I am quite elated at the Compsognathus in the recent DLC, as I had thought that it would never be coming to the game. It also raises my hopes regarding something else, Hypsilophodon coming to the game.
I have several reasons for believing that Hypsilophodon ought to be in a future DLC, which I will share here:
1.) There is a sort of unspoken set of iconic "archetypal dinosaurs," that Hypsilophodon is on. What I mean by this is as follows: When you think of ceratopsians for example, many names come to mind, but Triceratops is the one that sticks out as feeling like it "needs to be there" as permanently representative of the whole group. Well when I was younger I thought of which dinosaurs are like this, (like how Triceratops is to the ceratopsians or how T. rex is to the large carnivores), and I arrived at 12 names. Eleven of them are currently in the game. Hypsilophodon, (representing the small ornithopod "archetype" -there's a reason back in the day why all small ornithopods were "hypsilophodonts") is the only one remaining that is not in the game. I'm hoping it can be added to complete this list.
2.) It's book canon. In the Lost World novel Sarah Harding sees hypsilophodons being chased by velociraptors when she first arrives on Isla Sorna.
3.) JWE needs more small ornithopods and is severely lacking in this category. Homalocephale, though almost exactly the same size, is a pachycephalosaurid making it a marginocephale, not an ornithopod. We have lots of dinosaurs from almost every other category conceivable EXCEPT the small ornithopods and this needs to be fixed. Currently the ONLY small ornithopod in game is the Dryosaurus, while there are numerous animals in almost every other category. Hypsilophodon, being the most iconic of this group, would be perfect to help flesh out this mostly overlooked category.
Well those are my reasons, and I know others want it in the game as well. So if you agree, comment and speak out.
I have several reasons for believing that Hypsilophodon ought to be in a future DLC, which I will share here:
1.) There is a sort of unspoken set of iconic "archetypal dinosaurs," that Hypsilophodon is on. What I mean by this is as follows: When you think of ceratopsians for example, many names come to mind, but Triceratops is the one that sticks out as feeling like it "needs to be there" as permanently representative of the whole group. Well when I was younger I thought of which dinosaurs are like this, (like how Triceratops is to the ceratopsians or how T. rex is to the large carnivores), and I arrived at 12 names. Eleven of them are currently in the game. Hypsilophodon, (representing the small ornithopod "archetype" -there's a reason back in the day why all small ornithopods were "hypsilophodonts") is the only one remaining that is not in the game. I'm hoping it can be added to complete this list.
2.) It's book canon. In the Lost World novel Sarah Harding sees hypsilophodons being chased by velociraptors when she first arrives on Isla Sorna.
3.) JWE needs more small ornithopods and is severely lacking in this category. Homalocephale, though almost exactly the same size, is a pachycephalosaurid making it a marginocephale, not an ornithopod. We have lots of dinosaurs from almost every other category conceivable EXCEPT the small ornithopods and this needs to be fixed. Currently the ONLY small ornithopod in game is the Dryosaurus, while there are numerous animals in almost every other category. Hypsilophodon, being the most iconic of this group, would be perfect to help flesh out this mostly overlooked category.
Well those are my reasons, and I know others want it in the game as well. So if you agree, comment and speak out.
Protoceratops would also be an excellent addition to the game's Small Herbivore roster as well, although personally I'd want it to be scaled up a bit so it could go toe-to-toe with a JP/JW Velociraptor.