Remake This… Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis
Life finds a way, but will Operation Genesis find its way to a remake? If you thought there were no good Jurassic Park games… think again
Life finds a way…
Right, we know Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis isn’t technically an old game and wouldn’t necessarily require a complete remake, but with the news that Telltale is heading back to John Hammond’s prehistoric park, now is the perfect time to take another look at this management sim. Operation Genesis is far from a perfect game, but it’s probably the most successful and well-produced title that used the fertile dinosaur licence… the less said about Trespasser the better. But here was a game that took the incredibly addictive gameplay from Theme Park, sprinkled it with elements from Sim City and the Tycoon series, slapped the Jurassic Park logo on it and threw in some rampaging dinosaurs for good measure.
There’s something truly exciting about making your own Jurassic Park work. Just as all the pleasure in Theme Park came from design a pleasing and aesthetic park, here, with the added bonus of it being a zoo with prehistoric inhabitants, just laying out enclosures and researching the animals was enough to keep players interested for hours. Making sure the mundane aspects of the park are in place – such as toilets and the like – is just as much fun as making sure your perimeter fences are fully charged. You don’t want those velociraptors getting loose again.
It’s all well and good designing your own park, making sure it’s stocked with the best and most impressive dinos, but as is usually the case with these things, life happens and everything can go wrong. That’s when Operation Genesis changes gear and becomes more about saving lives and damage control. Any number of things could go wrong in the park, but it was usually a storm or hurricane that did the most damage. Ripping up fences and setting loose all the hungry animals. That the game doesn’t necessarily need these exciting elements to work is testament to how engaging it can be to simply tinker with your park. From making sure the animals don’t get sick to taking Pokémon Snap-style photos of them to promote your new holiday destination, there’s a surprising amount to do.
Granted, this game isn’t that old and, if you can find a copy, is actually backwards compatible (though we’re not sure how reliable that service is these days). But it’s proof that an intelligent use of licence can lead to good, interesting games. We wonder what Telltale will do with Micheal Crichton’s greatest work.
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To be honest, I was enthralled just making the seating arrangements in Theme Hospital… :S
I think they should remake this game it was an excelent strategy game there so many different types of dinosaurs to choose to go into your park it should be brought out on xbox 360 ASAP and made with better graphics and gameplay thank you for reading this. Jay Reardon
If they would put this game on xbox. It would sale more games than cod and battlefield.
They should remake this game because it is a game of they best films ever made.
They don’t have to make a remake because the game looks beautiful enough, and the gameplay also is fantastic. They should make a sequel.
This game is on xbox, you can play the original on the 360.
i dont think they should change the game just update and reralese this was my favourite game ever.
just add acheivments and maybe improved gaphics and your set keep the sam gameplay and all and even release it on the ps3
frankly this game didnt get enough credit when it came out and not that many people knew about it but it was one of the bes games if not they best game ever and lots of people dont like it becouse they are one minded cod players wh wouldnt know quality if it was sitting in front of them trining to say there no f***ing soldiers in this epic game.
An updated upgraded version of this game would be awesome and more Dino’s would be even cooler.
This needs to be available on the xbox marketplace, I miss this game so much and i think it would be really good for commentaries and such too. I love the roller coaster tycoon feel to this game but with dinosaurs, definitely a good chill back and relax game. BRING IT BACK!
I AGREE. THEY HAVE TO MAKE THIS GAME WITH MODERN GRAPHICS CAPABILITIES. AT LEAST PUT THE OLD VERSION IN XBOX 360 MARKET PLACE TILL THEN : )
I don’t think the game should be remade; I think they should make a sequel to it! Keep everything the same from the first game, add some new attractions maybe, new dinosaurs DEFINITELY, new player missions, and something I like to call a ‘Control-A-saur’ feature which would allow the player to jump into one of the many dinosaurs created and control it in a 3 person view. I also love the Site B feature of the first game which should be included in the new game also, and of course the control-A-saur would be available there as well. Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis was one of the best games I have ever played, and I would definitely like to see the company that made it do something with it (either remaking it or making a new one), especially considering Jurassic Park movie is coming out next year.
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