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  • Smooth Pancakes
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    • Jul 2010
    • 1641

    #61
    Re: Jurassic World Evolution

    Got another pic of my little meat eater playing with his food.

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    I also added 2 new Triceratops and a couple more Struthiomimus to the previous listed amount and 2 new Ceratosaurus (for a total of 4 carnivores now). I've also since added a bunch of emergency shelters for my visitors to run to when the eventual carnivore breakout happens. I also added a hotel to allow more people to come to the island and a restaurant. I currently have over $6 million cash on hand and a profit of $257,499 a minute.

    For those on the fence about this, here's 18 minutes of gameplay I just captured while taking those pictures earlier. I tried to do most of the stuff you can do in the game to give you guys a good look at what all is involved.

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    Last edited by Smooth Pancakes; 06-12-2018, 08:03 PM.

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    • Smooth Pancakes
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      • Jul 2010
      • 1641

      #62
      Re: Jurassic World Evolution

      Had my first incubation fail, followed immediately by DINO FIGHT! Had three fights break out among my four Ceratosauruses, resulting in two being killed. The video of said fights is below.

      In the meantime, I just unlocked Isla Nublar, the original Jurassic Park island. It's a pure sandbox island (you can build the ultimate facility without having to worry about budgets), there are no contracts or missions (no need to pay attention to division reputation or tasks) and you keep your progress (use any and all of the dinosaurs, buildings and upgrades you have unlocked from all of the islands in Las Cinco Muertes).

      I don't know if Isla Nublar was supposed to unlock yet or not, but simply building an Innovation Center in my initial island did the trick. Other than that, I have Isla Matanceros up to a 4 star rating and I earlier unlocked the second island, Isla Muerta, which is often ravaged by dangerous storms, making it a much more hazardous island.

      Once I reach a point where I can't do anything more on Matanceros, I'll move on to Muerta. Get that up to 3 stars, and you unlock Isla Tacano, three stars there will unlock Isla Pena and three stars on Pena will unlock Isla Sorna.

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      • Lieutenant Dan
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        • Sep 2007
        • 5679

        #63
        Re: Jurassic World Evolution

        Originally posted by Smooth Pancakes
        In the meantime, I just unlocked Isla Nublar, the original Jurassic Park island. It's a pure sandbox island (you can build the ultimate facility without having to worry about budgets), there are no contracts or missions (no need to pay attention to division reputation or tasks) and you keep your progress (use any and all of the dinosaurs, buildings and upgrades you have unlocked from all of the islands in Las Cinco Muertes).

        I don't know if Isla Nublar was supposed to unlock yet or not, but simply building an Innovation Center in my initial island did the trick. Other than that, I have Isla Matanceros up to a 4 star rating and I earlier unlocked the second island, Isla Muerta, which is often ravaged by dangerous storms, making it a much more hazardous island.
        Hmmm....Isla Nublar being a full sandbox kind of thing is intriguing, so you can just enjoy park building to the max without the money/profit/research bits to worry over.

        That's a help for me. Problem still being that Frontier's other game, Elite Dangerous, owns my life right now but I'll keep JP on the radar.

        Wonder why IGN gave it such a low score...must not be their bag of chips.
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        • Smooth Pancakes
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          • Jul 2010
          • 1641

          #64
          Re: Jurassic World Evolution

          Originally posted by Lieutenant Dan
          Hmmm....Isla Nublar being a full sandbox kind of thing is intriguing, so you can just enjoy park building to the max without the money/profit/research bits to worry over.

          That's a help for me. Problem still being that Frontier's other game, Elite Dangerous, owns my life right now but I'll keep JP on the radar.

          Wonder why IGN gave it such a low score...must not be their bag of chips.
          Yeah, I haven't jumped to Isla Nublar yet, since I want to unlock more dinosaurs and facilities, which means jumping to the next of the 5 main islands, but I'm having a blast with this game.

          Looking at IGN's review, apparently the guy didn't like that you have to send an expedition team to dig sites to bring back fossils, which you then extract DNA from to build up a genome of various dinosaurs, eventually working your way up to a full 100% complete genome.

          Apparently even managed to work the word loot boxes into his review by comparing the fossils screen to them. Sure, there may be a similarity on the base level, as your expedition teams come back with between 2 and 4 fossils, which can range from 1-4 quality or even fossils that contain no dino DNA that you can sell, but it's nothing like the loot boxes seen in COD or Battlefront.

          I'm guessing he is the impatient type and didn't like having to actually build up dinosaur genomes through expeditions and fossil extraction. Then he complains about there being no flying or swimming dinosaurs. Yeah, because flying dinosaurs will really stay inside their fenced compound and not just fly out of it and kill your tourists. Sure, maybe flying dinos would be fun, but it's not possible with the way this game is set up without constant dino attacks on guests. Then he complains about not being able to speed up time so that he can gain money quicker to incubate an expensive dinosaur.

