The sequel 15 years in the making

Jurassic World Evolution is a park building game based in the Jurassic Park movie universe. It has traditional park building mechanics as well as a great variety of dinosaurs. Actors Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeff Goldblum and B. D. Wong return as their movie characters to instruct the player on how to build a theme park like no other.

The game focuses around the island chain of Las Cinco Muertes, which was introduced in the second Jurassic Park movie. The aim is to build a successful theme park on five different islands, each with their own difficulties.
The game makes the player balance between three divisions (Security, Science and Entertainment) with different missions available from each. Progression is made by completing these missions and by achieving high ratings for all theme parks.

JWE is one of the few actually good Jurassic Park games made in decades. Of course the LEGO game was fun and the Telltales game was pretty good, but nothing like this has been made after Jurassic Park Operation Genesis in 2003. Jurassic World Evolution takes pretty much the key elements that made JPOG good, and upgrades them to this generation of games. There is a lot more dinosaurs and the graphics are beautiful even when zoomed in.

The story is loosely tied to the current Jurassic World movies and gives the player a reason for building the parks on all islands. It is not a deep story and it does not have much effect on the gameplay. The story will probably continue on in future DLCs. The heads of the divisions are a**holes who are ready to risk the lives of visitors just so the player would complete their missions. Building is limited to a certain area on the islands, which has led to some critique from the fans. The management part of the game is mainly focused on the dinosaurs and their needs. Once a building gets electricity, it can pretty much handle on its own.

Overall Jurassic World Evolution is a good game. It has things I don't like, but it also has a lot of stuff I really enjoy. If you are a fan of Jurassic Park/World then this game is definitely for you. As a park management game, it is not that deep. Furthermore, you are going to get a lot more out of this game if you have played JPOG.