Jurassic World Evolution

Besides the fact that there's absolutely no evolution involved in it, Jurassic World: Evolution is a bad game because it's just a bore of a park sim. Sure, the dinosaurs look nice enough, but the process of unlocking new species is beyond tedious and actually running the business is shallow and quickly gets stale. It beats getting mauled by raptors, but after careful consideration, I've decided not to endorse this park.

An enjoyable management sim 65 million years in the making.

Frontier follows up Planet Coaster with a licensed park simulator, with varied results.

Initially stunning but lacking the depth and variety to support mammoth playtimes.

In Jurassic World Evolution, you can finally create a Jurassic Park to be proud of.

Despite some opaque game mechanics and missing tutorials, turns out running a dinosaur park is brilliant fun and the best time sink you can play.

Jurassic World Evolution is a mixed experience, at times reveling in its fantasy and becoming bogged down in its own systems in others. If you're a fan of the franchise it's a fun dip into the prehistoric pool, but the water isn't deep enough to satisfy a voracious carnivore.

The best bits of this dino-business-management game roar into action when disaster strikes, but too much of it is repetitive

I don't want to bad-mouth cool dinosaurs, but cool dinosaurs can only carry a game so far.

Sadly, Evolution just comes off feeling like it was rushed out the door.