs.

    I'm also in love, that you are able to play as a ranger and drive the jeep (give you even more immersion),
    you can yourself complete task such as refill foods supplies, so cool !

    The game even have a photo mode for the dinosaurs fanatics !

    Absolutely to recommend, finally a game who is worthy of the Jurassic World Evolution title ! just perfect 10 at of 10    … Expand
  15. winzentween
    Jun 14, 2018
    4
    Thought i'd give the ps4 version a go to see how it stands next to the pc equiv.

    The vanilla ps4 has some graphical issues but the pro does a better job though frame rate , popup and texture issues persist on top of the existing pc gameplay issues which are still awaiting a patch. Also the game pad though good isnt great and it costs the game another point... so we go from yellow to    Thought i'd give the ps4 version a go to see how it stands next to the pc equiv.

    The vanilla ps4 has some graphical issues but the pro does a better job though frame rate , popup and texture issues persist on top of the existing pc gameplay issues which are still awaiting a patch. Also the game pad though good isnt great and it costs the game another point... so we go from yellow to red (sorry).

    I'm a big fan of the franchise and sims like planetcoaster (mindblowing game). Ive seen every film, bought the merch and played the better games. I love dinosaurs and even collect fossils.

    The game is good if you like mobile games where you wait long times with little to do. It's good if you like stats more than everything else. It's good if you love looking at dinos but not doing much with them. So for some it's good. 

    For others who maybe love jurassic park or world and expected a mixture of strategy gameplay types, variety and little repitition ...maybe not so much. 

    The game looks really good though it has some graphical issues (see above). It sounds great with epic music but a mix bad of film star voices and terrible impressions. 

    You can drive 2 (3) vehicle types but you don't do much with them and the beautiful gets very samey quickly.
    Both jp world films have bikes...game has de-evolved so no bikes. 
    There isnt much botany variety or options to study this important part of the film either. You can take photos but its gets boring quickly. 
    There are no water dinos or flying ones oddly enough. I have a feeling missing elements will be expensive dlc.

    It has virtually no guest management which is odd for a park sim. No children either which is just surreal for a dino park and franchise based on children in peril. The game expects you to wait long periods of time for the dinos and in that time it would have been nice to look after guests or even build a toilet or a ride...none of that basic park sim stuff. 

    The maps can be quite restricting and very fiddly at times as can the dinos who aren't really like any actual real animal due to thier limited behaviour. Its a bit paper scissors rocks and when they fight the outcomes make no sense. 

    A lot doesn't make sense. Especially the very crude way the staff are managed. Id have hoped for real espionage and takeover bids and the Jurassic park stuff we love but its been watered down to prompts. Many of the missions were identical and lazy with different factions asking the same requests but equally criticising you and really basic dumb sabotage not on the scale of the films. 

    Microtranactions. I feel this game will be adding lits of paid dlc. Theres some free film tie in but that's actually marketing material so meh. The digital has preorder b.s. but physical copies when released in a month will have to pay for that day one removed content dlc. I found this a little shady. 

    Overall i feel its one of those games which deserves an instant sequel which im sure will be infinitely more varied and interesting and fun. 

    Sadly there will be no mods on pc which is basically a scam to sell endless dlc despite what they claim and with so many major parts to this intricate puzzel missing i feel this is a huge mistake.

    The current game seems very old fashioned and the ui is poorly presented at times. Maybe more time would have helped but they were clearly forced to releaae early due to the film tie-in.  If id have to describe the games greatest achievement id say the dinos...but its failure is way too much busy work for 2018.

    Wait for a sale. 

    Id have given a 6 but the microtranactions annoyed me as do these gushing 9-10 reviews for a game which just isnt as good as its predecessors and dev high pedigree.
    I will give the ps4 version a red mark for the additional graphical issues not seen on pc but if you love JP then change 4 to an easy 6. Maybe a patch and free dlc will improve things.    … Expand
  16. denk15
    Jul 19, 2018
    0
    Score a bit low. but this game is frustratingly disappointing.

    Great visually, great choice of dinosaur. But come on, it's dinosaurs, was always going to be popular based on that alone. As a park creation and simulation, it's terrible - Not much choice of building, no decorative options to make parks unique, too much micro managing of menial jobs (Seriously, if it was a real park and    Score a bit low. but this game is frustratingly disappointing.

    Great visually, great choice of dinosaur. But come on, it's dinosaurs, was always going to be popular based on that alone.

