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A Good Game: Frustratingly Difficult

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Video games based off movies are usually not that good. That, or they don't follow the movies much at all. The Lost World: Jurassic Park really doesn't follow the movie. At all. Really, the game only shares the title of the movie. Despite that, The Lost World is a solid game. The only major problem is simple: the game is incredibly difficult. Easily being one of the hardest Playstation games out there. The sad part is that the game is hard because of frustration with the gameplay.

The game is comprised of thirty levels and you'll play through them as five different characters. You'll begin by playing as a Compy. Then you'll play as a hunter, then a Raptor, then the T-Rex and finally the human prey. Much of the gameplay is no fun, however. Throughout the game you'll take unreasonably large amounts of damage from your enemies and health (particularly for humans) is few and far between. Even though the dinosaurs can restore health through munching on their fallen preys, it's usually not enough.

There are some big differences between playing as humans and playing as dinosaurs. The most obvious, of course, being that the human characters use guns and dinosaurs don't. As humans you can pick up many different weapons to use in your fight against the dinosaurs. As dinosaurs, however, you have an instinct. The more enemies you kill as a dinosaur, the better you instinct gets. Instinct causes you to deal more damage as well as take less. The lower your instincts the more damage you'll take and the less damage you'll deal. Unfortunately, too many attacks from your adversaries can whittle down your health anyway. In addition to that, your instinct will drop if you go too long without killing an enemy. For the humans, you'll find that ammo for your weapons is scarce and the maximum amount is quite low.

The game plays a lot like your basic side scroller as well. While you can turn and explore some pieces of the level, most levels are actually pretty straightforward.

However, as noted before, the game is too challenging. The levels don't have checkpoints and they're pretty long. Just the same, you'll also take damage from falling from too high of a distance. Easily the worst part about The Lost World is its unforgiving challenge. To the point that it really hurts the gameplay.

Even though the game is frustrating to play, the graphics are top notch. Some of the best seen on the Playstation. There are a few glitches, but nothing too bad. Even better is the soundtrack to the game, which is one of the first to use an orchestrated soundtrack. It's a fantastic soundtrack that is used extremely well. The music can actually keep you going through certain parts of the game.

It's hard to recommend The Lost World. It's not a bad game, but it's too frustrating to put down the money for.

ANOTHER GAME OF MINDLESS STUPID FUN 7.25 OUT OF 10

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

When I put this game into my PSone I had no idea as to what kind of game based on Jurassic Park I was going to get. For every cool one in an arcade you get crap the SNES and Genesis Jurassic Park from 1993. This one finds itself close to the arcade Jurassic Park in quality, except it's not a light-gun shooter; it's a platformer in which you are a dinosaur and you can kill other dinosaurs or people out in the wild. This game is basically about having fun in stupid ways and getting a kick out of watching dinosaurs maul each other. If this sounds like a game for you, then by all means purchase this game if you want to eat some people and maul dinosaurs. I had a good enough time with it, but there are a couple issues. Controls can be a tad finicky and the gameplay feels a little too simplistic. But if you're not good at games this will probably fit you.

Jurassic Park is back!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I really like this game a lot. The animators did a good job on modeling the dinosaurs, and they sound very life like. But why did I rate this a four? Well there is some down sides to this game. The difficulty is INSANE even on easy, there is a certain plant that can kill you and you play as a compy for most of the game. But other than that it is a pretty good game. You have to be crazy to give this game lower than a four.

HUMAN HUNTER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: May 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I love this game!THE dinos look real,the sound affects makes you feel like you are on an infested dinosaur island trying to survive by climbing the evelotionary ladder,etc.The controll responce is impressive.The levels require major planning some times,that is what makes this game great.I heard the T-REX levels are hard,it ist'n.I'll help those who are stuck on the stegosaur level.Bite the stego's head and press x repeatedly.After 6 successful hits the stego will fall.When you see the 2cd one,repeat the pattern.Any ways, the human prey levels are great,at the end of the game you get to kill 2 t-rexs! You also unlock the speacial movie preview with jeff goldbum.Collect all dna in the game on every level first. HUMAN HUNTER,signing off

I am begging for a sequel on the PS2.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is really fun at times, but really frustrating at others. There are no save points or checkpoints, which is rediculous. For a PSOne game, the graphics are incredible, the dinosaurs look very real. I was a little disappointed with the T-rex levels, for they are a little too difficult, the Compy sucks, and respawning enemies can be annoying. I am begging for a sequel. Save points, checkpoints, and an easier difficulty and this game would have gotten a 5. I hope the PS2 has a similar Jurrassic Park game come out some time for it.

Dinosuars Rule!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is Awsome! When your a raptor you get slice and eat all the humans and other dios! Ha! As T-Rex hardly anything stands in your way. Eat all the Humans! They did a great job on the dinos and made it really fun. But Darn it, why is their no check points!?
!? Trust me, you'll want to get this game! Have fun as the dinos! Smell you later!

Human extinction...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I played this game a long time ago, but I remember loving it. A few suggestions out of my experience for you. One: you should use the cheats to play the velociraptor, it is extensivly gory and violent, but its fun. Two: do NOT play the human prey level. It is incredibly difficult and very stupid. Finally, the T. Rex level is only fun on levels when you can eat the humans. all other T. Rex levels are ludicrisly difficult and seemingly impossible. My only other suggestion is, don't get to caught up with the difficultly aspect, but concentrate on the best part: YOU HAVE THE UPPER HAND! KILL THOSE PATHETIC HUMANS!

JURASSIC PARK LOST WORLD

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 11
Date: May 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

JURASSIC PARK LOST WORLD IS COOL AND YOU GET TO BE A T-REX AND A VLOSARAPTOR ANY DINOSAUR IN THE GAME AND A PERSON.

fantastic game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: June 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a highly addictive game that can get frustrating at times. It took me a while to figure out how to get through the first Rex level. It is fun to be the Raptor and gore random living things if you are stressed out. I have played and beaten this game countless times, yet the fact that there are no save points is rather annoying. The details on the dinosaurs and envirments are wonderful. It looks as though the developers went back in time to photograph the dinosaurs to make this game.

Not as fun as I thought

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a good game (good, not great). Even though it really has absolutely nothing to do with the movie that it was based on, it is still fun, as long as you have skills. The game has almost 50 levels, split into 5 stages: Compy, Raptor, Human Hunter, T-Rex, and Human Prey.
Most of the levels are difficult and annoying. For example, the first T-Rex level. In the level, you're in a dead forest full of raptors and puddles of lava. I'm not exactly sure if I was playing right, but once I got through the level and thought I beat it, there was a tall rock wall that looked like it wasn't meant to get past.
I guess this game could be exciting, as long as you have the companion strategy guide to go with it.
The game also has some good points, like the fact that there are several interesting enemies and levels to move through. Environments include rain forests, warehouses, cave systems, lakes, and plains.
Even though it seems like this game is a put-down, I reccommend this game, as long as you don't get frustrated easily. The game has little to do with the game, so in the end, don't get your hopes up for a 5-star game.

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