I’ve been a longtime dinosaur kinda guy and this game is to blame, another one I really rigorously recommend from my childhood.
The game itself is a park management game but with dinosaurs and for the most part it works extravagantly well, with my only real main issue being that you’re only locked to three dig sites per save. It’s really joyous to be able to realise John Hammonds dream without the catastrophes.
The game itself is a park management game but with dinosaurs and for the most part it works extravagantly well, with my only real main issue being that you’re only locked to three dig sites per save. It’s really joyous to be able to realise John Hammonds dream without the catastrophes.
This game lives rent free in my heart…
Now, this one bothers me because it is the only damn Jurassic Park game I haven’t found physical for my Xbox and that infuriates me…
But that has nothing to do with my review…
It was just a comment.
This game gave me something I never knew I needed, at a time where I absolutely wanted it.
Being a huge fan of Jurassic Park/World, this game gave me the opportunity to role play as my very own version of John Hammond, and create the perfect Jurassic Park I never thought could even happen.
And just like in the film, it was not meant to happen…
The many different things that can go wrong in this game keep you on your toes at all times as you try to reach the maximum star rating possible, from weather problems like rain and hurricanes, down to more, typical, Jurassic problems like, certain species wanting to wreck havoc around your civilian-riddled park.
Still, the reward factor of slowly building your park has no equal, from sending teams to dig up new skeletons and completing DNA sequences for more species, to researching new security measures and park attractions.
I swear, it’s so fun and intuitive, it physically prevents you from leaving the game FOR HOURS, as you get closer and closer to the final goal.
Apart from the classic sim aspects of the game, it also has some interactive sections that make it a little bit more of a hands-on challenge.
From driving around and experiencing your rides in first person, to chasing down roaming dinosaurs and bringing them back to their enclosures, it definitely has a lot for everyone who plays it.
Now all of these things Can also be found in today’s Jurassic World Evolution games, which are basically spiritual successors to the original al Operation Genesis, however, while good and fun on their own, I still firmly believe none of them were able to fully stick the landing about as good as Genesis did.
Is this nostalgia speaking?…. Most definitely.
But it is one that matches the opinions voiced by many who still revere this game as perhaps the best Jurassic Park game ever made.
And I kinda agree.
Somehow, somewhere… this game, still… found a way.
Now, this one bothers me because it is the only damn Jurassic Park game I haven’t found physical for my Xbox and that infuriates me…
But that has nothing to do with my review…
It was just a comment.
This game gave me something I never knew I needed, at a time where I absolutely wanted it.
Being a huge fan of Jurassic Park/World, this game gave me the opportunity to role play as my very own version of John Hammond, and create the perfect Jurassic Park I never thought could even happen.
And just like in the film, it was not meant to happen…
The many different things that can go wrong in this game keep you on your toes at all times as you try to reach the maximum star rating possible, from weather problems like rain and hurricanes, down to more, typical, Jurassic problems like, certain species wanting to wreck havoc around your civilian-riddled park.
Still, the reward factor of slowly building your park has no equal, from sending teams to dig up new skeletons and completing DNA sequences for more species, to researching new security measures and park attractions.
I swear, it’s so fun and intuitive, it physically prevents you from leaving the game FOR HOURS, as you get closer and closer to the final goal.
Apart from the classic sim aspects of the game, it also has some interactive sections that make it a little bit more of a hands-on challenge.
From driving around and experiencing your rides in first person, to chasing down roaming dinosaurs and bringing them back to their enclosures, it definitely has a lot for everyone who plays it.
Now all of these things Can also be found in today’s Jurassic World Evolution games, which are basically spiritual successors to the original al Operation Genesis, however, while good and fun on their own, I still firmly believe none of them were able to fully stick the landing about as good as Genesis did.
Is this nostalgia speaking?…. Most definitely.
But it is one that matches the opinions voiced by many who still revere this game as perhaps the best Jurassic Park game ever made.
And I kinda agree.
Somehow, somewhere… this game, still… found a way.
Operation Genesis is a really solid management sim game that shows you the potential Jurassic Park has as an IP when it comes to great video-game experiences. Operation Genesis gives you the opportunity to act out what Hammond went through as he had the park constructed in the original film. Not really, but this would probably be Hammond's wet dream. Build, create life, maintain and keep your customers coming in and assure their satisfaction. Or, alternatively, you can just let the carnivores roam free and eat the humans visiting your hellish park. That's a lot of fun too! Game has aged really well, especially in comparison to the more greedy new Jurassic Park management games that lack the same attention to detail as Operation Genesis did two decades ago.
Zoo tycoon de dinossauros
Você monta seu parque de dinossauros e administra ele igual todo e qualquer jogo tycoon não tem muito o que falar desse aspecto
A única diferença do resto é que você cuida de DINOSSAUROS
É muito divertido e viciante viu
Também acho graficamente muito bonito
Se você gosta desse gênero é um jogo ideal pra você
Você monta seu parque de dinossauros e administra ele igual todo e qualquer jogo tycoon não tem muito o que falar desse aspecto
A única diferença do resto é que você cuida de DINOSSAUROS
É muito divertido e viciante viu
Também acho graficamente muito bonito
Se você gosta desse gênero é um jogo ideal pra você