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Great game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 18
Date: February 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

So far I have only played the game demo (availible at http://www.jpthegame.com) but I really loved it, and I think the game will be as good as the Demo, the Dino's do everything what they supposed to do, they eat, sleep, drink, poop etc. and the missions where you have to photograph or shoot the dino's from a helicopter are well made, this game is a must have for every fan of Jurassic Park or Dinosaurs, the graphics are highly detailed and it sounds like the sounds of the Dinosaurs are comming right out the movie, and the sountrack from John Williams makes it all a great game.

Dream it, Build it, Survive it.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: February 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Though I have only played the demo, I feel that this is truly a game that fans of Jurassic Park, dinosaurs, and even that "Tycoon" series alike should at least look into. Dinosaur models, sounds, activities, and how realistic the activities are preformed are extremly accurate. (Such as herbivorious dinosaurs will make herds, and carnivores will become stressed if they don't have running space or are denied the ability to hunt, and carnivores will fight over territory.)

You go to dig sites and fossil markets to extract dinosaur D.N.A. from items such as amber and fossilized bones, though you may only get 5-15% of a certain dinosaur's D.N.A. at a time from the bones, yet from a piece of amber, you may get up to 65% of a dinosuar's full D.N.A. After you get 100% of any given dinosaur's D.N.A., you can then clone your dinosaurs into a living, breathing dinosaur body. The process is done by removing an alligator's D.N.A. from an egg, and inserting the D.N.A. of the dinosaur.
Due to a 'scientific process', the dinosaur grows to adult size in 4 days, then is released into the confined area you have made for her. (All dinosaurs are females to protect against uncontrolled breeding.)So, the good thing is: you don't have to wait for the dinosaur to grow up. The bad thing is: you don't get to watch the dinosaur grow up. (To same this is a good thing.)

In compliance with the realism, the dinosaurs can also get sick. The main diseases they may get include: Gastric Poisioning, Bumblefoot, Tick Infestation, Rabies, Dinosaur Flu, and Dino Belly. If you do not vaccinate the infected dinosaur(s) then a major outbreak will occur throughout the park. Luckly for us though, there is a "Cure All" button, so now we won't have to cure each individual one. You also have to set up research facilities so you can discover more vaccicnes, because all of them are not handed over to you. >:)

After you have established a good park, visitors will come see if the so called "real dinosaurs" ad in the paper was a big joke. Well, after they discover that they are not, they'll go and tell their friends. Though the InGen Corperation has put a limit on how many visitors you may have at one time, you can allow more as you prove to InGen that you can keep the dinosaurs from breaking out of the confiments and eating your visitors. >:] (You also loose a lot of money when this happens.) You can also take ballon rides over the park, photo rides THROUGH the park, and helicopter rides around it.

Now the bad, if you purchase the PC version of this game, I hope you have a strong video card. If not, prepare for slow frame rates, jagged models, and in some cases the game won't even start. It runs on the Direct 3D system. On my computer, all it shows is all white with gray squares because my computer doesn't support Direct 3D. :(

Overall, I really think you guys should look into this game, as it seems to have a lot of potential. Where else can you get a Jurassic Park game that looks this good anyway?

(Did I mention that there are over 25 species of dinosaurs in this game?)

I just can't wait!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Hi there!
I really enjoyed playing the demo of this game and i just cant wait till march 11. I lamented the failure of JP since I saw the movie and read the book! So this is a kind of childhood dream come true for me.
One of the aspects what I really liked of the game is how they try to make natural behaviour. For instance: Im in the Site B mode (which lets you make an island with only dinosaurs, so you can see their behaviour) and 2 T-rexes are facing each other. They have a territorial fight and the younger one loses. But when they meet again, the younger one will most likely run away in panic instead of confronting the older one again! Which is very cool I think. A thing which is also very fascinating is that, the plant-eaters will migrate in herds along the shores and that the t-rex develops a territory. But all these thing require time before you notice it! But think of what interesting behaviour you will see when u got 25 species of dinosaurs walking on an island!

Anyway, check the demo! Its really worth a try.

What he said...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: March 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I can't add much of a better review than what is already here but I too played the demo and was very excited by it. I am a HUGE Jurassic Park fan and found it completely exhilarating. Universal has used its license to the extreme. All the wonderful elements are here: John Williams soundtrack, real sounds from the movie (the T-Rex has the same train sound), logos and even ambiance of being there. The graphics are amazing. I always found the idea of a dinosaur theme park very interesting and that is what I loved about the movie. This game gives that same feeling to me. What would it be like to visit (in this case run) a dinosaur theme park? In the movie, it becomes a disaster. But this is my opportunity to see Jurassic Park run as a full functioning park with "real" visitors. This looks to be one of the best Jurassic Park licensed games.

Awsome period!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The REAL Jurassic Park tycoon I could imagine build of!!! I have tried DEMO version and it speaks all! Amazing Graphics, Ultimate game play => Build theme park and get into the action... Thank you Vivendi!!! This is the game I've been waiting for years yet it come at last...... BUY!!!

Awesome Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Just purchased this title. The graphics are awesome! The sound effects make it sould like you are really there. Good gameplay in the missions. If you have been waiting for the chance to actually build Jurassic Park (not just shoot dinosaurs and run around the whole game) then Operation Genesis is for you!

Fun game, but maybe a little too easy

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 67 / 69
Date: March 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Operation Genesis is an economic sim where you create your own dinosaur park, but a few real-time elements breathe some new life into the genre. Think of it as a game of Theme Park, where the main attractions can kill you.

