Those who’ve played the first game will have a serious head start. Those Carnotaurs aren’t going to tranquilise and airlift themselves into a secure enclosure. Especially when a blizzard sweeps in and coats the park in a thick layer of snow.īut Jurassic World Evolution 2 isn’t going to let you take in the view for long. Seeing Brachiosaurus necks looming on a very different horizon is a thrilling change of scenery. The pine trees, snowy mountains and expansive lakes are a stark change from the traditional jungle iconography of the series. The early campaign chunk I play is set in Washington where the task of tranquilising and containing two angry Carnotaurs is top of the to do list.
The catchily named Islands of the Five Deaths have been abandoned (what with the volcano and all) and, following the story of the movies, dinosaurs are now free roaming the earth. The first big change for the sequel is that we’ve left the Muertes Archipelago behind. I’m playing through a chunk of the story campaign somewhere near the beginning of the game and testing my dino mettle in the Challenge mode which, as you’ve probably gathered, isn’t going particularly well. This isn’t what I’m here for in my hands-on though. Flying and water dinosaurs are making an appearance for the first time as aviaries and lagoons are added to our build menus, and the construction and management options are significantly more in-depth.įrontier is also introducing a new Chaos Theory mode where we’ll get to play through iconic moments from the movies to find out if we could have averted catastrophe where others have failed so gorily.
And for the sequel, the team has upped the ante. Jurassic World Evolution 2from Frontier Developments, once again wants to remind us that building an amusement park where the attractions eat the tourists isn’t meant to be easy. The dust hasn’t even settled on my first new viewing platform and the guests are flooding in.
I’m suddenly reminded of Jeff Goldblum’s Dr Ian Malcolm obnoxiously knocking on the jeep’s camera in the original movie “You do, uh, plan to have dinosaurs on your dinosaur tour?” And sure enough. I might have carefully balanced each enclosure’s flora and fauna for my precious creatures with the upgraded terrain tools but I’ve already failed and no one has even been maimed by an extinct reptile yet. “They won’t come if they can’t see the dinosaurs,” he explains. READ MORE: Animal Crossing: New Horizons is great but New Leaf is still on topįinally, I ask my demoist, who politely points out that I haven’t built any viewing platforms for any of my carefully cultivated enclosures.Not a single human can be seen other than my helpful rangers doing their rounds. I’ve even managed to persuade the Amargasaurus that inside the buzzing electric fences is better than out.
The gate is open, merchandise ready, fast food presumably cooling rapidly.
They’ll display brand new behaviours as they interact with each other, fight for dominance, and react intelligently to the world around them.No one is coming to my Jurassic Park. These include all-new flying and marine reptiles, brought to life with captivating realism. Players will leave the Muertes Archipelago for the first time and build their own authentic Jurassic Worlds across diverse new environments, from dense forests to scorched deserts, in efforts to conserve and contain more than 75 prehistoric species. See a quick summary for Jurassic World Evolution 2 below: The game’s campaign will feature voice acting from across the Jurassic Park film franchise, and you’ll have an expanded roster of new dinosaurs to have in your parks, too. Jurassic World Evolution 2 June 10, 2021įrontier Developments shared more details on its website, promising that Jurassic World Evolution 2 will build upon what was started with the original in 2018.
None other than Jeff Goldblum himself made an appearance at today’s Summer Game Fest Kickoff Live event to officially announce the sequel, revealing that it will make its way to PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X | S sometime later this year. Jurassic World Evolution 2 has been revealed as a sequel to the Jurassic Park builder from Frontier Developments.