Yeah, we can certainly hope.
At first I watched the latest JWE trailer and something felt off. It was well produced, cinematic even, but something about the visuals gave me the immediate impression that it wouldn't work in ED, that the two aesthetics wouldn't gel.
Then I watched the gameplay video and realised that although the trailer is gameplay footage it was probably the post-production that was causing the disconnect. The realtime gameplay looked amazing, somehow more believable despite the lack of cinematic polish, and I could easily see it integrating into ED. Sure, it looks a bit "gamier" than ED at its best, but unless you have Spielberg's resources organic stuff is always going to look slightly faker than hardware. But when I watched the helicopter take off and fly away under the moving camera I had no difficult imagining a Sidewinder taking off from an outpost on an ELW.
Then just as I was smiling at the possibilities of that and gawking at the dinos, the rain started and I nearly cried. If ED can one day pull off surface weather effects half as convincing as those I may land on an ELW and never leave. (I know others disagree, but I don't need "gameplay" beyond the ability to go somewhere and be awed. That is my gameplay).
Whether or not this stuff makes it into ED, they've certainly sold me on JWE. I love everything about Jurassic Park (yes, even the third movie) but normally can't stand resource management games. I bought Planet Coaster to support FD and to ride other players' coasters but have never put down so much as a single paving slab of my own. But JWE looks absolutely stunning. I do worry a little that it might suffer from the same curse as ED: brilliant ideas hamstrung by a glacially slow improvement cycle. But as part of a Hollywood franchise I'm hoping for a tighter schedule.
I just hope ED benefits from the existence of JWE rather than being eclipsed by it.
At first I watched the latest JWE trailer and something felt off. It was well produced, cinematic even, but something about the visuals gave me the immediate impression that it wouldn't work in ED, that the two aesthetics wouldn't gel.
Then I watched the gameplay video and realised that although the trailer is gameplay footage it was probably the post-production that was causing the disconnect. The realtime gameplay looked amazing, somehow more believable despite the lack of cinematic polish, and I could easily see it integrating into ED. Sure, it looks a bit "gamier" than ED at its best, but unless you have Spielberg's resources organic stuff is always going to look slightly faker than hardware. But when I watched the helicopter take off and fly away under the moving camera I had no difficult imagining a Sidewinder taking off from an outpost on an ELW.
Then just as I was smiling at the possibilities of that and gawking at the dinos, the rain started and I nearly cried. If ED can one day pull off surface weather effects half as convincing as those I may land on an ELW and never leave. (I know others disagree, but I don't need "gameplay" beyond the ability to go somewhere and be awed. That is my gameplay).
Whether or not this stuff makes it into ED, they've certainly sold me on JWE. I love everything about Jurassic Park (yes, even the third movie) but normally can't stand resource management games. I bought Planet Coaster to support FD and to ride other players' coasters but have never put down so much as a single paving slab of my own. But JWE looks absolutely stunning. I do worry a little that it might suffer from the same curse as ED: brilliant ideas hamstrung by a glacially slow improvement cycle. But as part of a Hollywood franchise I'm hoping for a tighter schedule.
I just hope ED benefits from the existence of JWE rather than being eclipsed by it.