You start off the game on your own custom island, researching DNA, building exhibits, and of course constructing huge fences to keep the dinosaurs contained. As your research progresses, you are able to create bigger and badder dinosaurs that generate additional customer interest. Of course this raises the danger level as well. To provide research material, you hire teams of archaeologists to dig up bones and amber. As more material is collected and researched, the DNA of each dinosaur becomes more complete and the dinosaurs live longer as a result.

I think the developers struck a nice balance of keeping the money management focused mainly on dinosaur research and less on the park itself so it doesn't turn into yet another economic sim. You do have to monitor some areas like food and park cleanliness, but that's about it. The majority of money is spent developing dinosaurs and their needs. For instance, the dinosaurs need to be vaccinated to prevent a number of diseases that can afflict the animals. Once the vaccines are developed, you need to build a helicopter station so they can be shot with the vaccine (or shot period if they go nuts and start attacking everything.) You can't spend the entire time focused only on the dinosaurs, though. You also need to spend time researching new and better exhibits, such as balloon rides, viewing towers, and the ever-popular jungle safari tours in the woefully inadequate Nissan pickups, so the customers can see the dinosaurs better and improve your park rating.

As the research improves and new technologies are developed, you get an email telling you everything, and I mean everything that happens. This starts to get a little annoying after a while as many of the "common sense" decisions could be delegated. It would have been nice to be able to adjust the settings so certain decisions, like reviving a sick dinosaur or selling fully researched DNA material, could be made automatically. Every so often, a little real-time gameplay comes into action. For instance, a dinosaur might trash one of the pickups, leaving the survivors stranded and it's up to you to fly a helicopter overhead and rescue them before they get trampled on or eaten. Or, if you like, you can jump on one of the balloons or pickups to take some pictures of the dinosaurs. If your photography skills are good enough, they might get published and you'll make a little extra cash as a result.

One of the best features of the game is simply watching the behavior of the dinosaurs as they interact with one another. Certain dinosaurs tend to get along, others don't. As you introduce new and different dinosaurs, the dynamics of the park change. When my park started off with all herbivores, they would wander all over the place. Once I introduced some carnivores, especially my bad-boy T-Rex, they tended to become much more territorial. Plus my normally docile triceritops would start freaking out and trash any nearby pickups, much to the chagrin of the customers. Other dinosaurs would get so stressed, they'd simply keel over and die. Some of the behaviors are a little buggy, they like pushing each other around while they're sleeping, for instance. But for the most part they do seem to have individual personality and it adds a lot to the game.

There are some minor gripes, such as being forced to used certain functions with a keyboard even though the entire game could have been mouse driven. My main gripe, though, is that it's a little too easy. I'm no expert in these types of games, but even in my first game, I easily created a money making machine with every exhibit and every dinosaur researched in spite of numerous mistakes that I wouldn't make my second time around. There's really not much involved in keeping the park maintained or the customers happy. It didn't seem like it made much difference to the customers whether I had a few or a lot of dinosaurs. In fact, it seems like the less dinosaurs you have, the easier it is to play. Having said that, I was feeling pretty smug about my park when a huge twister ripped through destroying everything in its path. I was having so much fun watching the devastation that I forgot to declare a state of emergency. Let's just say that the few customers that lived probably won't return anytime soon.

So should you buy it? If you're looking for a complex economic sim, you'll probably be happier with Sim City 4. It's also graphics-intensive, so it'll struggle on standard video cards, but anyone with a Geforce or Radeon will be able to play it. Aside from that, you really do get the "virtual" thrill of building and managing your very own dinosaur park. Hope the review helped.

Excellent dinosaurs! Much like the movie! Worth the money!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have the Demo and it allows you to play a few games... That's the only drawback with the demo. I had a riot playing it! I'll have to buy it when I can afford it. I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the Jurassic Park movies. I didn't care for the construction part of the game, where you build the nurseries and so on... Boring... But shooting the dinosaurs was pretty cool. I'd recommend it.

Great game, period.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the best games I've ever played on the PC. It's very easy to play, and it isn't to hard. The Operation Genesis mode is the best. I just got it today and I played it for 4 hours straight. This game is so adicting.
Graphics: 5 stars
Great colors, the environment, and the dinos look great, and so real.
Sound: 5 stars
Authentic sounds. The Dinosaurs sound very real.
Gameplay: 5 stars
like I said before. Very addicting. If you like games like Simcity, Rollercoaster Tycoon, or Zoo Tycoon then this is the game for you.
Overall Realism: again 5 stars!
I was very pleased with what I bought. ... The game is so real from the weather consitions to the main attractions. The dinosaurs. They act so real.

If you're a JP fan, like dinosaurs, or like strategy games, this is the game for you. Go out and buy it now! Thank you Blue Tongue, and Vivendi Universal for a beatiful, and very fun game!

Jp Parkbuilder? AWESOME!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is quite possibly the best Jurassic Park game I have ever played! The graphics are the best I have ever seen in a game, and the dinos are second only to the ones in the movies themselves. I bought this game about a week ago, and I have been glued to the computer ever sence. I highly recomend this to fans of JP, Dinosaurs, or Sim games. If you want a real thrill, hatch a Spino into your T-rex enclosure, and watch as they duke it out. And I thought Jp Parkbuilder for GBA was good! There is no comparison!

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