Given that weve seen the JP3 Pteranodons and LW Raptors in the preorder trailer, we will likely get many more classic movie skins. But they both used the exact colors from the movie, which none of the other JWE dinosaurs have so far. When the dinosaur customization features were announced, it was made to sound like at least some dinosaurs would have alternate patterns to choose from. Which would have left us with 3 primary dinosaur customization options. Base color, pattern type, and pattern color. My hope was that through these options, we could recreate to some degree many of the franchise's past dinosaurs. While I would understand not giving EVERY dinosaur lots of different patterns, I would have thought that at least some would get alternate patterns. Many dinosaurs in the original game had one or two extra patterns, so I dont see why some couldnt get any in this game.
The confirmation that each dinosaur only gets one pattern worries me. It makes it sound like legacy skins wont be a part of this new system, but adjacent. Only as specific skins, without the customization options of the more basic kind of dinosaur. I think they should be one in the same. Almost like a cool community project to figure out what is needed to best make dinosaurs look like dinos weve seen before. Frontier could still have the "classic" skins as unlockables in Chaos Theory and Challenge Modes, but it would allow us better control over our dinosaurs, and more fun.
Lets use the LW Buck rex as an example. To recreate the Buck, you would need:
Lets use another example Baryonyx. While I doubt that the Bary would get an alternate model that looks like the JW website version, it would still be awesome to make something that looks kinda like it, at least color-wise
The confirmation that each dinosaur only gets one pattern worries me. It makes it sound like legacy skins wont be a part of this new system, but adjacent. Only as specific skins, without the customization options of the more basic kind of dinosaur. I think they should be one in the same. Almost like a cool community project to figure out what is needed to best make dinosaurs look like dinos weve seen before. Frontier could still have the "classic" skins as unlockables in Chaos Theory and Challenge Modes, but it would allow us better control over our dinosaurs, and more fun.
Lets use the LW Buck rex as an example. To recreate the Buck, you would need:
- Base color: green
- Pattern: striped
- Pattern color: black/dark green
Lets use another example Baryonyx. While I doubt that the Bary would get an alternate model that looks like the JW website version, it would still be awesome to make something that looks kinda like it, at least color-wise
- Base color: tan/brown
- Pattern: eye border
- Pattern color: light blue
