Hey guys, finally got my hand on the last two DLCs for JWE2 and will be tinkering around with them today in a bit. While I do feel like this is it for the game I do have some thoughts and hopes for a possible, last last hurrah DLC or Update as well as some general musings for the future.
So first things, I do not believe we will be getting a Chaos Theory DLC for JWE2 and I'll explain why.
1. We're still missing Smilodon from Camp Cretaceous. It wouldn't make sense to add animals from the new show while we're still missing one from the first.
2. We know a second season is coming later this year and if things track the same way it did for Camp Cretaceous, then it's likely the first 3 seasons have been greenlit with 4 and 5 pending the success of the first 3. There is a lot of potential plot threads and content that Universal probably wants established in the movie universe first before okaying it for the game.
3. It would make sense to hold off until the next game so there are more new animals to add to the base game and future DLC. Financially speaking, this would be the ideal long term goal
If you want what I think the possible timeline for Chaos Theory looks like then I'll show you.
Season 1 and 2 in 2024.
Season 3 at the start of 2025.
JW7 in between.
Season 4 at the end of 2025.
Season 5 in 2026.
JWE3 releases
Possible Spin Off movie similar to Hidden Adventure sometime after the game release. This would be the ideal point to launch a Chaos Theory Pack.
What do I think will come, if anything?
Personally, I don't think there will be any more DLC after this last one. However, I do think there is a possibility for one last free Anniversary update in November. In which case I will postulate a possible Update and a possible DLC that could come alongside it.
2024 Anniversary Free Update
1. Smilodon
2. TLW Skins/Variants for Pteranodon and Mamenchisaurus.
3. Stegosaurus Lux skin from the JW Live Tour.
4. Carnotaurus Camouflage skin from the TLW novel.
5. Helicopter Tour Building and a Tour Beacon Upgrade for Ranger Posts so you can assign Tours to specific exhibits via the existing mechanics for automating your ACU, Ranger and Medical Teams.
Anniversary DLC
1. Hadrosaurus. It was seen on one of the Ingen Hunter info sheets in The Lost World: Jurassic Park. It also appeared on the Holoscape screen in Jurassic World.
2. Peloroplites. It appeared as skeleton which was destroyed by lava when Mount Sibo erupted and also as a skeleton in Lockwood Manor during the events of Fallen Kingdom.
3. Teratophoneus. Appeared as a corpse outside the derelict transmitter station in Fallen Kingdom on Isla Nublar and also as a Skeleton in Lockwood Manor.
4. Mononykus. Appeared as a statue in Lockwood manor alongside Concavenator and others in Fallen Kingdom.
I do feel like the Smilodon will make it in as part of a free update. It is the ONLY missing, living animal from the movie and TV canon. It would be a fitting final farewell to the game and while the other four items on my update wishlist are desirable, I do feel like that would be the only one to be guaranteed.
As for the DLC, I don't think it will come but if it does, these are the four animals I would like to see. It would wrap up all the JP/JW trilogy animals and alongside Smilodon would finish off everything pre-Chaos Theory and JW7. This would leave only the novels, show and new movie left to pull from beyond the lineup of fan and Frontier favorites that will undoubtedly make it into the game.
I think that alone would be hype enough to warrant it. Sadly I don't think we can expect an expansion or really anything, but I am hopeful that Frontier will take note of the final Anniversary for JWE2 and give us something, no matter how small to send us off on while we wait for the next game in the series.
Thoughts, criticisms and suggestions welcome but do try to keep things reasonable.
So first things, I do not believe we will be getting a Chaos Theory DLC for JWE2 and I'll explain why.
1. We're still missing Smilodon from Camp Cretaceous. It wouldn't make sense to add animals from the new show while we're still missing one from the first.
2. We know a second season is coming later this year and if things track the same way it did for Camp Cretaceous, then it's likely the first 3 seasons have been greenlit with 4 and 5 pending the success of the first 3. There is a lot of potential plot threads and content that Universal probably wants established in the movie universe first before okaying it for the game.
3. It would make sense to hold off until the next game so there are more new animals to add to the base game and future DLC. Financially speaking, this would be the ideal long term goal
If you want what I think the possible timeline for Chaos Theory looks like then I'll show you.
Season 1 and 2 in 2024.
Season 3 at the start of 2025.
JW7 in between.
Season 4 at the end of 2025.
Season 5 in 2026.
JWE3 releases
Possible Spin Off movie similar to Hidden Adventure sometime after the game release. This would be the ideal point to launch a Chaos Theory Pack.
What do I think will come, if anything?
Personally, I don't think there will be any more DLC after this last one. However, I do think there is a possibility for one last free Anniversary update in November. In which case I will postulate a possible Update and a possible DLC that could come alongside it.
2024 Anniversary Free Update
1. Smilodon
2. TLW Skins/Variants for Pteranodon and Mamenchisaurus.
3. Stegosaurus Lux skin from the JW Live Tour.
4. Carnotaurus Camouflage skin from the TLW novel.
5. Helicopter Tour Building and a Tour Beacon Upgrade for Ranger Posts so you can assign Tours to specific exhibits via the existing mechanics for automating your ACU, Ranger and Medical Teams.
Anniversary DLC
1. Hadrosaurus. It was seen on one of the Ingen Hunter info sheets in The Lost World: Jurassic Park. It also appeared on the Holoscape screen in Jurassic World.
2. Peloroplites. It appeared as skeleton which was destroyed by lava when Mount Sibo erupted and also as a skeleton in Lockwood Manor during the events of Fallen Kingdom.
3. Teratophoneus. Appeared as a corpse outside the derelict transmitter station in Fallen Kingdom on Isla Nublar and also as a Skeleton in Lockwood Manor.
4. Mononykus. Appeared as a statue in Lockwood manor alongside Concavenator and others in Fallen Kingdom.
I do feel like the Smilodon will make it in as part of a free update. It is the ONLY missing, living animal from the movie and TV canon. It would be a fitting final farewell to the game and while the other four items on my update wishlist are desirable, I do feel like that would be the only one to be guaranteed.
As for the DLC, I don't think it will come but if it does, these are the four animals I would like to see. It would wrap up all the JP/JW trilogy animals and alongside Smilodon would finish off everything pre-Chaos Theory and JW7. This would leave only the novels, show and new movie left to pull from beyond the lineup of fan and Frontier favorites that will undoubtedly make it into the game.
I think that alone would be hype enough to warrant it. Sadly I don't think we can expect an expansion or really anything, but I am hopeful that Frontier will take note of the final Anniversary for JWE2 and give us something, no matter how small to send us off on while we wait for the next game in the series.
Thoughts, criticisms and suggestions welcome but do try to keep things reasonable.
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