Is Jurassic Park able to revolutionize the interactive storytelling genre? Or is it simply a pre-historic mess?
Let's Review! : Jurassic Park The Game (Video Review)
****Please note: This review is taken directly from the video review linked above :)****
Welcome... to Jurassic Park The Game.
*Picture of T-rex pops up, T-rex noise*
*Picture of Flying Dinosaur bird pops up, Cah-caw*
*Picture of Brontosaurus pops up, MooOooo*
What!? What the f*ck was that?
Everyone knows who TellTale Games is by now. They are the brilliant creators of the highly praised 2012 Game of The Year, The Walking Dead. Now Walking Dead had everything one could possibly ask for in a story driven game. Memorable characters that were easy to get attached to, difficult moral choices that made you want to restart sections of the game, and shocking moments that made you question your humanity as a human being. Walking Dead was the epitome of a great story driven game. With that in mind, I decided to give TellTale's Jurassic Park: The Game a shot. I mean, come on, if TellTale was able to make the Walking Dead game a huge success, I'm sure that they did a great job with Jurassic Park? Riiight? RIIIGHT!?
Oh gawd no, I was completely wrong. How Telltale!? How...how did you go from this to this!?
*Picture of Jurassic Park, review scores, pops up. Picture of Dinosaur poop, poop sounds*
*Picture of Walking Dead, review scores, awards, etc, clapping*
TellTale's Jurassic Park The Game was suppose to be a re-imagining of the original Jurassic Park, and it was suppose to provide an extra dimension to the beloved movie. But in the end, it falls extremely short.
Jurassic Park: The Game takes place during and after the events of the first Jurassic Park film. Do you guys remember that scene with that fat douche bag that ruined the park in the first place (picture of Nedry with hat backwards, and cigarette)? The scene when the dinosaur humped him so hard that he died? Oh yeah, now that was a great scene. And what’s great about Jurassic Park: The Game is that it actually pays homage to that infamous scene.
And that's where the positives stop. Like a pile of dinosaur sh*t on a rainy day, it's all downhill from here.
The characters in TellTale's Jurassic Park: The Game are generic and forgettable. With a few exceptions, there really aren’t any redeeming qualities about them, and it feels like these characters were simply placed in the game to occupy space. The storyline itself tends to jump everywhere, and the pacing is downright horrendous. Just when you think the story is about to pick up, the game immediately stops you and throws a different, unrelated scenario at you.
In addition to the weak cast of characters, the control scheme is utterly horrific, overly sensitive, and it feels like the developers at TellTale just slapped quick time events on everything they could possibly think of.
Quick a T-rex is after you! Run!
I'm trying, I'm trying.
Press all these awkwardly sensitive buttons!
I'm trying shut up. Jeez!
Awww... you died, maybe next time?
I'm going to stab you with a blunt object, Jurassic Park: The Game.
Okay since you're too stoopid to get past that part; let's make it easier for you. Get through this jungle section.
Okay, alright. This should be easy.
*Keeps getting hit in the jungle section* B*tch. F*ck. C*nt. Sh*t. Da*m.
Mwahahaha!
That's it! I don't need to take this crap from you!
TellTale tries hard to make Jurassic Park: The Game a fresh new riveting take on the Jurassic Park franchise, but completely fails at it. But hey, it was a nice attempt right? At least the game has dinosaurs!
Jurassic Park: The Game gets 2 piles of pre-historic dinosaur sh*t, out of 5.
