Hi,
Having completed the campaign and made a start on a few sandbox/challenge maps, I thought I would provide some feedback on the Jurassic Explorer Tour. It's a fantastic addition to the game and the way it forms the backbone of the JP era parks really provides a very different playstyle and overall feel to the era, which I really enjoy. However, the execution of it could be improved in my opinion in a number of ways which would make the explorers a lot more fun and intuitive to use. Here's a few suggestions:
Having completed the campaign and made a start on a few sandbox/challenge maps, I thought I would provide some feedback on the Jurassic Explorer Tour. It's a fantastic addition to the game and the way it forms the backbone of the JP era parks really provides a very different playstyle and overall feel to the era, which I really enjoy. However, the execution of it could be improved in my opinion in a number of ways which would make the explorers a lot more fun and intuitive to use. Here's a few suggestions:
- Allow the deletion of individual tour path segments. Right now it is extremely frustrating if you want to delete/modify an early part of the tour, as deleting any segment also deletes all other segments following it. We should be able to delete individual segments without the entire tour (incl. gates) getting removed following that point.
- Allow replacement of path type. It would be a lot easier if we could swap the path type (i.e. dirt vs paved) in the same way we can replace fence types instead of having to delete and rebuild.
- Clearer UI as to what type of path is being placed down. The tour path indicator covers over the path completely and makes it difficult to tell at a glance if you're placing down pavement or dirt path.
- Allow paved path to run under gates. There is a small gap of unpaved road if you try to run it under any type of fence which is a bit annoying.
- Improved paved road texture. IMO the paved road looks a little too narrow and doesn't blend in very well with the environment. It looks like it could do with a kerb/edge to it similar to some of the JP paths.
- Allow swapping of tour direction. Pretty self explanatory. This places some unnecessary restrictions on you build your tour/facility. Gyros and truck tours could benefit from this too.
- Jurassic Park Fanfare when going through JP gates! It would really set my nostalgia to overdrive if when passing through the gates in tour view we got a little rendition of the Jurassic Park theme fanfare as in he movie (and maybe a little soundclip of the announcer saying 'Welcome to Jurassic Park'). Would be an awesome addition to the ambiance of the game.
- Hide UI option when in tour view. I'd love to be able to just ride my tour with all distractions hidden, especially in sandbox.
- Set tour vehicle frequency. Would be awesome to set the number of vehicles in a convoy and how often the tour leaves, at least in sandbox mode. I can understand why you'd want to limit this in the campaign and challenge modes.
- Alternate vehicle skins. This is a longshot, but it would be super awesome to be able to pick from a couple of different vehicle options for this, for example using the JP ranger jeeps, alternate colours of the explorers, or even a version of some of the Lost World vehicles. The explorers can look a little out of place sometimes when roaming through paddocks/off road, and something more rugged would be awesome here. I would happily pay a few quid for a little DLC pack of this incidentally...