Jurassic Park: The Game

At time of writing Telltale are closing their doors for the final time, one of the greatest video game creators has ceased to be and it breaks my heart.

This Jurassic Park title is one of their early efforts and certainly doesn't compare to recent titles.

You know the drill, people go to one of the Jurassic Park islands hell breaks loose and they hide from dinosaurs while enroute to a method of escape.

Full of optional dialogue, simple puzzles and lots of quick time events they hadn't quite got the formula right at this stage. The decision making factor hadn't really come into play quite yet so you didn't have to think carefully about how you proceeded.

With a generic story, few likeable characters and no real surprises this though not great was an important step in the companies evolution. It wasn't long after this that they began hitting us with the powerful gut wrenching epic stories we came to love.

For fans of Telltale you can do worse than taking this trip down memory lane.

The Good:

Has some of the Telltale charm

Tells a passable story

The Bad:

Too many quick time events

Feels clunky by comparison to later titles

Ultimately cliched plot

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Kids are liabilities, horror, sci-fi, action........it doesn't matter the genre they just suck!

I wanted to like this game. I really did. But I'm sorry. I hated this game. It wasn't engaging, the cast was just a bunch of idiotic stereotypes, and it had little to no storyline.

It had great setup. I liked the idea that the plot was set up to revolve around the embryos in the shaving cream can. But they don't take advantage of it. Other than that, there really isn't much of a story.

And you can literally list off all the characters by their stereotypes.

Gerry: The Neglective Father.

Jess: The Teenage Girl

Nima: The Hot Mercenary

Dr. Sorkin: The Animal Rights Activist

Oscar: The Tough Guy

Yoder: The "Ladies Man"

The writing is terrible, the characters are forgettable, and luckily, is the only bad Telltale game that I've ever played. I suggest that you leave this game behind in the prehistoric era and find something different.

Negatives:

This does suck as a video game. Like other TellTale games there is practically no impact that your choices have, but unlike modern TellTale games you must constantly press buttons like a madman to get past every scene.

Gerry Harding feels like a completely different character from the film in this game. Apparently he shaved his mustache and gained muscles.

Many of the dinosaurs are noticeably nerfed. The T Rex and velociraptors should be more than capable of outrunning the characters, but they fail to do so on several occasions.

There are a few scenes that drag on way too long. One example is where you try and find out what happened to Nedry's can and it takes like 10-15 minutes.

There are some plot holes dinosaur wise. There shouldn't be any more adult velociraptors after the first movie because they were all apparently killed. The parasaurolophus is tan while it should be green like it was in 1993. There are Jurassic Park 3 pteranodons in the sky even though they weren't canonically created until way after the first movie.

Bill Yoder's character does a complete 180, going from a tragic and semi-douchey hero to a villain who tries killing everyone because I guess the story wanted an antagonist.

Positives:

Storywise, the game is arguably better than many of the Jurassic World films and is comparable to Camp Cretaceous .

The main character, Nima, is voiced by Nika Futterman who is also voiced by Asajj Ventress. This game might be like the Clone Wars of the Jurassic Park franchise.

I like Jess and Gerry Harding as characters. They might be more interesting than any of the characters that appear in any of the Jurassic World movies.

I actually like Dr. Sorkin as a character. She is morally gray and her actions throughout the game somewhat connect to Jurassic World.

The troodons are amazing. Maybe the franchise has too many toxic species with dilophosaurus and compsognathus also being poisonous, but it's fine.

Most of the bigger returning dinosaurs- T Rex, velociraptor, dilophosaurus, triceratops, are given the amount of screen time that they deserve.

Many plot elements here are actually really cool and some have been used in the films. Such elements include a helicopter being attacked by a pteranodon, a mosasaur, lysine contingency, Mount Sibo, and the utility tunnels.

Favorite scenes- the dilophosaurus from episode 1, the rollercoaster although it was goofy, and the mosasaur scene.

I guess it's nice that they explained how the T Rex got in the visitor center, even if Jeremy James Prutchick's explanation is better.

We actually see the classic t rex vs triceratops in this game. Or at least part of it.

The ending was actually pretty awesome even if there was no way Gerry could outrun the T Rex.

Fan theory- The mosasaur in this game is actually the same one from Jurassic World back when it was a juvenile. They look pretty different and the one in this game is specifically called a Tylosaurus, a type of mosasaur, but it's fun to think about.

Episodes ranked: #4 Episode 3 #3 Episode 2 #2 Episode 1 #1 Episode 4.

"Jurassic Park: The Game" is a very unique type of game. It does not involve the players controlling the characters the same way as most video games, but instead puts the player in the situation of the character.

The game follows the story of Dr. Gerry Harding and his daughter, Jess, as they have to team up with other survivors of the events in the first Jurassic Park movie.

Most people have been calling this game "an interactive cut-scene" instead of a game, and in a way it is true, the game is probably 50% video. BUT the thing I think makes it most enjoyable is the story. Video games based off movies are notoriously bad at telling good stories, but this one stays very faithful to movies as well as to the books. It mentions several ideas that were from the book but left out of the film, and builds upon ideas introduced in Jurassic Park III (dinos on the island that weren't on InGen's list, implying they were breeding unknown dinosaurs without telling anyone).

While the graphics aren't the greatest by today's standards, the dinosaurs shown in the game look and behave exactly like the dinosaurs in the films. The characters are well developed and the story is compelling, with several jump-moments. All in all, I'd say if you're a big Jurassic Park fan, this game is a must-play.

Telltale games studio is my home away from home when I feel down I play there games I love Telltales games.. Why couldn't I play this I had a ps3 but couldn't play it.........

But still I give it 10/10 even no I couldn't play? I no it's crazy right......