History VideoGame / JurassicWorldEvolution2

* DevelopersForesight: If you include any of the hybrids in the Secret Species Pack with their component creatures and they happen to be compatible (so no ''Spinosaurus'' with either ''Spinoceratops'' or ''Spinoraptor''), they have unique social animations - the ''Spinoraptor'', for example, will spook a ''Velociraptor'', resulting in a brief stand off until the larger dinosaur imitates a raptor call, convincing the latter to back off.

* ContinuitySnarl: The ''Spinosaurus'' from ''III'' returns in Chaos Theory, but inexplicably still has the search party's satellite phone with the Kirby Paint and Tile Plus ringtone going off from inside its' stomach and shortly after being killed by a pack of raptors as a nod to the original ending for the film. This is despite the fact that the film showed the phone being taken from the droppings of the ''Spinosaurus'' and later seemingly the same specimen showing up alive in ''Camp Cretaceous''.

* BioluminescenceIsCool: Two bioluminescent skins for the ''Parasaurolophus'' are featured in the game as part of the ''Camp Cretaceous'' DLC dinosaur pack. Several patterns for the ''Styxosaurus'' also have similar bioluminescence, as do two skins for the ''Nothosaurus''.

* PutOnABus: ''Ankylodocus'', ''Spinoraptor'', and ''Stegoceratops'' are the only dinosaurs to not return from the first game. [[TheBusCameBack Averted with the Secret Species Pack'', which brought them back along with newcomer ''Spinoceratops'' from ''Camp Cretaceous''.

* PutOnABus: ''Ankylodocus'', ''Spinoraptor'', and ''Stegoceratops'' are the only dinosaurs to not return from the first game.

''Jurassic World: Evolution 2'' is a business simulator based on the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' franchise and a sequel to 2018's ''VideoGame/JurassicWorldEvolution'', again developed and published by Creator/FrontierDevelopments. It was released for PC, UsefulNotes/{{PS4}}, UsefulNotes/{{PS5}}, UsefulNotes/XboxONE, and Xbox Series X and S on November 9, 2021.

* BioluminescenceIsCool: Two bioluminescent skins for the ''Parasaurolophus'' are featured in the game as part of the ''Camp Cretaceous'' DLC dinosaur pack. Several patterns for the ''Styxosaurus'' also have similar bioluminescence.

** The Cretaceous Predator Pack (November 30, 2023): Contains the ''Tarbosaurus'' from the ''Camp Cretaceous: The Hidden Adventure'', as well as new species ''Concavenator'', ''Utahraptor'', and ''Gigantoraptor''.

** The ''Dominion'' Expansion adds feathered dinosaurs to the game, along with ''Quetzalcoatlus'' possessing pycnofibres. This is continued by the ''Dominion'' Malta Expansion, which also includes a variant ''Dimorphodon'' with the pycnofibres it is shown with in the films, and the Feathered Species Pack.

** Unlike the first game, ''2'''s fame mechanic is solely calculated by raw income. Even if you have no dinosaurs in your park, the Innovation Center and the various customizable attractions will still draw in guests, who will in turn pay admission fees and visit amenities in your park... meaning that it's entirely possible to brute-force your way to five stars by placing [[https://www.reddit.com/r/jurassicworldevo/comments/r6fanu/jwe2_jurassic_difficulty_solid_income_with_no/ nothing but attractions.]] This was later removed in update 1.3 by giving Innovation Centers a duplicate penalty if more than 1 is built in the park. As a result, while one cannot 5 star a park like this anymore, it can still be used to (albeit much more slowly) draw in passive income.

* BioluminescenceIsCool: Two bioluminescent skins for the ''Parasaurolophus'' are featured in the game as part of the ''Camp Cretaceous'' DLC dinosaur pack. Sveral patterns for the ''Styxosaurus'' also have similar bioluminescence.

* BioluminescenceIsCool: Two bioluminescent skins for the ''Parasaurolophus'' are featured in the game as part of the ''Camp Cretaceous'' DLC dinosaur pack.

** This also applies to game modes, since Chaos Theory mode essentially takes the well-received concept of ''Return to Jurassic Park'' and runs with it for all five films.

* TakeThat: The ''Atrociraptor'' kill animation depicts it briefly stopping when the victim holds up their hand....then lunging forward to attack anyway, which seems like a jab at the much critiqued "open hand pose" Owen employs against dinosaurs (though it may also be a ContinuityNod to Hoskins's death in ''Jurassic World'').

** Pack-hunting theropods like the ''Velociraptors'' and ''Deinonychus'' can now attack every other dinosaur in the game and in a group of four or more, can almost always bring down even an apex predator.

** ''Film/JurassicPark'': Create a functional Jurassic Park in a setting where Dennis Nedry never sabotaged the park.

* AnachronismStew: The species roster for the ''Film/JurassicPark'' Chaos Theory scenario includes ''Suchomimus'', which hadn't yet been discovered in 1993 when the original film is meant to take place.

** The ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' Pack (March 8th, 2022): Contains variants of dinosaurs representing characters from the series such as Bumpy the ''Ankylosaurus'' and Toro the ''Carnotaurus''.
** The Biosyn Expansion Pack (June 14th, 2022): tying in with the release of ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'', the Expansion Pack contains a new Biosyn-exclusive set of building and mechanics; many of the species introduced in ''Dominion'' such as ''Giganotosaurus'' and ''Therizinosaurus''; and two new biomes and Challenge and Chaos Theory scenarios.

** The Malta Expansion Pack (December 8, 2022): The second Expansion Pack tying in with ''Jurassic World Dominion'', containing a campaign inspired by the Malta black market sequence, a new biome, and several other species and variants from ''Dominion'' such as the ''Atrociraptor'' pack.

The game's first paid DLC pack, the Early Cretaceous pack, was released on December 9th, 2021. The second paid DLC pack, focused on ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'', was released on March 8th, 2022. A third paid DLC pack tying in with the release of ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'', the Biosyn Expansion Pack, was released on June 14th, 2022. The fourth DLC pack, the Late Cretaceous pack, was released on September 15, 2022. The fifth DLC pack (and the second tying in with ''Jurassic World Dominion''), the Malta Expansion Pack, was released on December 8, 2022. The sixth DLC pack, the Feathered Species Pack, was released on March 30, 2023.

The game's first paid DLC pack, the Early Cretaceous pack, was released on December 9th, 2021. The second paid DLC pack, focused on ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'', was released on March 8th, 2022. A third paid DLC pack tying in with the release of ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'', the Biosyn Expansion Pack, was released on June 14th, 2022. The fourth DLC pack, the Late Cretaceous pack, was released on September 15, 2022. The fifth DLC pack (and the second tying in with ''Jurassic World Dominion''), the Malta Expansion Pack, was released on December 8, 2022.

* TakeThat: The 'Atrociraptor' kill animation depicts it briefly stopping when the victim holds up their hand....then lunging forward to attack anyway, which seems like a jab at the much critiqued "open hand pose" Owen employs against dinosaurs.

** The ''Dominion'' Expansion adds feathered dinosaurs to the game, along with ''Quetzalcoatlus'' possessing pycnofibres. This is continued by the ''Dominion'' Malta Expansion, which also includes a variant ''Dimorphodon'' with the pycnofibres it is shown with in the films.

** None of the pterosaurs in the game other than ''Quetzalcoatlus'' have pycnofibres. Not even ''Dimorphodon'', which is jarring since its film counterpart had a partial covering at least. However, the Malta Expansion Pack features a 2022 variant of ''Dimorphodon'' that possesses the pycnofibres from the film.