Agreed, I would vote for Therizinosaurus, Oviraptor, & Bahadasaurus.
New dinosaur pack?
- Thread starter JurassicMan1984
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Here's what I think we're going to hopefully get: I think we can hopefully expect at least Jurassic and Triassic dinosaur packs to be released with three dinosaurs each, an Owen Grady-focused DLC involving the training and combat potential of various theropods, and a Jurassic World-themed DLC that will at least introduce the Dimorphodon and Mosasaurus with maybe a few actual dinosaurs that are somewhat obscure in the JP canon. Here's all the DLCs I think could be feasible:
Most Likely
Jurassic Dinosaur Pack
Miragaia
Shunosaurus
Yangchuanosaurus
Triassic Dinosaur Pack
Coelophysis
Daemonosaurus
Plateosaurus
Owen's Training Program
Guanlong
Megalosaurus
Tarbosaurus
Therizinosaurus
Utahraptor
Rise of Jurassic World (Takes place pre-2015)
Dimorphodon
Mosasaurus
Alamosaurus
Concavenator
Microceratus
Pachyrhinosaurus
Protoceratops
Teratophoneus
Less Likely
Piscivore Pack
Irritator
Masiakasaurus
Ostafrikasaurus
Omnivore Pack (For real this time)
Deinocheirus
Gigantoraptor
Oviraptor
Let me know what you all think. At this point, until we get any news, these are just my best guesses.
Most Likely
Jurassic Dinosaur Pack
Miragaia
Shunosaurus
Yangchuanosaurus
Triassic Dinosaur Pack
Coelophysis
Daemonosaurus
Plateosaurus
Owen's Training Program
Guanlong
Megalosaurus
Tarbosaurus
Therizinosaurus
Utahraptor
Rise of Jurassic World (Takes place pre-2015)
Dimorphodon
Mosasaurus
Alamosaurus
Concavenator
Microceratus
Pachyrhinosaurus
Protoceratops
Teratophoneus
Less Likely
Piscivore Pack
Irritator
Masiakasaurus
Ostafrikasaurus
Omnivore Pack (For real this time)
Deinocheirus
Gigantoraptor
Oviraptor
Let me know what you all think. At this point, until we get any news, these are just my best guesses.
With the dinosaur packs, one of the major patterns I've seen ignored by predictors is the fact that the dinosaurs have consistently come from different in-game continents, but also a minor one I see ignored is that none of them actually live at the same time exactly (Dreadnoughtus is Campanian or Maastrichtian and Carcharodontosaurus is Cenomanian in age. Even the deluxe pack has this level of time & continent diversity, though spread amongst 5, rather than proportional). Major DLCs on the other hand throw that out the window, I like to think of it as striking a balance between what people want and diversity (though I'm pretty sure time period diversity only really concerns a minority of people like myself).
A Triassic pack in my opinion feels a bit messy to me (there are three divisions to the Late Triassic, but genera seem to mostly ignore them, with Coelophysis even existing into the Jurassic from the Norian [middle section]. There's also the issue of Coelophysis also being in Africa, and Plateosaurus being in Greenland), personally I'm convinced that there won't be a Triassic pack, but instead that Plateosaurus and Coelophysis will be put in other DLCs like Herrerasaurus was.
I don't personally think our Owen impersonator could really float a DLC by himself, but I'd also argue that most of the stuff you could do with an Owen DLC you could probably fit into the Rise of Jurassic World DLC you've got there, considering it's the best place for things like animal training and shows, although I guess it could make it a bit too big as non-nostalgic DLCs go.
Also, I'm guessing you're talking mostly about potential candidates, as more than 5 dinosaurs in a DLC doesn't seem likely (in fact more than 3 doesn't seem all that likely these days, depending on how much else there is).
With the Jurassic pack, I mainly focused on dinosaurs that the community have highly requested in the past. Granted, if we are following your different continents logic, then you could replace the Yangchuanosaurus with something like Torvosaurus and it could work fine. Honestly, with the Triassic pack, I'm not sure Frontier are researching or thinking that deeply. I know what you're getting at, I'm just thinking you may be reading into some things a little too much. I chose Coelophysis and Plateosaurus because they are probably, along with the Herrerasaurus, the most well-known and quintessential dinosaurs when you think of the Triassic. Daemonosaurus being a rare small theropod from the same time and place as the North American Coelophysis bauri was just a unique little idea I had for the third slot. Dinosaur variety was much more limited in the Triassic as they were not as diverse then as they were later in the Mesozoic. Regarding the Owen DLC, yeah I can see how it might fit into a Jurassic World DLC, but the latter was supposed to focus on the park as a whole. My entire basis for the Owen DLC was because Dr. Wu and Claire also have one, plus the IBRIS project in the canon, in my opinion, is ripe material for expanding the roster of theropods in the game. The piscivore and omnivore packs are a bit of a long shot, hence why I labeled them less likely. And yes, I was mainly listing potential candidates/likely additions for the dinosaurs/creatures listed.
