It took me a few minutes to figure out how to navigate this new terrain since the area contains invisible barriers to keep you on track, but once I worked out what I was looking for, hunting down clues offered a unique new gameplay element that added extra immersion to the experience. Taking the jeep out of the park is another way more depth has been added this time around. “We looked at the systems we had in the first game and said ’Can we explore these in different ways so they are still familiar but can we make it more interesting?’ Following the trail of the dinosaur is a thing to add more depth to one of those systems.” “It really was building upon and just adding more depth to the success of the first game,” he says. Newbold explains the team’s vision for the sequel as a deepening of the original’s mechanics. Related: Jurassic World Evolution 2 Will Improve Dinosaur Behaviour This change to how vehicles work also extends to the ranger teams, with cars now going beyond refilling feeders while trying not to get your jeep trashed by an angry dinosaur. Despite my woeful sense of direction and inability to shoot straight, I managed to subdue the dinosaurs - the increased difficulty also meant the sense of satisfaction was much greater. This time around, flying a helicopter requires a little more skill. My first task of this demo was finding myself in a helicopter, tasked with tranquilizing wandering dinosaurs being kept in terrible conditions by poachers. Not only did I create the best dinosaur parks in the Jurassic World setting but I got to live out my true childhood dreams with the Jurassic Park DLC. That’s why I was such a huge fan of the first Jurassic World: Evolution. I knew that there wouldn’t be raptors in the kitchen on my watch.
I always wanted to be a dinosaur supervisor, ever since I saw Phil Tippett’s name on the infamous credits from Jurassic Park. This allows you to put your own stamp on events from all five movies in the Jurassic Park franchise by exploring several “What if?” scenarios, and I was recently given the opportunity to explore these modes in a hands-on preview event, where I also spoke to game director Rich Newbold. Alongside a newly revamped campaign mode, there’s a sandbox option as well as a brand-new Chaos Theory mode, named after Dr.
Jurassic World: Evolution 2 takes place after the events of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, taking players through an original story that revolves around the mass release of dinosaurs into the wild when it launches on November 9 for PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X | S, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.