Jurassic World Evolution

KeenGamerHrvoje Smoljic

8.8/10

The Jurassic franchise is taking over the world! Dinosaurs are back in a big way, from the silver screen and now on your PC's with Jurassic World Evolution. It's been a long wait for another park management simulator set in the universe. Was it worth the wait or is this a genre better left extinct? Find out in the review below.

I must say I really enjoyed building and running my own Jurassic World park. It’s not perfect, and certainly given the heritage of the developer in theme park games we possibly could have expected a bit more from it, but you just never know what DLC and the ongoing development promised of the game might bring.

StuffStuffTV

John Hammond, inventor of the dino-riddled theme park, is either the most naive character ever created, or a sick and twisted menace who knew exactly what he was doing when inviting guests to get close and personal with a ravenous T-Rex.

DualShockersRyan Meitzler

7.5/10

While Jurassic World Evolution sometimes can be a bit unwieldy from the number of systems it is balancing at once, Frontier Developments mostly finds a nice middle ground in Evolution between depth and accessibility. As long as I get a few moments to zoom down in and marvel at the wonder of dinosaurs now and then, I'd give careful consideration to endorsing this park.

Worth PlayingCody Medellin

7/10

Build your own Jurassic World, bio-engineer new dinosaur breeds, and construct attractions, containment and research facilities. Every choice leads to a different path and spectacular challenges arise when "life finds a way."

Capsule ComputersTravis Bruno

6.5/10

Jurassic World Evolution provides plenty of options for fans of dinosaurs but offers little for fans of park management or real customization beyond splicing dino DNA.

Impulse GamerEdwin Millheim

Games based on film and TV franchises are nothing new. There have been some real head scratching moments in gaming, where it seems the developers figured lets

WCCFtechNathan Birch

6/10

There have been a lot of Jurassic Park games produced over the past two-and-a-half decades, almost all of which have cast players as dino outbreak survivors like Dr. Alan Grant or armed park rangers/mercenaries. I’ve always found this a bit disappointing, though, because the Jurassic Park character I always wanted to be was John Hammond. The guy got to build the no-expenses-spared dinosaur park of his dreams! Sure, there were some pre-opening jitters, but when everybody else was running around screaming, Hammond got to chill out and clean up the ice cream. He’s obviously the guy to be.

Gaming NexusKevin O'Connell

5.5/10

Jurassic World: Evolution is an island-making sim where frustration and wait-times are scarier than any of the dinosaurs. The idea of creating 40 dinosaurs and their enclosures sounds like a real treat, but in this case, I'm sure Dr. Grant would have stayed at his dig site.

Screen RantCody Peterson

4/10

The biggest attraction and money earner in Jurassic World Evolution are the dinosaurs, and they are by far the best aspect of the game. There are almost 70 different dinosaurs to unlock and add to the park and each one has specific needs like food, socialization, and entertainment that must be met to keep them healthy. One of the more interesting parts of the game is that players are able to acquire genetic traits to add to their dinosaurs in order to increase different stats. The player may want a dinosaur with a heartier constitution or maybe they want one that is much stronger than it shoul...

MonsterVineDiego Escala

The game also features a pretty serious pacing problem. You’ll quickly learn when you move to each new island that the go-to strategy is to make a fossil center, go back to a previous island (where you’re already rich since money doesn’t transfer) to pay for an expedition, then return to your new island to sell the fossils. You’ll go in this rinse-repeat cycle until the new island is stable enough to pay for things on its own and by the time you get there you’re likely moving onto the next island you’ve unlocked. There’s no real incentive to stay on an island once you’ve unlocked the next one ...

Checkpoint GamingCameron Honey-Swain

Unscored

Look I might be biased so let’s get that out of the way first, Jurassic Park is in my top 5 films of all time. So when word of a park simulator from the franchise was hinted at I couldn’t wait for the chance to right the wrongs of John Hammond, like seriously why were your grandchildren there mate? Jurassic World Evolution gives you that opportunity and has you as the new director as you attempt to revive the dinosaur menagerie for science, and so little Timmy can watch a T-Rex eat a goat.