    As a park creation and simulation, it's terrible - Not much choice of building, no decorative options to make parks unique, too much micro managing of menial jobs (Seriously, if it was a real park and I had rangers sitting on their ass until I physically told them to go and feed the animals, every. single. time, I would fire their ass)

    Speaking of food, the dinosaurs eat a lot and don't poop at all. Theres no interaction with customers at all, don't hear their views, opinions, what they like, what they don't blah blah blah

    And the different divisions are nonsense, they contradict themselves and just seem thoughtlessly thrown in to give the game "Missions".

    Sending expeditions and harvesting fossils is dull and too easy - also, where are the baby dinosaurs?

    Dinosaurs have no personalities whatsoever.

    I don't feel like i'm running a Dinosaur zoo at all as the managerial side of things is so thin.

    In my opinion, it feels lazy as the developers know it will sell for the fact it has dinosaurs

    Notable other nonsense in the game: Shops can only sell 1 item at a time, WTF? the enclosures are not advanced at all (grass, trees, water - done), flocking dinosaurs don't flock, Visitors are so dull and insignificant I forget they are there    … Expand
  17. ice05
    Nov 26, 2018
    9
    I this $40 bucks or less this game is worth it. It's not as "open" as I wish it be and It has a learning curb, I honestly hated the game for the first couple hours because it doesn't doing the best job on teaching you on wtf to do. But I'm so glad I stuck into this game. So much heart, so many "wow" moments. The battle system is ok, the graphics are awesome, story missions are fun once youI this $40 bucks or less this game is worth it. It's not as "open" as I wish it be and It has a learning curb, I honestly hated the game for the first couple hours because it doesn't doing the best job on teaching you on wtf to do. But I'm so glad I stuck into this game. So much heart, so many "wow" moments. The battle system is ok, the graphics are awesome, story missions are fun once you know what to do. Again I don't want to write a long ass review, but if you love Jurassic "Park", you like lite puzzles, and got some hours to kill check it out. I give the game a 8.5 but I'll tilt it to a 9.… Expand
  18. DeadsFortune
    Oct 9, 2018
    9
    A worthy successor to Jurassic Park Operation Genesis on the PS2. Building and managing your park's budget is incredibly fun, and the Dinosaur variety is amazing. The graphics and animation works are gorgeous and really bring everything alive.

    I don't have too many gripes with Jurassic World Evolution other than I wish the Dinosaurs had more variety in behavior and if the main missions    A worthy successor to Jurassic Park Operation Genesis on the PS2. Building and managing your park's budget is incredibly fun, and the Dinosaur variety is amazing. The graphics and animation works are gorgeous and really bring everything alive.

    I don't have too many gripes with Jurassic World Evolution other than I wish the Dinosaurs had more variety in behavior and if the main missions were more creative.

    Jurassic World Evolution isn't a complex game, I found it incredibly easy to pick up after learning everything within the first 2-3 hours of gameplay. And that's coming from someone who rarely plays Zoo Tycoon games or RTS games in general.

    If you like dinosaurs, and Jurassic Park, DON'T pass this game up.    … Expand
  19. Lewis-Angelo
    Jan 14, 2022
    6
    un juego que engancha mucho y dan ganas de seguir probando cosas sin parar

    60 horas para el platino, que si hubiese hecho lo mismo en 30, hubiese disfrutado el doble, porque es inaceptable cómo trata el tiempo del usuario realmente el tiempo es la moneda de cambio del juego demasiadas horas delante del menú esperando a desbloquear cosas faltan automatismos para agilizar la tarea    un juego que engancha mucho y dan ganas de seguir probando cosas sin parar

    60 horas para el platino, que si hubiese hecho lo mismo en 30, hubiese disfrutado el doble, porque es inaceptable cómo trata el tiempo del usuario

    realmente el tiempo es la moneda de cambio del juego
    demasiadas horas delante del menú esperando a desbloquear cosas

