Frontier Developments announced today the release date for their dinosaur park management simulation, Jurassic World Evolution 2.

Following the roaring success of Jurassic World Evolution, the stunning sequel offers players an original Campaign mode, expanded construction options, more customisation choices and the all-new Chaos Theory mode in which they can play through ’what if’ scenarios from all five films in the Jurassic World franchise from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment.

Players looking to expand their experience can discover even more with the digitally exclusive Jurassic World Evolution 2: Deluxe Edition. Aside from the base game, players will receive three exclusive vehicle skins inspired by the Dinosaur Protection Group, six guest building amenity signs, and five additional awe-inspiring prehistoric species to add to their Challenge and Sandbox mode parks, including land dinosaurs, as well as marine and flying reptiles.

From today, players everywhere can pre-order the game from the JWE2 website,  Xbox (Standard,  Xbox (Deluxe),  PlayStation (Standard) , PlayStation (Deluxe), Steam and receive a trio of exciting in-game rewards to use when Jurassic World Evolution 2 releases.

Inspired by the thrilling 1997 Jurassic Park sequel, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, the game lets players pay homage to John Hammond’s bioengineering company in Challenge and Sandbox modes with three vehicle skins bearing the iconic jungle-green InGen livery.

No longer contained to the Muertes Islands, Jurassic World Evolution 2 unfolds across distinct environments ranging from dense forests and rocky deserts to sun-drenched tropics, each with its own unique terrain and environmental challenges.

In Campaign mode, players can immerse themselves in an original Jurassic World story following the events of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. With the help of Claire Dearing (voiced by Bryce Dallas Howard) and Dr. Ian Malcolm (voiced by Jeff Goldblum), players will help lead the efforts of the DFW (Department of Fish and Wildlife) across the continental U.S. establishing new facilities across a range of locations in order to control, conserve and contain wild dinosaurs.

Another standout addition to Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the all-new Chaos Theory mode.

Here, players can revisit pivotal moments from the Jurassic World film franchise and add their own mark in a range of ‘what if’ scenarios. Whether realising John Hammond’s dream of an operational Jurassic Park, showcasing a T. rex in the San Diego Amphitheatre, or building and running their own Jurassic World with the support of iconic characters such as Dr. Henry Wu (voiced by BD Wong), players can experience events from their favourite films like never before as they find themselves at the helm of managing new challenges and altering outcomes.

For those looking to unleash their creativity, Sandbox mode offers players all the tools they need to create their ultimate Jurassic Park or Jurassic World dinosaur park.

Challenge mode allows players to truly test their management skills in a range of different missions with escalating difficulty, attempting to achieve the best park rating in the shortest amount of time.

Jurassic World Evolution 2 features more than 75 breathtaking prehistoric species to discover, including highly requested flying and marine reptiles, and returning community-favourite dinosaurs. These majestic species feel more alive than ever as they preside over territory and display brand-new behaviours when interacting with each other, fighting for dominance and reacting intelligently to the world around them.

Through bioengineering, players can customise their dinosaurs with bold new colours and patterns and alter their genomes to discover new traits to unlock as they endeavour to create the ultimate dinosaur park destination.

Jurassic World Evolution 2 launches on November 9th, 2021 on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It will also be available in physical format for all console editions.

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Jurassic World Evolution is the perfect adult upgrade from Roller-coaster Tycoon. There’s no need to hire 40 entertainers, no spew to clean up and no guests complaining they are bored. (Unfortunately there’s also no way to pick up guests and place them in a hole with the entrance to the most expensive roller-coaster…). Instead, there’s lush, green scenery, ranger jeeps to hoon around in and, of course, dinosaurs.

Like your typical theme park game, Jurassic World Evolution challenges you to build your own park, this time across the five islands of the Muertes Archipelago. Each park features archaeological exploration teams, genealogical research centers, overpriced souvenir shops and weather patterns to rival Tornado Alley. Running a live dinosaur theme park across five islands is expensive, so to stay financially afloat you’re asked to complete challenges to impress the head honchos of the park’s three departments – Security, Entertainment and Research. Hatch a new dinosaur and you’ll up your brownie points with the Research department. Attract 1000 guests for three minutes, that’s a high-five from the Entertainment division. Complete enough challenges and along with growing your bank balance you’ll unlock the next island.

To succeed in this game you must have patience and well developed mind-reading skills – because what it has in tropical island greenery, it lacks in tutorials.

I’ll be honest, my park didn’t get off to a great start. I was confused while placing buildings – I still don’t know what those yellow, what I assumed to mean “place building here” patches mean, but they certainly don’t mean “place building here”. I was confused while placing paths – if a path isn’t placed in the exact spot deemed acceptable by the game, people can’t visit that building. I was frustrated while releasing dinosaurs – the game directs me to release a herbivore, doesn’t explicitly tell me it needs food other than the grass, trees and water in the pen and then scolds me when it dies… how rude. Oh, and the hardest newbie challenge of all, landing the helicopter (hint, it can land itself, no need to spend ten minutes trying to line it up with the helipad). The help menu wasn’t great at shedding light on some of my dilemmas, and being a new game there wasn’t any online guidance, however I slowly worked my way through each issue.

Once I finally got the hang of the game, I started to enjoy the relative simplicity of it.

A mission comes along, hit Accept, send the archaeological team out for 5 minutes and get paid $400,000. Click two fossils to ‘research’ them and click two to sell… another $40,000. Up the price of burgers and hatch three triceratops, that’s $60,000 in the bank. Even the rangers are somewhat automated, click to refill the feeders and your dinosaurs are sorted for the day. This does give it the feel of a glorified mobile game to some extent, but the challenge is in making the most of limited space and limited budgets on each island, keeping dinosaurs from attacking the guests and, on a related note, keeping uneaten guests interested in the park. It’s all a bit of a big puzzle, and solving each challenge, from separating fighting dinosaurs with elaborate fencing to charging the right price from dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets really drives your sense of accomplishment.

Despite my initial difficulties in getting the hang of the mechanics of the game, it presented enough variety to keep me entertained for hours. I usually prefer open world games where I can ignore the main storyline if I choose and mess around instead. Jurassic World Evolution gave me that option, I could play slowly by chasing dinosaurs around in a jeep or could ramp up the action by requesting more challenges. Additionally, I enjoyed the puzzle elements of the game and spent a lot of time working out the most efficient way to run my parks. For a game that I wouldn’t normally pick up, this one surprisingly enjoyable.

All that being said, if you’re into dinosaurs, this is a perfect game for you.

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