Jurassic Park

"Shoot Her!"

INTRO: Jurassic Park is one franchise that has enjoyed a great amount of success. From the great best selling books to blockbuster movies money has always followed. So it should be no surprise that a video game is made. Now typically you can easily dismissed any licensed game as crap. This because the vast majority are quick attempts to make a buck. But unlike the majority this is a game that is worth your buck.

GRAPHICS: Some of the best ever on the Genesis. Dr. Grant looks like a perfect 16 bit representation of himself from the movie. All the dinosaurs look great and highly detailed to. Especially the raptor, which you get to play as. The forest is very lush and alive which really helps add to the great ambience of the game. All the action flows well together and the special effects are also quite good too.

SOUND: Just like the graphics all the sound effects are top notch as well. There are constantly noises in the background further helping the game pull you into it. The ominous roar of the T-rex will always get you psyched up for this game. Not to mention the cool Sega logo with the T-rex at the beginning of the game. As you play the raptor it will make constant growls and chirps always adding to coolness of playing as a raptor.

CONTROLS: The control scheme is very straight forward and easy to pick up. No complicated button combinations to learn and the variety of Grant's weapons are use to use.

STORY: Although the story definitely second tier to the gameplay, the plot does highlight the overall plot of the movie. A nice touch is being the raptor and journeying through the park through the raptor's eyes.

GAMEPLAY: Jurassic Park is unique because it has to very different campaigns in it. One as Dr. Grant after the car crash run in with the T-rex, and the other as a raptor journeying through the island. to a showdown with Dr. Grant. As Dr. Grant you will use several different weapons to stun or knockout various dinosaurs across 7 levels. The number of weapons and dinosaurs is actually pretty high. Which in turn makes what would obviously be second fiddle to the raptor chapter very fun. Playing as the raptor you will go through 5 levels this time. Will again be fighting dinosaurs and this time even park guards, but this time you will use slashing, biting, and jumping to make ends meet. Although this chapter is much shorter and easier, it has a much higher fun factor just being a raptor. The biggest knock on Jurassic Park has to be that it is a short game. Yes it only has a total of 12 levels and the difficulty level is low, but it has serious replay level. Playing through the raptor levels is some of the best fun I have had on the Genesis.

BOTTOM LINE: The only problems I have with this game is I wish it could be a little longer and maybe some more screen time for the T-rex would have been nice. Other than those small knocks I would have given the game a 10.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 07/23/07