Not really sure how you came to the conclusion of these being "more likely" or "less likely" since right now they all seem just as likely as anything... heck, I'd argue some of those "less likely" are more likely and some of those "more likely" are less... but then, those are just my best guesses too, I suppose...
The logic I have for whether a pack is more or less likely comes down to past patterns. We had a Cretaceous pack, so a Jurassic and Triassic one makes sense following from that. Owen DLC makes sense because Dr. Wu and Claire also had dedicated ones. Jurassic World DLC is a possible counterpart to Return to Jurassic Pack. Piscivore and omnivore packs are slight possibilities due to the previous releases of the carnivore and herbivore packs. In short, dinosaur packs seem to follow a pattern of time period or general diet, major DLCs tend to either have a theme or be focused on one or two characters, usually from the film canon. Does that make sense?
No, that part I understood; I probably should have been more specific... a lot of the dinosaurs (and other animals) you suggested is what doesn't make sense to me...
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Really a lot of the choices came down to popular requests, gaps in representation in the game I've noticed, as well as some personal or fan favorites.
Some possible ideas for upcoming dlc's:
(missing) triassic dinosaur pack:
(missing) jurassic dinosaur pack:
(now that we have the aviary) flying reptiles pack:
weird dinosaurs pack:
ceratopsian dinosaur pack:
(big story dlc) prehistoric waters dlc:
(missing) triassic dinosaur pack:
- Plateosaurus
- Coelophysis
- Pisanosaurus
(missing) jurassic dinosaur pack:
- Megalosaurus
- Cryolophosaurus
- Miragaia
(now that we have the aviary) flying reptiles pack:
- Dimorphodon
- Tapejara
- Cearadactylus
weird dinosaurs pack:
- Therizinosaurus
- Oviraptor
- Amargasaurus
ceratopsian dinosaur pack:
- Protoceratops
- Microceratus
- Diabloceratops
(big story dlc) prehistoric waters dlc:
- a mission based campaign
- new type of exibit (possible like the aviary) a lagoon or big tank
- jurassic river ride
- Mosasaurus
- Plesiosaurus
- Ichthyosaurus
- Archelon
- Placodus
Something i forgot to mention: some continental based packs would be nice too.
For example:
european dinosaur pack:
asian dinosaur pack:
african dinosaur pack:
For example:
european dinosaur pack:
- Pelicanimimus
- Scelidosaurus
- Concavenator
asian dinosaur pack:
- Shantungosaurus
- Tarbosaurus
- Saurolophus
african dinosaur pack:
- Rebacchisaurus
- Rugops
- Elaphrosaurus
Would love to see better behavior more than dinosaurs don't you think?
Add some dinosaurs from the Dicraeosauridae family like the Bajadasaurus along with the Amargasaurus and that'd be just about right.
This. I am not going to touch the game again until there is more stuff to actually use in my parks. New dinos does nothing for me and I cant believe that is all anyone wants.
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Because like it or not, dinosaurs sell... a lot...
Honestly, at this point, the one thing I want to see in the next general DLC pack is a Park QOL; new buildings, new services, overhauled nature and terraforming tools, dinosaur ai and animation improvements, complete redesign of guest functions, etc... that's what this game desperately needs, not another three hour story that's played once and ignored...
true but at the same time why does anyone need to buy another pack of dinosaurs that dont do anything different than what they currently have? It's no different than people buying CSGO skins or other blatant cash grabs so I guess that is Frontier's business model.
Okay - here is a few possible pack suggestions.
Asian Pack
African Pack
Australian Pack
South American Pack
Asian Pack
- Therizinosaurus
- Alioramus/Qianzhousaurus
- Gigantoraptor
African Pack
- Dicraeosaurus
- Rugops/Kryptops
- Paralititan
Australian Pack
- Australovenator
- Diamantinasaurus
- Kunbarrasaurus/Minmi
South American Pack
- Austroraptor
- Amargasaurus
- Megaraptor
Now it is a good time for some new content to master the corona crisis.