Welcome back, Park Managers!
We are back with a new Jurassic World Evolution 2 Feature Focus. Previously, we talked about the different environments you'll be discovering and exploring while building your parks and facilities. This week we're staying in the game's environments to discuss one of the challenges you'll be facing: weather calamities.
Jurassic World Evolution 2 lets you build parks and facilities across a wide range of environments, all of which have their unique wather calamities for you to contend with. These calamities will introduce an additional layer of challenge by impeding your progress in different ways, from sabotaging your power output, to slowing down your vehicles or upsetting your dinosaurs.
You'll be faced with weather calamities across all modes, but you can turn them off in Sandbox Mode if you so choose. Shall we take a closer look at what types of weather calamities you'll be dealing with in Jurassic World Evolution 2?
Sandstorms
Managing a park in the desert? You'll need to keep an eye out for sandstorms - literally! This calamity will obscure visibility throughout your park, so Ranger Scans of dinosaurs and reptiles will be cleared, requiring them to rescan, and guest visibility cones will be reduced, limiting what they're able to view. The poor visibility won't be the only issue you'll have to contend with, though - the high wind speeds will wreak havoc across your park. You'll notice equipment failures - land vehicles will be subject to engine failure, and power stations will periodically lose power - as well as damage to buildings, which will require repairing from a Ranger Team. You're also going to want to keep an eye on your dinosaurs during a sandstorm, as those brutal conditions also mean that diseases have a much higher chance of spreading.
Try not to fret too much, though - there are some things you can do to prepare for this particular calamity; placing shelters around your park will ensure guests are able to flee the oncoming storm, and utilising back up generators should help to diminish too many nasty side-effects from a lack of power! You can also utilise storm damage upgrades to help protect some of your buildings.
Snow Storms
A feature you can expect from taiga and alpine-based parks, snow storms do have some similarities to sandstorms, in terms of negatively impacting visibility - they'll also clear ranger scans and reduce guest visibility, but will have the additional caveat of stopping your dinosaurs from appearing on the map UI - so you'll still be able to see them in their enclosures, but not their location in the wider park! This is particularly concerning due to the fact that your dinosaurs are more likely to be injured by conditions like frostbite during a snow storm, and ground vehicles are significantly slowed down, so it may take your MVUs (Mobile Veterinary Units) slightly longer to help them; definitely something to consider when a snow storm is on the approach!
Similarly to sandstorms, though, you will be able to put some contingencies in place to protect your park & guests from this particular calamity - having shelters in place for your guests will help considerably once visibility becomes an issue, but you'll also want to be keeping a very close eye on your enclosures once to snow rolls in, so you can deploy MVUs and Rangers at the first sign of trouble.
Tornadoes
You'll be familiar with tornadoes from the first game, and if you're playing a temperate map, they're something you'll want to keep an eye out for! This calamity is a damaging twister which will sweep around your park, leaving destruction in its wake. Buildings and vehicles too close to the centre of the tornado will likely endure some considerable damage, as will any fences or pylons which come into contact with it. They'll all need repairing, so your Rangers are going to be very busy in the aftermath! Your dinosaurs won't enjoy this particular calamity, either, fleeing and becoming quickly agitated, so you'll need to keep an eye out for both injuries and escapes.
Between the likely damage to structures and the agitated dinosaurs, you're definitely going to want to make sure you have a shelter in place for your guests to flee to when a tornado approaches - and don't forget to use the storm defence upgrade where possible to protect your buildings from storm damage!
Hurricane
A feature of the tropical levels available in Jurassic World Evolution 2, hurricanes cause periodic damage to buildings, fences and pylons as they descend upon your park, and are also likely to cause damage to vehicles - so the Rangers you deploy to repair the damage are in for a treat! Luckily, your dinosaurs won't be impacted too much by this particular calamity, so as long as you've got a shelter in place for your guests, and a ranger team on-hand to mend any damage caused, you should be able to manage when a tropical storm hits!
We hope you've enjoyed this closer look into what you can expect from the new weather calamities you'll be challenged with in Jurassic World Evolution 2, and that you're feeling even more prepared to handle them; as long as you've got plenty of provisions in place before they get to you, we think you'll be more than up to the challenge!
Don't forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for all things Jurassic World Evolution 2, which comes to PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 9 November. You can pre-order now to get access to a set of vehicle skins inspired by The Lost World: Jurassic Park for use in Sandbox and Challenge Mode.