    faltan automatismos para agilizar la tarea y que no se haga tan pesado

    y es excesivamente fácil, sin un reto más allá de amontonar edificios entorno a unos dinosaurios que den el nivel necesario    … Expand
  20. SaviorGaming
    Oct 18, 2018
    7
    I honestly love this game, it looks good and sounds amazing. building a park is satisfying and in depth and i wish i could give this game a higher score, but even with recent updates there are a few factors that bring it down. For starters many of the maps are to small to truly be fun, but still aren't exactly a huge challenge. Also the sandbox mode, if you can call it that, has to beI honestly love this game, it looks good and sounds amazing. building a park is satisfying and in depth and i wish i could give this game a higher score, but even with recent updates there are a few factors that bring it down. For starters many of the maps are to small to truly be fun, but still aren't exactly a huge challenge. Also the sandbox mode, if you can call it that, has to be unlocked and only lets you use the stuff you already unlocked. It essentially just an island to play on that lets you mess with options. It is quite weird how they did it and i really would have liked just an island i could either play with everything unlocked and just build or essentially play the game and unlock everything as opposed to the story mode. Speaking of the story, there is a story but only in the vague sense. That being said, everything in the game does function and it functions well and the game is fun. I don't regret buying it at all, I just wish there was more to the story and sandbox island.… Expand
  21. JTsandk
    Jul 17, 2018
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game features incredible graphics and sensational gameplay. It presents new features, not feeling management and the way that will manage the Park, the characters of campaigns are well worked "the participation of the authors of the film" and also the difficulty per campaign is pleasant. But some things displeased me, being them; the interaction with the people of the Park, some structures that could interact in the first person what not to occur and mainly the artificial intelligence of dinosaurs that at least a bit confused of the real. I do not know if they want to do battle between them, or something more real. Please developers rearrange this, bring life to the dinosaurs. They seem bland to me.… Expand
  22. Yogi1234
    Sep 23, 2018
    10
    Everyone should admit that jurassic world evolution (JWE) offer a very new ancient tycoon simulator experience to all JP & dino lovers. compared to its predecessor (jurassic park : operation genesis) & any other JP games, JWE's graphic, gameplay, dinos, & even the visitors behaviour has been massively overhauled to offer greater satisfying & real jurassic park impression. I admit, JWE hasEveryone should admit that jurassic world evolution (JWE) offer a very new ancient tycoon simulator experience to all JP & dino lovers. compared to its predecessor (jurassic park : operation genesis) & any other JP games, JWE's graphic, gameplay, dinos, & even the visitors behaviour has been massively overhauled to offer greater satisfying & real jurassic park impression. I admit, JWE has a lot of chance & spot to improve its gameplay deepthness on its sequel (if any). so far, im so satisfied with the current game form (consider there is no other game which offer similiar magnificence ancient creature tycoon like JWE! good work!

    this 10/10 review is nothing but to raise a change of frontier to make a game sequel (well, if any),
    i really appreciate & so glad that this game has been made. frontier has a lot of chance to improve & it can be applied on the JWE's sequel! but at least the current game foundation has been strong entertaining enough (current JWE).

    several things that i think should be & can be improved was :
    1. there is no access & any additional features for all guest related building, what we can do is only build it (or demolish it to earn some money) & see it attract the visitors (visitors come & by), thats all. well at least i expect we can see the guest related building door opens when the visitors come by, but this is not (visitors come through a passive doors). very lack of depthness,

    well you can clearly see 2 things
    a. frontier doesnt concern on those detail so deep (the whole game graphic is the higher target)
    b. frontier has lack of time on thinking about the building operational details

    2. We have no acces to see how viewing vents looks like. in JPOG, we can click the viewing vent & see how we can view the dinos as if we are the visitors, its beautiful & show how decent our viewing vent as a connector of the visitors to see the dinos.

    Same with the transportation train, it would be so new & beautiful if we can see how it looks like from the inside of the train while its moving around the park,

    well im so sad that this kind of basic things is lack on the game,
    please, you build a viewing facility but know nothing how it looks like, i mean, how is my dinos looks like from that viewing vent, i dont know. but i build it & pretending that view has been satisfying enough for the visitors.

    3. i bet a lot of JPOG fans think about this. well on its high end jurassic world game version, we hope there will be an aerial & aquatic dinos (alongside with its related park facility). but yeah, it havent happened yet. seems like frontier cannot release a bigger effort for it (i dont know why). if there is, it would be fantastic (since it might be the 1st game that consider about the aerial & aquatic dinos).

    well it just my big dream,
    at least so far JWE has offer remarkable overhaul on the JP's tycoon simulator game.

