Jurassic World Evolution 2 Is Over - How Much Did It Improve? (Re-Review)

It seems we're at the end of Jurassic World Evolution 2's lifespan. Let's go back in time 2.5 years to the release of the game and see how far it's come in this re review.
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Jurassic World Evolution 2 Is Over - How Much Did It Improve? (Re-Review)

ABOUT JURASSIC WORLD EVOLUTION 2
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s highly successful Jurassic World Evolution, building upon the groundbreaking and immersive 2018 management simulation. It introduces a compelling, new narrative campaign, incredible new features, and awe-inspiring new dinosaurs brought to life with captivating authenticity. Together with expanded construction and more customisation options, the result is an even bigger, better and authentic Jurassic World game.

For Adventure!

[amus_keeto]

Man I remember this game launched like yesterday... Time flies man.

[ToastTheThe]

24:16 when bestinslot said " " I felt that

[DVMWannaB]

Having sauropods, hadrosaurids and other herbivores that can't fight back is a HUGE negative and something I would love to see fixed in JWE 3. Having more scenery options like waterfalls, caves and small exhibits (like planet zoo) would be awesome. The game also needs more decorations- more statues, skeletons, billboards, fountains, kiosks, etc. I would also love a river and submarine tour. This would make the game perfect for me.

[Unpopular_Figure]

Evolution 2 is what the first game SHOULD’VE been. Nothing more nothing less. It’s basically just evolution 1 but for newer gen consoles etc etc. A 7/10 I feel like is a good score. But still, it’s just the first game. Doesn’t feel like a proper second game yknow? Still excited for evo 3 but I’m worried about it.

[Orion-Pax_]

For me personally, only three things hold JWE 2 back from being perfect:

- The absence of boat tours

- The absence of more buildings from the films (the aforementioned T-Rex Kingdom comes to mind)

- The lack of enclosure variety (Mini-exhibits would be nice)

[awesomeproductions]

Definitely *_VERY_* interested to see how much Evolution 3 changes from the current game in terms of gameplay and mechanics. Improved terrain tools and scenery items? Baby dinosaurs and ontogeny? An upgraded, more in-depth skin system with more options?

[The-Black-Death]

ON the bright side! We can now have mods not break!
Though for Evolution 3 I really hope we get some features that weren't in JWE2, like more options for genetic manipulation and mutations, enhanced security options(aka armed security like the ACU from Jurassic World), new and better behaviors and traits for Dinosaurs(especially from genetic manipulation and mutations), and of course longer and less annoying yet more dangerous storms. And most importantly... COW FEEDERS!

[enderethan]

Don’t be sad that it’s over be happy that it happened. 😊 At least it was better than the sudden ghostly abandonment of JWE1 after the return to Jurassic park dlc. If I had to choose my five favourite dlcs and packs I’d say…

1. Cretaceous Predator Pack -(Because of Utahraptor and Gigantoraptor)
2. Biosyn DLC -(Because of Dimetrodon, Pyroraptor & Therizinosaurus)
3. Secret Species pack -(Because it brought back the missing three from the first game and gave Ankylodocus a most needed make over)
4. Feathered Species Pack -(Because of Deinochierus)
5. Marine Species Pack -(Because of Shonisaurus, Placeable Ampitheatre, Able to favourite a creature and re animating the Spinosaurus).

Hopefully in JWE3 we get more Palaeozoic animals and possibly Cenozoic ones too and Finally give Pterosaurs social animations can’t believe they didn’t get the chance to add that into any update.

[kiarash]

Yutyrannus got added, so of course it improved massively

[faaipdeoaid]

The only way to make a perfect park builder is to make the visitors and workers actual individuals, like in operation genesis, i think is kinda boring that people on the park just spawns and don't actually interact with anything, they are just visuals. Oh and bigger maps...

[Dvailen]

Like many others, I really hope Evo3 has better terrain tools like deep water, caves, better mountain creation, etc. Frontier just needs to add the terrain mechanics from Planet Coaster/Zoo.

