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Dinosaurs Don't Breed
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That's a huge shame. I understand that Jurassic World is the latest movie, but the original 2 (or 3, if you're pretty lenient) movies really set the stage for what makes Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park. Breeding is an integral part of that if they want to have dinosaurs out in the wild in any form of "Site-B" mode. Now, I think the ceiling for what this game can become is not too much more than a graphically updated Jurassic Park Operation Genesis, and that's too bad.
I'd quietly add my voice to this being the kind of feature that might make Evolution the dinosaur park game .. to end all dinosaur park games. Definitely interesting for any Site B type island, the idea of unauthorsied breeding could I think also add, an interesting twist to dinosaur husbandry .. a management issue to overcome.
No need to see the breeding process in action of course, a problem with a bad batch of Lysine maybe and the dinos breeding asexually, it does throw up the idea of there being a visible difference between male and female dinosaurs though, either having display colours (though I understand how the dinosaurs look is part of the Universal license) or tucked away in the behaviour programming. Imagine if there's a difference in behaviour between a (nesting???) female T-rex and a bull.
If it's not part of the base game I can understand it really .. but as an expansion?
No need to see the breeding process in action of course, a problem with a bad batch of Lysine maybe and the dinos breeding asexually, it does throw up the idea of there being a visible difference between male and female dinosaurs though, either having display colours (though I understand how the dinosaurs look is part of the Universal license) or tucked away in the behaviour programming. Imagine if there's a difference in behaviour between a (nesting???) female T-rex and a bull.
If it's not part of the base game I can understand it really .. but as an expansion?
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I definitely want this feature to be added. If not in the base game as an update. I'd love to have a system where dinosaurs could make wild breeding populations or even have to ability to populate to make natural hybrids with similar animals (ceratopsians, hadrosaurs, sauropods, or whatever group they belong to).
I can understand wanting to make sure you have a solid product that releases on time, but having a Site B Safari scenario with a more natural dinosaur scenario would be cool.
I can understand wanting to make sure you have a solid product that releases on time, but having a Site B Safari scenario with a more natural dinosaur scenario would be cool.
As much as I too am disappointed in the news, I understand that they want to have the basics down perfectly. Being that they've done and continue to give dlc(free/paid) for planet coaster... I don't see why they wouldn't give it as part of a dlc later on.. regardless im excited for the game and it's not going to deter me from buying it. Besides who knows what they have in store for the full release game and post launch.
The problem I've always had with waiting for content to be added via DLC is that many times that content never comes.
I am a bit surprised by this news. When in interviews and whatnot they've talked about how "life finds a way", Ian Malcolm in the first movie literally said that in relation to the dinosaurs on Jurassic Park figuring out a way to breed even though they weren't supposed to.
Is there a petition somewhere? Would love to add my signature.
Life finds a way
In the first movie, this quote was LITERALLY about breeding despite the fact that there were only female dinosaurs on the island. AND, they've used that quote in the Jurassic World Evolution promotional materials.
Breeding really should be in the game. Its a part of the franchise, and it makes for very good gameplay opportunities with Site-B game modes (Site-B doesn't even work without it), or a more organic Jurassic Park experience. Its the one thing that JPOG was realllllly missing.
Interest analysis http://dankoboldt.com/science-of-jurassic-park/
It doesn't bother me that we can't breed our own Dinosaur herds. Though it would be cool. I think it's too much to ask though. I mean you have to have Dinosaurs breeding, no one knows how that worked out. Then you have to have the nests, nesting and eggs hatching.
Unless you mean you just see little baby dinosaurs magically running around the adults. Like they appeared out of no where. But of course asking for breeding dinosaurs kind of makes me think you want the whole process. The mating, nesting and all. Which would be cool but it seems like a lot of work. Even making the baby dinosaur models for each dinosaur in the game seems like it would be a lot of effort.
Unless you mean you just see little baby dinosaurs magically running around the adults. Like they appeared out of no where. But of course asking for breeding dinosaurs kind of makes me think you want the whole process. The mating, nesting and all. Which would be cool but it seems like a lot of work. Even making the baby dinosaur models for each dinosaur in the game seems like it would be a lot of effort.
Not that I don't understand why it's not in the game, but breeding animals is in every non-JP zoo game including those made by Frontier. It's not like they wouldn't know how, it's just not currently worth the effort (I presume at least)
Sadly I never played any of the Zoo Tycoon games. I played other business sims with theme parks. I guess working on actual living modern day animals and having them breed in games is easier. I don't know how they did it in Zoo Tycoon games. If Frontier did it in Zoo Tycoon games I am sure they can or could make it happen with Dinosaurs.
It would definitely be cool to see male dinosaurs in the game. If it did happen I would see why there wouldn't be any male dinos in the park but if there was a Site B mode then I could see where male dinos could come into play. It was like that in the movies. It would be awesome to see a trex pair protecting their baby and bringing it food
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I was thinking the other day that maybe there could be breeding. In the novel and movie the Dinosaurs were breeding. They could have that in game. But I doubt it will be detailed and I don't know how you would handle it. In the book it was cause of the frog DNA that was used and the Dinosaurs were all female. So some would have to turn into males. But how far would that process go.
Also another thing I never understood is how the Dinosaurs were escaping. If they were in contained areas the park staff should have seen what was going on, with baby dinosaurs running around and all. Also how did they escape? The raptors were breeding and they had escaped. But the raptors were in their own fenced area. So how did they get out? The raptors in the wild were breeding. Also other Dinosaurs were breeding as well. Yet no one noticed a change in the animals or the number and young animals running around.
Also another thing I never understood is how the Dinosaurs were escaping. If they were in contained areas the park staff should have seen what was going on, with baby dinosaurs running around and all. Also how did they escape? The raptors were breeding and they had escaped. But the raptors were in their own fenced area. So how did they get out? The raptors in the wild were breeding. Also other Dinosaurs were breeding as well. Yet no one noticed a change in the animals or the number and young animals running around.
Didn't Nedry shut off the power to all the exhibits? I wonder if the raptors figured out a way to get out because the fences weren't one, besides they were clever girls and boys lol.