I will admit that JPOG, with some mods, is still to this day my favorite park builder. Which is why I had high hopes for this game, lauded as JPOG’s spiritual successor, and maybe my expectations of it having a bit more depth was too high.
So, there are some aspects of gameplay that have more depth like managing electricity, genetic editing, and… story? I really love the gene editing and the stats that it affects, truly the best gameplay mechanic of the game. But the number of features missing from both JPOG and Planet Coaster is, to say the least, disturbing.

The first thing I noticed missing, from both JPOG and PC, is the ability to randomly generate a plot of land and build like in career mode, slowly building up your research and unlocking things. Your options are either A) play though some very weirdly designed and small career mode islands or B) play in sandbox on a medium sized plot of land with the things you unlocked in career mode for free. To me, that is just not acceptable, especially since Isla Nublar is only big enough for very few large enclosures. Then there is the guests. I guess I understand how giving buildings needs and ignoring and guest development saves on memory and probably saved a good amount of development time but I really can’t think of another game that doesn’t have guest needs.

I dunno, I could go on, but in truth this is just like a reskinned JPOG with very few aspects of PC thrown in and a ton of features from both removed. But hey you get more dino variety.. dinos who have crazy needs and go on other dino killing rampages despite not being hungry... which I hope is jus a bug.

I, and obviously a good amount of people, just want these already established features of the genre implemented:
Autoselling fossils or a sell all button
Bigger islands or island generator that is like sandbox but with money concerns
Or just allow a modding community

Yeah… I would be willing to change this to a hard recommend if those (lack thereof modding because I know Frontier thinks it’s evil) were implemented.. you know things that they should have know were expected. But for now this feels like a $30-$35 game.

I will admit that JPOG, with some mods, is still to this day my favorite park builder. Which is why I had high hopes for this game, lauded as JPOG’s spiritual successor, and maybe my expectations of it having a bit more depth was too high. So, there are some aspects of gameplay that have more depth like managing electricity, genetic editing, and… story? I really love the gene editing and the stats that it affects, truly the best gameplay mechanic of the game. But the number of features missing from both JPOG and Planet Coaster is, to say the least, disturbing. The first thing I noticed missing, from both JPOG and PC, is the ability to randomly generate a plot of land and build like in career mode, slowly building up your research and unlocking things. Your options are either A) play though some very weirdly designed and small career mode islands or B) play in sandbox on a medium sized plot of land with the things you unlocked in career mode for free. To me, that is just not acceptable, especially since Isla Nublar is only big enough for very few large enclosures. Then there is the guests. I guess I understand how giving buildings needs and ignoring and guest development saves on memory and probably saved a good amount of development time but I really can’t think of another game that doesn’t have guest needs. I dunno, I could go on, but in truth this is just like a reskinned JPOG with very few aspects of PC thrown in and a ton of features from both removed. But hey you get more dino variety.. dinos who have crazy needs and go on other dino killing rampages despite not being hungry... which I hope is jus a bug. I, and obviously a good amount of people, just want these already established features of the genre implemented: Autoselling fossils or a sell all button Bigger islands or island generator that is like sandbox but with money concerns Or just allow a modding community Yeah… I would be willing to change this to a hard recommend if those (lack thereof modding because I know Frontier thinks it’s evil) were implemented.. you know things that they should have know were expected. But for now this feels like a $30-$35 game.