Buildings & Attractions Cosmetic Gene preview
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We can already have a preview of all the stats, so this is what's left.
There is some emotion in waiting to see what the skin looks like, but only for the first time you incubate a new skin for each dinosaur.
After all cosmetic genes are unlocked, a preview feature would be greatly appreciated.
Seriously this. Right now I have a hard time remembering which one I liked best, so for each new island I always end up making one of each again just to see what they all look like and it wastes a ton of time and resources. Plus it would be nice to have animated previews of the dinos instead of still images, even if it was made optional. Maybe even have a bit of an interactive 3D model of the dino that we could click on and spin around just to see it from all sides before we start the incubation process.
I don't actually think that this is a good idea. Sure it would be a nice feature for ease of use. It technically makes creating the dinosaurs you want easier.
But why should it be easier? Right now, without previews, you have to experiment a bit. It makes sense that when you resurrect an extinct creature that no one has seen alive before might look different than you'd expect. Only after you hatch a dinosaur will you find out what it looks like. Now the applying a colour gene is almost like a mini game on it's own. You are tampering with nature and try out what result you get. It's a nice subtle commentary built into the game systems. Adding previews would remove any message that those game mechanics have.
Since the game has similar commentary about tampering with things we don't completely understand it fits the way it is.
But why should it be easier? Right now, without previews, you have to experiment a bit. It makes sense that when you resurrect an extinct creature that no one has seen alive before might look different than you'd expect. Only after you hatch a dinosaur will you find out what it looks like. Now the applying a colour gene is almost like a mini game on it's own. You are tampering with nature and try out what result you get. It's a nice subtle commentary built into the game systems. Adding previews would remove any message that those game mechanics have.
Since the game has similar commentary about tampering with things we don't completely understand it fits the way it is.
And after a while it gets annoying to have to remember which colours you wanted for specific dinos after you've already seen them all and decided. Your statement is only valid on the first playthrough, after that it's just tedious and unwieldy, which is why i have a whole page in my notebook dedicated to which skins i want on which dinos, because i cant be bothered to remember it after i've seen them all and i certainly am not going to go through all 53 dinos again to remember which i liked if i didnt have this info handy.
By the way i already posted this suggestion a while back. Sooo obviously 100% behind it.
Perhaps....
What if you had previews, but only appear until after you've incubated them at least once? That way you can have the surprise of experimentation at first while at the same time you don't get annoyed when you just want a certain colour later in the game.
That still leaves me with having to incubate every skin once in every new challenge mode i start. No thanks?