[tuckmasterg]

I've been here since JWE1
And I've bought every single expansion and dlc for both games a few on multiple platforms
JWE1 had it's flaws that 2 fixed such as the AI being smarter (mostly) and more diversity in the behavior of the dinosaurs
That being said JWE2 isn't without it's flaws
- The Campaigns felt flat as a story mode even the expansions
- the Chaos Theory mode while yes fun as a "what if" it just feels flat and not as thought out
2 of them is literally "what if the park succeeded"
- The Lagoon definitely wasn't flushed out as they should've been but I am glad they got alot of love over the years I hope 3 expand that alot
- The carnivores mostly felt like reskins of one another even if they share completely different models but there were definitely a few gems added later on
- the removed previewing in the hatchery and that didn't change when the dino showcase was added
(This one is more of a personal gripe)
As I am typing this I'm also watching this
I see I share alot of gripes and whatnot with you Bestinslot lol
Honestly at launch this was an easy 8/10 for me
Now it's more of a 9.5
I love 1 alot and 2 improved alot at launch
And as of now it's sooo much better

[omega]

it’s still kinda ridiculous that frontier sees hadrosaurs and sauropods as fodder, when the opposite is true. herbivores were most likely more dangerous than carnivores. if jwe 3 happens, sauropods and hadrosaurs should be able to fight back

[gamerghxst]

I’d give JWE2 a solid 8.
If it had more attractions,
better hunting mechanics,
aviary & lagoon improvements,
more marshland terrain options,
and a few more first person options (along with the ability to be hunted/eaten and ejected back to overworld-view from first person)
It would be a lot closer to a 10.

[MrTroodon_Official]

Honestly is a bit sad how a lot of the updates content is just like... basic stuff that you would see on most good park builders. Idk is like, one of the few gaming communities where people would get hyped for trashbins and benches.

As for the game on general, I think plenty of issues come of the approach they have to challenge mode and its elements, such as breakouts. On general the game takes this speedrun approach wich I think is a bit contradictory for a park builder/managment, the game isnt developed for one to be able to make a good looking park that can be functional, but rather parks that would get to the 5 stars as fast as possible. You can see this sort of approach affect other aspects of the game, for example, why is not terrain editing better? Simple, breakouts, given complex terrain would give player a wider and more efficient way of containing animals, they simply want to force breakouts to be able to happen, instead of finding ways they could work with more complex terrain (Dinosaurs being able to swim) or other way bad animal welfare can impact your park.

[Jarethenator]

I really feel, for me, there is one singular issue that drags the game down for me. The rest I can forgive or doesn’t bother me that much. That one issue? Flying animals not able to walk. Might be a weird thing to hark on for some, but really it is my one major complaint. Is that an easy thing to fix? I doubt it, but it remains a thorn in my side.

[calebschronicle]

I just started JWE2 this month for my birthday and it is AMAZING 10/10

Can’t wait for JWE3!

[smeckledorph]

Man, I remember watching your video's covering the anouncement of the game all the way to it's release. It's crazy how time flies. It was so much fun to speculate on what would be the big new things Frontier added. I have to say that the game didn't completely live up to the hype, but i sure as hell had a blast playing it the past few years. Ofcourse i also watched all your videos speculating about the DLC's as they came out. I'll be looking forward to the content you'll make for JWE3.

[TheQuadratus]

I got JWE2 on day one but I only started really playing it since a month ago or so. I had dropped it on launch because of how similar it felt to JWE1, and while it's still somewhat true, time and updates really played of the game.

[velociraptorblue]

I want more guest interactions/ more detailed guest models & security. It would be so fun to watch security patrol your park or watch guests be shocked seeing their first dinosaur and maybe by the time they leave the park and see their last dinosaur they would be like meh in emotions. Id love mascots similar to planet coaster walk around the map, interacting with guests and animals, petting zoos, petting aquatic zoos etc. I want jwe 3 focus more on the guests & staff to make the park feel more alive! Like when you request a fence to be fixed a group of mechanics will come over and start doing a fixing animation.