    while playing this game, i feel my dream on seeing a new model of a JPOG's game has been come true. but at the same time, JWE's still left some missing things which make me keep dreaming about it.    … Expand
  23. SyntaxZero
    Oct 5, 2018
    6
    Pretty fun game, I don't think it was a good idea to charge $60 for this game as it's at most maybe 10 hours of gameplay if you're familiar with this style of game. Considering the cost of Cities XL which is although not themed like JP Evo it is a much better game. I can't recommend paying full price, but for $30 or under this would be a great addition to your collection if you're a fan!
  24. Berik
    Nov 3, 2018
    8
    What becomes immediately apparent when starting your first park are the incredible graphics for a management game, with a high level of detail on the dinosaurs when you zoom in till you can see the color of their eyes

    I played this game on PS4, which means the game has to adjust itself to a controller layout to suit the gamer. Luckily, the controls for the game are excellent. They are    What becomes immediately apparent when starting your first park are the incredible graphics for a management game, with a high level of detail on the dinosaurs when you zoom in till you can see the color of their eyes

    I played this game on PS4, which means the game has to adjust itself to a controller layout to suit the gamer. Luckily, the controls for the game are excellent. They are friendly on the player by not over complicating it, and it is support by a very practical user interface. This game is tailor made to be accessible for a wide audience.

    When it comes to building parks, the game offers a long road map in acquiring all the types of dinosaurs and upgrades for your park. While the behavior of the dinosaurs isn't sophisticated, they have their needs and limits which gives the player plenty of challenge for housing dinosaurs while making sure the area serves their needs.

    The difficulty of the game itself isn't very high. The park has to throw some really chaotic situations at you to make it hard, which doesn't happen unless you have a large park with many dinosaurs.

