(Many months ago, I posted a thread for an Owen Grady DLC concept. Now, because of the release of Update 1.12 and the new Return to Jurassic Park DLC, and knowing what they both had to offer, I can now confidently layout the basic concept a little better. Basically, I'm reviving an old dead thread of mine on the ideas forum anew.)
First off, Owen Grady and Claire Dearing are the main "human hero cast" of the Jurassic World saga, and in Jurassic Word Evolution, starting with Claire herself, she was given a bigger role with the Claire's Sanctuary DLC, where it emphasizes its focus on herbivorous dinosaurs. Because of this, I think there should be a balancing act here with the other "human hero character", which is Owen Grady, to do something similar as what Claire's Sanctuary did, albeit with a polar opposite focus: The carnivorous dinosaurs.
I imagine an Owen DLC having an emphasized focus on carnivores, particularly their behavior, rather than herbivore paleobotany. Dinosaur behavior specialization is something Owen's character is all about in the franchise, so it would make sense for this to be a thing for him in this game. Maybe the DLC can have something to keep dinosaurs busy with enrichment that can fit the JW style. Maybe the DLC can specialize in carnivore behavior for training shows, feeding shows, or what not. Due to these reasons, perhaps it could also introduce new elements of security like lethal ammunition, cameras to automatically detect dangers and alert selected nearby ACUs or Ranger Teams, etc.
Campaign placement wise, I kinda see it being placed within the main campaign like the Secrets of Dr. Wu DLC. However, because Claire, another "human hero character" received her own campaign, Owen would probably have the same treatment to keep things with the main characters balanced. If it will be the latter, I can imagine it taking place on Isla Nublar in 2015, during the events of Jurassic World.
If the latter will be the case, it would make sense if the real Raptor Squad were to make an appearance, where the real raptor characters (Blue, Delta, Echo and Charlie) become characters you can utilize for whatever reasons. All the Raptor Squad skinned raptors you can make via the Raptor Squad Skin Pack DLC are nothing but mere lookalike replicas (fake Raptror Squad characters) as confirmed by various sources regarding the pack and its content. However, I have doubts the four raptor characters could make it in (though I would be surprised if a way is figured out), which is why I currently think it would be best if an Owen DLC was placed within the main campaign. The main campaign's narrative takes elements from the first four films, including the status of the Raptor Squad. Blue is alive, while the other three are not, making Blue as the only possible character raptor to appear in an Owen DLC or any DLC that will feature her (the real Blue, the one with personality).
As for new dinosaur species, considering this would be a possible carnivore focused DLC, they would be mostly carnivores with some exceptional herbivores, kinda like what Claire's Sanctuary did as a herbivore focused DLC (more new herbivores than carnivores). I have already made an option list on the Dino Wishlist Thread I will link below:
Dinosaurs - Dinosaur Wishlist Mega Thread
Disclaimer: all these dinosaurs are Canon because they are in videogames or Toys or other stuff; Pre-dinosaur Pack (We heve a new map on Isla Matanceros where we will try to recreate creatures that used to live before the Dinosaurs and a new feature are the pre-maded habitats, like in Planet...
What do you guys think
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