INFORMATION
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis is an enjoyable game that
should appeal to dinosaur buffs and park simulation fans alike, thanks to its
attractive graphics engine, unique features, and surprising gameplay depth.
Amusement park simulations are among the best-selling games
on the PC market today. Their popularity should come as no surprise, because
these simulations can appeal to such a broad audience–men, women, and children
alike. What is surprising is that almost all games based on the Jurassic Park
license to date have been action games, while the premise of the original movie
was the creation of the world’s greatest zoological park. Universal Interactive
has finally taken the logical step with Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis, a
strategy game that lets players create and manage a dinosaur zoo. Jurassic
Park: Operation Genesis is an enjoyable game that should appeal to dinosaur
buffs and park simulation fans alike, thanks to its attractive graphics engine,
unique features, and surprising gameplay depth.
The game allows a very wide field of view.
Operation Genesis’ 3D graphics engine does an excellent job
of rendering the lush terrain of a tropical island. The dinosaur models are
very detailed, allowing players who have even a passing knowledge of
paleontology to immediately spot the differences between similar looking
dinosaurs such as the brachiosaurus and the camarasaurus (also known as the
brontosaurus). The models are also scaled accurately small velociraptors are
dwarfed by the much larger tyrannosaurs, for instance. Weather effects like
rain, wind, lightning, and tornadoes add to the overall effect. The engine lets
you rotate your view in any direction and also has a wide range of zoom, so you
can get in close to examine individual dinosaurs, or get a much wider view to
manage your park comfortably. Though Operation Genesis also has special effects
like reflective water, we found that the game had a tendency to lock up with
the more advanced graphics settings turned on. Fortunately, the game still
looks good even at a medium level of detail, though the game’s dinosaur
animations still aren’t particularly smooth.
Operation Genesis sounds almost as good as it
looks. Each of the game’s dinosaurs lets out different types of noises,
depending on whether it’s playing, hunting, sick, or frightened. Your park
advisors provide some audio cues, and they even visually resemble the actors
from the original movie (though their voices are provided by stand ins). The
in-game music is the very same score written by John Williams for the original
Jurassic Park film. Williams’ songs do contribute to the game’s atmosphere, but
die-hard fans of Mr. Williams’ music may be disappointed to find that the game
doesn’t use CD-quality recordings of the tracks.
SCREENSHOTS
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
System Pentium III CPU 1.0 GHz
RAM= 256 MB
Size= 78 MB
Video Memory= 32 MB
OS= Windows XP, Vista, 7 and Windows 8
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