          Then he complains because you have to figure out how to keep the different dinosaurs happy and how you have to deal with dinos breaking through the fence and rampaging through the park because they weren't comfortable in their enclosure. Well duh, you can't just dump every dinosaur into the same enclosure. They have all different needs and different things they like, either more forest than grassland, more grassland than forest, multiple of their own species together with them, etc. Dude complains about that, but then makes what sounds like a complaint about how it'll be no problem at all once all the details show up on wikis. Facepalm.

          It sounds like he expected this to be more Sim City or Cities Skylines than anything else.

          Then again, I pretty much ignore IGN and most other review sites because it seems half of them are idiots or they give the game review to someone who hates the genre the game is based in, so the review will immediately be biased against the game because they hate that genre of games.
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          • dickey1331
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            • Sep 2009
            • 14285

            #65
            Jurassic World Evolution

            How do you have this game already? Best Buy says it comes out in July?

            Looks like it did come out already. I wonder why Best Buy says July 3rd.

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            • Smooth Pancakes
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              • Jul 2010
              • 1641

              #66
              Re: Jurassic World Evolution

              Originally posted by dickey1331
              How do you have this game already? Best Buy says it comes out in July?

              Looks like it did come out already. I wonder why Best Buy says July 3rd.

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              Turns out there's two release dates. Digital release for the PS4, Xbox One and PC was yesterday, the 12th. The physical case and CD release isn't until July 3rd. I honestly didn't even know they were doing separate digital and physical releases like that until I saw your comment and went hunting on Google.

              The game was digitally released for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on June 12, 2018, coinciding with the theatrical release of the film's sequel, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Physical copies of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One version are scheduled for release on July 3, 2018. A free game update based on Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is expected to be released simultaneously with the film.
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              • dickey1331
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                • Sep 2009
                • 14285

                #67
                Re: Jurassic World Evolution

                Originally posted by Smooth Pancakes
                Turns out there's two release dates. Digital release for the PS4, Xbox One and PC was yesterday, the 12th. The physical case and CD release isn't until July 3rd. I honestly didn't even know they were doing separate digital and physical releases like that until I saw your comment and went hunting on Google.



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                Thanks. That makes sense then. I pre ordered it since I had some Best Buy money. This looks like it should be fun plus my wife wants to play it too lol.


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                • Picci
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                  • Feb 2003
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                  #68
                  Re: Jurassic World Evolution

                  Originally posted by Smooth Pancakes
                  Got another pic of my little meat eater playing with his food.



                  Love the pic of the lamb chop dinner! Sounds like your in business. Congratulations

                  One thing I do hope Frontier does give us down the road is the ability to build a seaworld. I want an aquarium with hotels and restaurants below sea level showing what the ancient seas may have looked like. And prehistoric birds, where I can build cages. What a security nightmare and challenge that would probably be. I'm sure they may look into it as new dlc's I guess/hope.

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                  • Money99
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                    • Sep 2002
                    • 12695

                    #69
                    Re: Jurassic World Evolution

                    Originally posted by Picci
                    Love the pic of the lamb chop dinner! Sounds like your in business. Congratulations

                    One thing I do hope Frontier does give us down the road is the ability to build a seaworld. I want an aquarium with hotels and restaurants below sea level showing what the ancient seas may have looked like. And prehistoric birds, where I can build cages. What a security nightmare and challenge that would probably be. I'm sure they may look into it as new dlc's I guess/hope.


                    I like the cut of your jib.
                    But I’d make sure to rupture the glass and unleash hell on those snobby rich tourists.


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                    • Bard
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                      • Oct 2010
                      • 7803

                      #70
                      Re: Jurassic World Evolution

                      Dammit, Smooth.

                      I really want this game, but wasn't sure if I could justify $60 for a styles like this, but watching your gameplay just makes me want to make the buy it now decision haha. Awesome stuff!

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                      • Smooth Pancakes
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                        • Jul 2010
                        • 1641

                        #71
                        Re: Jurassic World Evolution

                        Originally posted by Picci
                        Love the pic of the lamb chop dinner! Sounds like your in business. Congratulations

                        One thing I do hope Frontier does give us down the road is the ability to build a seaworld. I want an aquarium with hotels and restaurants below sea level showing what the ancient seas may have looked like. And prehistoric birds, where I can build cages. What a security nightmare and challenge that would probably be. I'm sure they may look into it as new dlc's I guess/hope.
                        Yeah, I'd be cool with flying dinosaurs if they add cages where you can keep them inside instead of them just being able to fly out whenever they want. Can't make them too strong though, gotta let them loose every now and then, lol.

                        My first island is coming along well. Got a 5 star dinosaur rating and a 3.5 star facilities rating. I currently have over a dozen Struthiomimus, 3 Ceratosaurus, 4 Dracorex, 6 Edmontosaurus, 3 Huayangosaurus and 2 Triceratops. And by getting my science reputation up high enough, I just unlocked the Crichtonsaurus deluxe fossil.

                        I've got $45 million cash on hand, with an average profit of $450,000 per minute.

