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Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis

Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Dream it, Build it, Survive it.
Review: Though I have only played the demo, I feel that this is truly a game that fans of Jurassic Park, dinosaurs, and even that "Tycoon" series alike should at least look into. Dinosaur models, sounds, activities, and how realistic the activities are preformed are extremly accurate. (Such as herbivorious dinosaurs will make herds, and carnivores will become stressed if they don't have running space or are denied the ability to hunt, and carnivores will fight over territory.)

You go to dig sites and fossil markets to extract dinosaur D.N.A. from items such as amber and fossilized bones, though you may only get 5-15% of a certain dinosaur's D.N.A. at a time from the bones, yet from a piece of amber, you may get up to 65% of a dinosuar's full D.N.A. After you get 100% of any given dinosaur's D.N.A., you can then clone your dinosaurs into a living, breathing dinosaur body. The process is done by removing an alligator's D.N.A. from an egg, and inserting the D.N.A. of the dinosaur.
Due to a 'scientific process', the dinosaur grows to adult size in 4 days, then is released into the confined area you have made for her. (All dinosaurs are females to protect against uncontrolled breeding.)So, the good thing is: you don't have to wait for the dinosaur to grow up. The bad thing is: you don't get to watch the dinosaur grow up. (To same this is a good thing.)

In compliance with the realism, the dinosaurs can also get sick. The main diseases they may get include: Gastric Poisioning, Bumblefoot, Tick Infestation, Rabies, Dinosaur Flu, and Dino Belly. If you do not vaccinate the infected dinosaur(s) then a major outbreak will occur throughout the park. Luckly for us though, there is a "Cure All" button, so now we won't have to cure each individual one. You also have to set up research facilities so you can discover more vaccicnes, because all of them are not handed over to you. >:)

After you have established a good park, visitors will come see if the so called "real dinosaurs" ad in the paper was a big joke. Well, after they discover that they are not, they'll go and tell their friends. Though the InGen Corperation has put a limit on how many visitors you may have at one time, you can allow more as you prove to InGen that you can keep the dinosaurs from breaking out of the confiments and eating your visitors. >:] (You also loose a lot of money when this happens.) You can also take ballon rides over the park, photo rides THROUGH the park, and helicopter rides around it.

Now the bad, if you purchase the PC version of this game, I hope you have a strong video card. If not, prepare for slow frame rates, jagged models, and in some cases the game won't even start. It runs on the Direct 3D system. On my computer, all it shows is all white with gray squares because my computer doesn't support Direct 3D. :(

Overall, I really think you guys should look into this game, as it seems to have a lot of potential. Where else can you get a Jurassic Park game that looks this good anyway?

(Did I mention that there are over 25 species of dinosaurs in this game?)

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not Too Bad
Review: Well, to start off with, for the most part,this is an excellent game. The dinosaurs and the enviroment are very life like. The interaction between the dinosaurs is also very realistic. However, the game is very limiting in what you can do. Everything that you can purchase is limited in number. For example, the fence pieces that you build the exhibits with, you are limited to 500 pieces. I only filled up half the island with exhibits, and I was prohibited from putting any more fence pieces down because I had"exceeded" the limit. Also once you beat all the missions, you unlock site B where you can create an island free of fences, visitors, etc. I had this idea I could create this great enviroment of many dinosaurs uinteracting naturally. However, you are limited to 60 dinosaurs. Now, I know that may seem like alot, but on a huge island enviroment, it is not very many. Other then the limits they impose on your ability to build your park, which are very frustrating to work around, this is a very good game, alittle too easy,but still a good game.


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