Finally, a video game that lets you run your own Jurassic Park
by Ian Dransfield from Technology | The Guardian on (#3Q89D)
Can Jurassic World Evolution break the curse of the terrible licensed movie-game?
The perennial failure of video-game movies to capture the magic of their source material has been a hot topic this year - though as well as the boring new cinematic outing for Tomb Raider, 2018 has given us two qualified successes in the form of Ready Player One and Rampage, which suggests some improvement might be on the cards.
Historically, video games based on movies have also been disappointingly rubbish. When developers known for their work-for-hire efficiency rather than their specialised talents are given mere months to piece together a game to tie in with a theatrical release, it's perhaps unreasonable to expect much.
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