    To finish this up, the game offers dozens of hours of fun for Management games enthusiasts like myself, and it's stunning to look at. A shame their are now aquatic or aerial dinosaurs, especially considering the game locks 5 dinosaurs behind an deluxe dlc pack. I give this game an 8/10. It is an excellent game.    … Expand
  25. 414436
    Jan 16, 2019
    10
    in my image i have been liking it so far i would give the game on playstation 4 a 10 out of 10 because of the graphics and the amazing skins in the game. I loved what frontier did with the t-rex roar it sounds to the frightening shivers! And also the velociraptor look and the claws move like the real thing! In the film jurrasic park and world. I would recremend it.
  26. TrevorHooper69
    Sep 28, 2019
    7
    Decent game, a little pricey for what it is but I enjoyed it. I have quite few problems with it though first off most of the maps are very small and half the time placing structures turns into a game of "Can I fit this massive building into this tiny gap", Secondly the frame rate dipped quite a few times usually when there was a lot happening at once, and finally im not sure how longDecent game, a little pricey for what it is but I enjoyed it. I have quite few problems with it though first off most of the maps are very small and half the time placing structures turns into a game of "Can I fit this massive building into this tiny gap", Secondly the frame rate dipped quite a few times usually when there was a lot happening at once, and finally im not sure how long frontier will support this game before moving on to something else. But the graphics were great, the gameplay was enjoyable, and the updates/ DLCs we did get were really great improvements to the game and hopefully there will be an update down the line that makes this game great. Overall It's pretty good.… Expand
  27. TylerJ93
    Feb 12, 2020
    7
    Do you love world builders and management sims?
    Are you fascinated by dinosaurs?
    Do you have an extreme amount of nostalgia for the Jurassic Park franchise, and may or may not have a framed photo of Jeff Goldblum’s shirtless Ian Malcolm hanging on your wall? If you answered yes to at least 2 of those 4 questions, you will most likely adore this game. You will build your own Jurassic World    Do you love world builders and management sims?
    Are you fascinated by dinosaurs?
    Do you have an extreme amount of nostalgia for the Jurassic Park franchise, and may or may not have a framed photo of Jeff Goldblum’s shirtless Ian Malcolm hanging on your wall?
    If you answered yes to at least 2 of those 4 questions, you will most likely adore this game. You will build your own Jurassic World from the ground up, which can be personalized as you see fit from a large selection of buildings, attractions, and even landscape editors such as mountains, foliage, ect.
    The graphics here are beautiful, which is important as they attempt to make the huge selection of dinos as screen-accurate as possible. They eat, sleep, socialize and you must learn what each of them like and dislike to properly care for your prehistoric attractions and ensure they remain happy, lest they become aggressive, pick fights with each other, and pose a threat to your guests. Lets be honest though, breakouts are exactly what we want to happen and the rampages that ensue are hilarious and satisfying. Sorry guests, you surely knew the dangers... The voice acting is great and quite comical, featuring appearances from the cast of all 5 films. Yup, Chef Goldblum is here to constantly berate you and condemn your actions as you evil scientist your way into lawsuits and countless deaths that are entirely your fault. However, after the first few levels the story tends to drag as you find yourself doing the same missions and building the same park on each island. Characters will repeat the same lines of dialogue over and over as you try to peacefully watch your stegos graze. Yeah Finch, you like cream with your coffee, you told me. About a thousand times...
    There is a sandbox mode where you can build whatever you like with no cost-restrictions or character interaction, but the inevitably boring storyline must be completed to fully unlock this feature. Don’t expect to jump right into it.
    All-in-all though, this is a near-perfect delivery of the premise that is offered, and replayability is high as each dino seems to have it’s own distinct personality and are highly customizable. Difficulty has been significantly lowered from past-gen spiritual predecessor “Operation Genesis”. If you’re a fan of builders and Jurassic Park it’s worth a buy, but prepare to feel guilty as you watch terrified park-goers be eaten alive by Rexy herself. Life finds a way, and so does Jurassic World:Evolution. 7/10!    … Expand
  28. LouBa
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    I LOVE this game.
    You basically build a Jurassic Park on different islands. The game looks stunning on PC and the dinosaurs look so amazing.
    Worth every cent!
  29. malteligni
    Jul 2, 2020
    10
    I haven't played a park sim since Theme Park '94 & Theme Hospital '97.
    I had to come here and leave a 10 star review after binging on this game for a week.
    Unlocked the 5th island, then went back to 5-star & mission-complete the previous islands. This game is the perfect blend of park builder, nostalgia & fun. I haven't found it too difficult & the disasters are so much fun, fantastic    I haven't played a park sim since Theme Park '94 & Theme Hospital '97.
    I had to come here and leave a 10 star review after binging on this game for a week.
    Unlocked the 5th island, then went back to 5-star & mission-complete the previous islands.
    This game is the perfect blend of park builder, nostalgia & fun.
    I haven't found it too difficult & the disasters are so much fun, fantastic chaos.
    Love this game, surprised it's rated lower than 8.0    … Expand
  30. Hevox
    May 15, 2023
    6
    If you're a Jurassic Park / dinosaure fan you'll probably like that game, otherwise it would be hard to recommend this game. There is plenty of better park management game out there, and it definetly isn't a flawless game. The PS4 version, even PRO suffer from heavy performance drop if your park is too big. The control are pretty solid on console which is a real surprise as it isIf you're a Jurassic Park / dinosaure fan you'll probably like that game, otherwise it would be hard to recommend this game. There is plenty of better park management game out there, and it definetly isn't a flawless game. The PS4 version, even PRO suffer from heavy performance drop if your park is too big. The control are pretty solid on console which is a real surprise as it is complicated to have a good experience with the controller with this type of game. The lack of mod support is a real problem on console.… Expand
  31. Zumbie101
    Oct 13, 2020
    8
    Solid park builder game, dinosaurs move, sound and look great with a massive variety in types. Career mode is fun enough with sandbox mode for more freedom. The terrain on a lot of the maps is a real pain at times and you cannot place things anywhere. The lack of customization on anything bar the dinosaurs limits things somewhat.
  32. clanky9
    Nov 14, 2020
    8
    the dinosaurs looks amazing but the game might be boring when you dont have enought money you just have to wait and wait and wait
  33. Hamed-pr0
    Jul 11, 2021
    5
    Its a good game for jurassic world Fans but there a lot things the can maket better The dinosaur has one specific pattern and it is easy to control and the pattern is as follows. If it does not like its habitat, it escapes by breaking the wall. Dinosaurs are not smart at all in escape, except for the dinosaurs that escape with groups. They give you a challenge to catch them with the leastIts a good game for jurassic world Fans but there a lot things the can maket better The dinosaur has one specific pattern and it is easy to control and the pattern is as follows. If it does not like its habitat, it escapes by breaking the wall. Dinosaurs are not smart at all in escape, except for the dinosaurs that escape with groups. They give you a challenge to catch them with the least number of losses but the animation is very few. I hope that these problems will improve in jurassic world evolution 2 but i was having a lot of fun in this game… Expand
  34. EasyGamerBoi
    Jun 10, 2021
    9
    I’m not usually into these types of games aside from Zoo Tycoon & JPOG (the game this is inspired by) but this is easily the ones I’ve sunk the most time into. All the dinosaurs are beautifully animated & the post-launch support has been amazing with new DLCs & free additions + quality of life improvements. One of my most played games ever!
  35. RetroWiktor
    Aug 23, 2022
    5
    A bland attempt to continue JPOG's Legacy.
    Unlike it's Predecessor the dinosaurs feel too scripted. In JPOG the way they walked, interacted with each other felt very natural for a PS2 game. Now 15 years after that game released the animals feel as they went back in time with their mechanics- They just fell way too scripted, for example when a bigger carnivore wants to hunt something it    A bland attempt to continue JPOG's Legacy.
    Unlike it's Predecessor the dinosaurs feel too scripted. In JPOG the way they walked, interacted with each other felt very natural for a PS2 game. Now 15 years after that game released the animals feel as they went back in time with their mechanics- They just fell way too scripted, for example when a bigger carnivore wants to hunt something it hast to reposition itself so it's facing straight to it's target, then an copy and pasted animation plays. In addition to that the way some of the dinosaurs break out of their enclosure doesn't follow common sense, for example: A small Velociraptor breaks out of a big concrete wall with no problem.
    Another thing is that park building itself can get tedious, i'm saying it "can" because it isn't always like that ,in my opinion decorating parts of your park can be a lot of fun, But the problem is whenever you want to place a building you can wait an upwards of 4 minutes (I'd like to remind you that in JPOG it was near instant) . Although it doesn't sound that bad it really can be, For example: You want to build an important facility on your island, you place the building, you wait... that's it you just sit there and wait for the damn thing to finish constructing.
    Another notable negative are the guests. They all feel like walking paper cut outs of humans. They feel so dull that it makes me think they're there just to show the player that someone is actually in their park ( and of course when things go wrong they serve as food for the carnivores).
    Putting all of that negativity aside there are some things that are done well, one of them is the inclusion of Jeff Goldblum's character (Ian Malcolm) although not as memorable as in the first two Jurassic Park movies he's still a welcome addition. Another good thing is the optimization. I've played through the entire game using a base PS4 and was surprised on how well the game looked and (most of the time) ran on the hardware.