                        I've just about reached the limit of what I can do on Isla Matanceros. I have no more room to build new facilities, and I can't add much more dinosaurs without affecting the comfort levels of the others.

                        Turn out Triceratops and Dracorex are extremely picky about their comfort and surroundings. I have all the Dracorex and Triceratops off together in their own clearing separate to keep them from feeling overcrowded by the other dinosaurs and going after my fences.

                        Speaking of fences, had my first death last night. One of my Ceratosauruses got loose, and watch him chomp down on one of my guests while I tried to shoot him with tranq darts from the ACU helicopter. Probably would have saved that poor bastard's life if I had left the chopper to tranq the dinosaur by itself, but I wanted to try shooting the darts at him myself. Turns out I was a little slow with my aim and was about 5 seconds late on tranquilizing the Dino before he could eat anyone.

                        I'm gonna take what I learned on Matanceros and set things up differently on Isla Muerta. I'm gonna have multiple enclosures for the herbivore species. Have one enclosure solely for Triceratops and Dracorex since they seem to get along well. Another solely for Edmontosaurus and Struthiomimus, since they are very alike in comfort needs and never cause any troubles. And then a separate enclosure for Huayangosaurus since they prefer more forest than the other species.

                        I'm also going to lay out buildings and entirely redo whatever paths exist from the start of the island. So much wasted space on Matanceros because I just built onto the default paths and shoehorned buildings in where I could. Gonna try to make everything much tighter and more efficiently placed to free up space for more buildings on Isla Muerta.

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                        • Smooth Pancakes
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                          • Jul 2010
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                          #72
                          Re: Jurassic World Evolution

                          Originally posted by Bard
                          Dammit, Smooth.

                          I really want this game, but wasn't sure if I could justify $60 for a styles like this, but watching your gameplay just makes me want to make the buy it now decision haha. Awesome stuff!

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                          Yeah, I was on the fence originally, but glad I got it. It's really fun. And depending on how much you want to get out of it, it'll take a while to really "beat" the game. I've already put 7 1/2 hours into the game and I'm still sitting on the starting island, only just about to make the jump to the second island.

                          Then I still have three more islands to unlock and build up after that, plus the pure sandbox on Isla Nublar that will see me put a ton of hours into trying to recreate the original Jurassic Park best I can. I can see myself easily hitting the 30-50 hour range and maybe even longer.

                          I'm really looking forward to see where they go with any future DLC. I know there's stuff coming from the tie-in with the new movie. Beyond that, I'm not sure what their plans are, but hopefully we get some cool new stuff, some new buildings, new species. Hell, I want the original gate! I want to have that gigantic wooden gate that was in the original movie. That'd be awesome to drive through in a jeep for the first time.

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                          • Bard
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                            • Oct 2010
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                            #73
                            Re: Jurassic World Evolution

                            Originally posted by Smooth Pancakes
                            Yeah, I was on the fence originally, but glad I got it. It's really fun. And depending on how much you want to get out of it, it'll take a while to really "beat" the game. I've already put 7 1/2 hours into the game and I'm still sitting on the starting island, only just about to make the jump to the second island.

                            Then I still have three more islands to unlock and build up after that, plus the pure sandbox on Isla Nublar that will see me put a ton of hours into trying to recreate the original Jurassic Park best I can. I can see myself easily hitting the 30-50 hour range and maybe even longer.

                            I'm really looking forward to see where they go with any future DLC. I know there's stuff coming from the tie-in with the new movie. Beyond that, I'm not sure what their plans are, but hopefully we get some cool new stuff, some new buildings, new species. Hell, I want the original gate! I want to have that gigantic wooden gate that was in the original movie. That'd be awesome to drive through in a jeep for the first time.

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                            This game has been a long time coming. For dinosaur lovers, and for the Jurrasic Park/World fanbase so I am sure we will be seeing plenty of future DLC.

                            I think you have talked me into it. 7 1/2 hours on island one, still three to go, and a pure sandbox island? 40+ dinosaurs. This is just too much to pass up for a fanboy of dinosaurs and the series haha.

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                            • Picci
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                              • Feb 2003
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                              #74
                              Re: Jurassic World Evolution

                              Originally posted by Bard
                              This game has been a long time coming. For dinosaur lovers, and for the Jurrasic Park/World fanbase so I am sure we will be seeing plenty of future DLC.

                              I think you have talked me into it. 7 1/2 hours on island one, still three to go, and a pure sandbox island? 40+ dinosaurs. This is just too much to pass up for a fanboy of dinosaurs and the series haha.

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                              Ah na, na......four to go.


                              That Gate! Great Idea!

                              For you Smooth

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                              • Bard
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                                • Oct 2010
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                                #75
                                Re: Jurassic World Evolution

                                Originally posted by Picci
                                Ah na, na......four to go.


                                That Gate! Great Idea!

                                For you Smooth
                                Even better! Haha. Yeah I am caving. Just watched a quick 20 minutes from one of my favorite Youtuber as well, and I can't watch any longer...i need to play!

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