Jurassic World Evolution

 PlayStation 4
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7.2

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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. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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!
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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

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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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