    In the end Jurassic world Evolution doesn't live up to the standards of it's predecessor , although the dinosaurs look very good they don't feel very real. The park building although boring at times can be a lot of fun.    … Expand
  36. DasDaWasDa
    Dec 26, 2021
    2
    Not worth it simply because you dont have the speedup or pause feature which is one of the most basic features of a tycoon game. Its like adding an auto fire mode to an fps. Whats the point?
    Without these 2 features its simply a waiting game where you wait for construction, research etc. to finish.
    They did a great job tho with the dinosaurs and their animations. Only buy this if you are a    Not worth it simply because you dont have the speedup or pause feature which is one of the most basic features of a tycoon game. Its like adding an auto fire mode to an fps. Whats the point?
    Without these 2 features its simply a waiting game where you wait for construction, research etc. to finish.
    They did a great job tho with the dinosaurs and their animations. Only buy this if you are a hardcore jurrasic world/park lover.    … Expand
  37. Nikhilsaurus
    Mar 12, 2022
    8
    this game is great and I would highly recommend this game to a friend but there are a few issues. Sometimes the dinosaurs get into a looped animation when fighting and the game makes you wait for everything but I don't mind. This game is great and you should play it.
  38. Gigacha
    Oct 5, 2022
    10
    Super spielspass und abwechslung. Und wenn man will kann man auch noch dlc's kaufen um den spielpass noch zu verlängern also für mich ein top spiel.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 21
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  1. Gamers Heroes
    Aug 26, 2018
    50
    Jurassic World Evolution is an okay game. There is plenty of fun to be had testing your ability to create large pens of dinosaurs living in harmony.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jul 31, 2018
    70
    A fussy but enjoyable slice of strategy that serves up the very best dinosaurs in PlayStation history. Mr. Hammond, consider your park endorsed. [Issue#152, p.83]
  3. GameCritics
    Jul 19, 2018
    70
    Is Jurassic World Evolution worth the price of admission? That’s tough to answer. On one hand, I look forward to dinosauring (as I call it) every night, especially after I’d unlocked the challenge-free sandbox which allows me to build the park of my dreams without limits, but unlocking every piece of technology and every species of dino means slogging through an uninspired campaign. It’s frustrating, but there’s still nothing like watching a newly-hatched T. rex roar her way out into the world.
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