We are back with a new Jurassic World Evolution 2 Feature Focus. Previously, we talked about the different environments you'll be discovering and exploring while building your parks and facilities. This week we're staying in the game's environments to discuss one of the challenges you'll be facing: weather calamities.
Jurassic World Evolution 2 lets you build parks and facilities across a wide range of environments, all of which have their unique wather calamities for you to contend with. These calamities will introduce an additional layer of challenge by impeding your progress in different ways, from sabotaging your power output, to slowing down your vehicles or upsetting your dinosaurs.
You'll be faced with weather calamities across all modes, but you can turn them off in Sandbox Mode if you so choose. Shall we take a closer look at what types of weather calamities you'll be dealing with in Jurassic World Evolution 2?
Sandstorms
Managing a park in the desert? You'll need to keep an eye out for sandstorms - literally! This calamity will obscure visibility throughout your park, so Ranger Scans of dinosaurs and reptiles will be cleared, requiring them to rescan, and guest visibility cones will be reduced, limiting what they're able to view. The poor visibility won't be the only issue you'll have to contend with, though - the high wind speeds will wreak havoc across your park. You'll notice equipment failures - land vehicles will be subject to engine failure, and power stations will periodically lose power - as well as damage to buildings, which will require repairing from a Ranger Team. You're also going to want to keep an eye on your dinosaurs during a sandstorm, as those brutal conditions also mean that diseases have a much higher chance of spreading.
Try not to fret too much, though - there are some things you can do to prepare for this particular calamity; placing shelters around your park will ensure guests are able to flee the oncoming storm, and utilising back up generators should help to diminish too many nasty side-effects from a lack of power! You can also utilise storm damage upgrades to help protect some of your buildings.
Snow Storms
A feature you can expect from taiga and alpine-based parks, snow storms do have some similarities to sandstorms, in terms of negatively impacting visibility - they'll also clear ranger scans and reduce guest visibility, but will have the additional caveat of stopping your dinosaurs from appearing on the map UI - so you'll still be able to see them in their enclosures, but not their location in the wider park! This is particularly concerning due to the fact that your dinosaurs are more likely to be injured by conditions like frostbite during a snow storm, and ground vehicles are significantly slowed down, so it may take your MVUs (Mobile Veterinary Units) slightly longer to help them; definitely something to consider when a snow storm is on the approach!
Similarly to sandstorms, though, you will be able to put some contingencies in place to protect your park & guests from this particular calamity - having shelters in place for your guests will help considerably once visibility becomes an issue, but you'll also want to be keeping a very close eye on your enclosures once to snow rolls in, so you can deploy MVUs and Rangers at the first sign of trouble.
Tornadoes
You'll be familiar with tornadoes from the first game, and if you're playing a temperate map, they're something you'll want to keep an eye out for! This calamity is a damaging twister which will sweep around your park, leaving destruction in its wake. Buildings and vehicles too close to the centre of the tornado will likely endure some considerable damage, as will any fences or pylons which come into contact with it. They'll all need repairing, so your Rangers are going to be very busy in the aftermath! Your dinosaurs won't enjoy this particular calamity, either, fleeing and becoming quickly agitated, so you'll need to keep an eye out for both injuries and escapes.
Between the likely damage to structures and the agitated dinosaurs, you're definitely going to want to make sure you have a shelter in place for your guests to flee to when a tornado approaches - and don't forget to use the storm defence upgrade where possible to protect your buildings from storm damage!
Hurricane
A feature of the tropical levels available in Jurassic World Evolution 2, hurricanes cause periodic damage to buildings, fences and pylons as they descend upon your park, and are also likely to cause damage to vehicles - so the Rangers you deploy to repair the damage are in for a treat! Luckily, your dinosaurs won't be impacted too much by this particular calamity, so as long as you've got a shelter in place for your guests, and a ranger team on-hand to mend any damage caused, you should be able to manage when a tropical storm hits!
We hope you've enjoyed this closer look into what you can expect from the new weather calamities you'll be challenged with in Jurassic World Evolution 2, and that you're feeling even more prepared to handle them; as long as you've got plenty of provisions in place before they get to you, we think you'll be more than up to the challenge!
Don't forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for all things Jurassic World Evolution 2, which comes to PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 9 November. You can pre-order now to get access to a set of vehicle skins inspired by The Lost World: Jurassic Park for use in Sandbox and Challenge Mode.
