Trivia / Jurassic World Evolution 2

• Ascended Fanon: It is all but stated that the Spinosaurus skeleton from main street in the fourth film belonged to the animal from the third film, alluding to a long-held fan-theory.
• Author's Saving Throw: One of the primary selling points of the game was addressing complaints regarding the first game, and many improvements have been made to address new complaints made during this game's lifetime.
  • The introduction of new biomes after players criticized the tropical Five Deaths being the only setting for maps in the first game. Maps also are no longer segmented into smaller zones, or have gigantic obtrusions in the middle of them (players particularly criticized the Isla Sorna campaign map due to it being the largest map but suffering from a gigantic mountain in the middle).
  • Dinosaur behavior is much more complex and natural, ranging from herbivores now feeding on vegetation (and not needing to rely on feeders), socializing (the first game's socializing amounted to a group of animals standing in a circle vocalizing to each otheR), hunting (not only is pack hunting implemented, but a hunt is no longer a guaranteed success), and the addition of a territory system.
  • Several park mechanics have been added to address spacing and financial concerns; the abilities to airlift newly hatched dinosaurs and breed batches of animals in one slot means a player doesn't need to spend as much space or money on hatches; customization of park buildings has been expanded to address complaints of uniformity.
  • Marine reptiles and pterosaurs are added as fully functioning animals after only Pteranodon made it into the first game as animals on a loop. This is particularly noteworthy given the Mosasaurus was teased in the first game's announcement trailer only to never appear. Pliosaurs like Liopleurodon were also added specifically to ensure biodiversity concerns from fans.
  • A lot of issues have been ironed out as the game has gone on, particularly improved Sandbox features such as the ability to disable the need for scientists, the addition of instant construction/destruction, the return of disabling combat frequency, and the addition of the Campaign maps to playable levels.
  • Unlike the first game, scientific accuracy is taken into consideration, with proper integument, body proportions and even color being included for any species that isn't bound by the Grandfather Clause.
  • The update with the Cretaceous Predator Pack finally brought in a feature fans have been waiting for since the first game: an option for automatic hatcheries that will make and keep animals at a specified population level, which means Evolution 2 now has the much-desired Site B option from Operation Genesis. Several theropod species that are not pack hunters were given a "pack chase" behavior where when one dinosaur begins a hunt two others will join in, competing to be the first to catch the prey (the one that instigates the hunt will always catch it, though).
  • A more minor example, but the Secret Species Pack gave the Ankylodocus a much appreciated redesign that made the Ankylosaurus portion of its ancestry more obvious.
• The Other Darrin:
  • Voice acting veteran Corey Burton puts his best imitation skills to use playing the long-dead Richard Kiley.
  • Aaron Neill voices Simon Masrani in lieu of the late Irrfan Khan.
• Science Marches On: Amargasaurus is depicted with bare spines instead of sails, which was believed to have been correct at the time of the game's release. But then came March 2022, when a new study proposed that Amargasaurus and its relatives did have sails after all.
  • Dunkleosteus was subject to this while the Marine Species Pack that it was included in was being produced. Shortly before release Dunkleosteus had its size estimates cut enormously from roughly the size of a great white shark to the size of a large tuna. An unfortunate fate for what turned out to be one of the most scientifically rigorous depictions of the old dunk ever produced.