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Jurassic Park: The Game is an episodic graphic adventure based on the Jurassic Park film franchise. The game was developed by Telltale Games as part of a licensing deal with Universal Pictures. The plot of the game takes place during and after the plot of the first film. The game was originally announced in June 2010 before being revealed in the February issue of Game Informer. The first episode was expected for release in April 2011, but was pushed back to November 15 along with the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 release, resulting in a multi-platform release with all four episodes at once.
The game was originally announced on June 8, 2010 along with Back to the Future: The Game. Back to the Future was released first, on December 22, 2010.
On January 14, 2011, in an exclusive article for Game Informer, Jurassic Park: The Game was officially unveiled. It was stated that the game was not a shooter and instead focused more on its characters. The developers described it as being similar to Heavy Rain. It also has decision-based objectives as well as quick-time events that affect gameplay as well as how the game's events play out, making it the first game by Telltale in which the player can be killed.
In a reveal trailer released February 2011, Jurassic Park: The Game was confirmed for April 2011.
Console release was confirmed for Fall 2011. A pre-order for the game is entitled to all 4 episodes delivered monthly, a collector's DVD at the end of the season, and special forums access to behind the scenes features/content (production art, game designer chats, etc.). On April 25, 2011, Telltale Games announced that the PC/Mac version would be delayed until Fall, resulting in a multi-platform release. All pre-orders up until April 24 will be refunded and a free game voucher was offered as compensation good for any Telltale game ever and in the future. The game was now to be released on PC and consoles on November 15. It was again made available for pre-orders, only this time, those who pre-ordered for the Xbox 360 version would get a pet avatar T-Rex, while PC and Mac players who pre-ordered those versions would get the deluxe edition of the game.
Episodes for Microsoft Windows, OS X and iOS were released as well as the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions simultaneously. However, the Xbox 360 had a retail disc release, as opposed to the episodic release of the other platforms.
Jurassic Park The Game has received mixed reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the Xbox 360 version 64.09% and 60/100, the PC version 55.88% and 54/100 and the PlayStation 3 version 54.50% and 53/100.
IGN's Greg Miller said of the game, "Jurassic Park is a meandering tale of forgettable characters getting lost in a park that is far less wondrous than the one we saw on the silver screen", giving it a 5.5 out of 10.
Carolyin Petit from GameSpot gave the game a 6.5/10, stating that while it was "fun to watch Jurassic Park's story play out, the cinematic adventure wasn't much fun to actually play." While she praised the use of the source material, she criticized the lack of challenging puzzles and lack of context for conversation options. She concluded her review comparing the game progression to the "cars on rigid tracks, offering no control where it goes or how it gets there. You're just along for the ride."
However, Richard Cobbett of PC Gamer UK gave the game an unfavorable review of 41 out of 100, calling the game "a barely interactive movie that asks nothing of you but the most basic of motor functions," taking issue with the gameplay taking a back seat to the plot, which he described as "a hammy but watchable sequel to the first movie."
It was reported by 1UP.com that the development staff wrote favourable user reviews for the game on Metacritic without disclosing their affiliation to the game.
Jurassic Park: The Game. (2016, February 1). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
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