I had to sleep around the announcement cause it was 1:00AM when this was likely to be announced, but now after reading this, I do not need my coffee morning coffee to feel the buzz!
From the premise alone and after visiting the website, it looks to be really a spectacular next step for the franchise. JWE3 really needed to stand out more when compared to the predecessors and I am already sold. After going over the website, this looks to be a JWE game that has the custom modular building that Frontier Planet Series is known for, and I am very excited to see all the trailers, species profiles, and Developer Documentaries moving until the launch of the game!!!!
When will we have forum for jwe3? Can't wait to give feedback "mostly for t rex look"
I ditto this request! I see there is a Discord setup but I personally do not have discord and I would love to discuss here in the Forums soon. It will be really exciting to frequently visit this forum again and speculate what is to come!
I am so happy for this reveal, until I read that two of the Deluxe Edition PDLC slots are Concavenator and Thanosdrakon which is basically what the company did with the Huyangasaurus in JWE2 Deluxe Edition. Are you telling me that the Frontier original hybrids as well the Megalodon will be occupying another DLC slot?
It's kind of a mixed bag for me. I didn't like that huayangosaurus was made into a deluxe edition dinosaur as that was a base dinosaur we have to pay additional for in JWE2, but at least the Deluxe editions in this game have 2 of them that were new DLC dinosaur from the previous game.
At the same time... I really need to see what the roster is like because, like how
@gabeluna27 has mentioned, it is astonishing that they made families for over 70 animals, Males, Females, and Juveniles that would essentially lead to a new gameplay mechanic around raising baby dinosaurs and seeing new animations of them interacting with each other in new custom ways. It may be less than the final roster of JWE2, but the quality of the roster will get a significant bump!
I am curious to see if there will be any building limits a-la the console editions of planet games, as the introduction of Modular buildings would really set a limit for park building, but if it is like Planet Zoo Console Edition last year, I think that limit would be very generous.
"Over 80" species will be in the standard game, which means between 81 or 89 species will be in. But that doesn't answer if all of the 80+ species will be species from JWE2, or if any of them (I don't care to what degree if so, because I'm just generalizing here) will be new JWE franchise species. You know, species that aren't in either predecessor game.
I actually want to check something with you, cause I went to the Jurassic World Evolution 3 website, and there is text that says a firm 82 for the roster of
"awe-inspiring pre-historic species" we could welcome to our parks in the Nature segment of "Build your own Jurassic World".
If we take that as the final roster of the base game, + the 4 for the deluxe edition, we would have 86 dinosaurs on launch day at the very least. Still, really impressive roster to start with, especially with them all presumably given the family treatment. I think all canon dinosaurs will be present at launch in the game, and I am curious to see how this will include the additional Jurassic World Rebirth additions, as the movie would have released 3 months before this game's launch. Curious to know if future additions could reintroduce the cut animals for free like how Planet Coaster 2 is reintroducing old themes, or if they will be future paid DLC considering the effort with the new additions.
Also,
@Morales, if you check the link I shared above and check the decoration used for the Construct segment, you could see a Megaladon
.
And it looks like a Jurassic Park style Pteranodon as well. So I think variants would still be in the game.
If I were to assume, I think the dinosaurs that made a Cannon appearance are the ones that completely secured, as well as any new additions to the roster in JWE2 that the community particularly likes like the aforementioned Megalodon, Gigantoraptor, Minmi, Deinocherus, and Utahraptor. Those that are cut are likely those that are least used or could do with some model updates, like Camarasaurus, Tsintaosaurus, Archaeornithomimus, Deinonychus, and Liopleurodon. I think the Feathered species pack, Prehistoric Marine Species Pack, Cretaceous Predator Pack, and Park Manager's collection pack are in JWE3 from launch day. Again, it is really hard to imagine which of the 122 dinosaurs do not get in, and I am curious if that 82 base game roster count on the website is liable to change as we get closer to launch day.
I am curious to see what the final roster is like, right now, this game overall looks like really solid and really brings about all that the community could ask for for literal years. I am also excited to see that there are tables you could place that guests could sit on, that alongside the many statues of these animals, custom building, terrain, and new locations with the new babies and animations have really gotten me excited for Jurassic World Evolution 3's launch!
