History VideoGame / JurassicWorldEvolution

''Jurassic World: Evolution'' is a business simulator based on the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' franchise (particularly ''Film/JurassicWorld''), and a SpiritualSuccessor of 2003's ''VideoGame/JurassicParkOperationGenesis''. Developed and published by Creator/FrontierDevelopments, it was released (digitally) for PC, UsefulNotes/{{PS4}}, and UsefulNotes/XboxONE on June 12, 2018, and the physical version for UsefulNotes/{{PS4}} and UsefulNotes/XboxONE on July 3rd, 2018. It was released on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on November 3rd, 2020.

** Several missions involve keeping dinosaurs contained for a set amount of time. If they do escape, though, you won’t fail or have the clock reset. It just stops until you get the dinos back into containment.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Dr. Wu. He starts off sounding like a SmugSnake, and only gets more sinister as the campaign progresses. One wonders if he only communicates via a still image so we can't see him making any sinister expressions. If he could stand there and cackle manically, he ''would.''

** ''Carcharodontosaurus'' has a ''Megalosaurus''-like skull rather than a ''Giganotosaurus''-like one (for that matter, ''Giganotosaurus'' itself is given an outdated skull structure based on obsolete restorations of the animal).

...whoa, whoa, what's with that expression? I mean, we know, there have been [[Film/JurassicPark a couple of]]... [[Film/JurassicWorld minor incidents]], when this idea was trialed before. But honestly, there's nothing to worry about! We've accounted for every possible scenario.

** Similarly, although they were not actually seen, both ''Metriacanthosaurus'' and ''Proceratosaurus'' were listed among the frozen embryos in the original ''Film/JurassicPark''.

* PteroSoarer: The ''Pteranodon'' introduced in the ''Return to Jurassic Park'' DLC is based on the ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' design, which of course means teeth, grasping talons, naked skin, and AnimalGenderBender crest. On the bright side, though, [[ShownTheirWork they launch into flight by vaulting off with their wings like real pterosaurs]] (which is a detail that the films have never gotten right).

*** The sequel takes things up to eleven with "Chaos Theory" mode, a series of levels where the player is put in charge of multiple WhatIf scenarios based around the events of every movie, if things had gone a little more smoothly.
*** Film/JurassicPark: The player is put in charge of developing and creating the original Jurassic Park from scratch, in a timeline where Nedry was never hired, his sabotage never happened, and the ''Velociraptors'' never killed Jophery.
*** Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark: After Ludlow's dinosaur recovery mission goes off without a hitch, the player is put in charge of developing and overseeing the newly-renovated Jurassic Park San Diego.
*** Film/JurassicWorld: The player is put in charge of developing and overseeing a Jurassic World where the introduction of the ''Indominus rex'' went a little more smoothly.
*** Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom: The player and several other characters go back to the ruins of Jurassic World in a timeline where Mt. Sibo never erupted, and clean up the mess as best they can.

''Jurassic World: Evolution'' is a business simulator based on the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' franchise (particularly ''Film/JurassicWorld''), and a SpiritualSuccessor of 2003's ''VideoGame/JurassicParkOperationGenesis''. It was released (digitally) for PC, UsefulNotes/{{PS4}}, and UsefulNotes/XboxONE on June 12, 2018, and the physical version for UsefulNotes/{{PS4}} and UsefulNotes/XboxONE on July 3rd, 2018. It was released on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on November 3rd, 2020.

** There are subversions, however. A number of carnivores have a Social rating large enough to accept multiple members of their own kind within the same space, and as long as they're not exceeded, you can comfortably have a pack of six ''Velociraptor'', a trio of ''Ceratosaurus'' or a pair of ''Spinosaurus'' living happily within their own enclosures. Additionally, carnivores of different sizes will not (and seemingly ''cannot'') attack one another (with their encounters essentially being the bigger one bullying the smaller one away), allowing you to potentially house multiple carnivore species together in the same enclosure.

** While there's no direct fossil evidence for waterfowl-style keratin tomia in the mouths of ornithomimosaurs, it's still an interesting speculative detail that suggests more than a cursory knowledge of avian anatomy on the part of the developers.
* StockDinosaurs: ''Albertosaurus'', ''Allosaurus'', ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Apatosaurus'', ''Baryonyx'', ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Camarasaurus'', ''Carnotaurus'', ''Ceratosaurus'', ''Chasmosaurus'', ''Compsognathus'', ''Corythosaurus'', ''Deinonychus'', ''Dilophosaurus'', ''Diplodocus'', ''Dryosaurus'', ''Edmontosaurus'', ''Euoplocephalus'', ''Gallimimus'', ''Giganotosaurus'', ''Iguanodon'', ''Kentrosaurus'', ''Maiasaura'', ''Pachycephalosaurus'', ''Parasaurolophus'', ''Polacanthus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Spinosaurus'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Struthiomimus'', ''Styracosaurus'', ''Triceratops'', ''Troodon'', ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', and ''Velociraptor'' are confirmed to be in the game.
** Interestingly, StockDinosaurs tend to have ''lower'' ratings than the lesser-known species, encouraging you to have ''Sinoceratops'' instead of ''Triceratops'', ''Crichtonsaurus'' over ''Ankylosaurus'', and ''Tsintaosaurus'' instead of ''Parasaurolophus''.

* GiantEqualsInvincible: Giant sauropods like ''Brachiosaurus'' outsize every other animal in the game and are thus safe from the wrath of every animal ''not'' named ''[[OmnicidalManiac Indominus Rex]]'' -- even TyrannosaurusRex and her megatheropod ilk, giving them the rare honor of a species that can be housed with them safely. (The exception is if the sauropods happen to be tranquilized, in which case the big predators won't hesitate to [[NeverSleepAgain pounce on them in their stupor]], so be careful when cohabitating them.)

** Interestingly, StockDinosaurs tend to have ''lower'' ratings than SeldomSeenSpecies, encouraging you to have ''Sinoceratops'' instead of ''Triceratops'', ''Crichtonsaurus'' over ''Ankylosaurus'', and ''Tsintaosaurus'' instead of ''Parasaurolophus''.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: ''Acrocanthosaurus'', ''Archaeornithomimus'', ''Carcharodontosaurus'', ''Chungkingosaurus'', ''Crichtonsaurus'', ''Dracorex'', ''Dreadnoughtus'', ''Gigantspinosaurus'', ''Herrerasaurus'', ''Homalocephale'', ''Huayangosaurus'', ''Majungasaurus'', ''Mamenchisaurus'', ''Metriacanthosaurus'', ''Muttaburrasaurus'', ''Nasutoceratops'', ''Nigersaurus'', ''Nodosaurus'', ''Olorotitan'', ''Ouranosaurus'', ''Pentaceratops'', ''Proceratosaurus'', ''Sauropelta'', ''Sinoceratops'', ''Stygimoloch'', ''Suchomimus'', ''Torosaurus'', and ''Tsintaosaurus'' are confirmed to be in the game.

* ShownTheirWork: Generally, SeldomSeenSpecies and species not seen in any of the films will have a much more accurate design.

** The sauropods have wrongly shaped feet with too many claws, which is jarring with ''Apatosaurus'' since the film version got it right.

*** The sequel takes things UpToEleven with "Chaos Theory" mode, a series of levels where the player is put in charge of multiple WhatIf scenarios based around the events of every movie, if things had gone a little more smoothly.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: If you breed an ''Indoraptor'', Dr. Wu tells you that because the ''Indoraptor'' is a project of great interest to him, now ''you'' are as well, and to consider yourself watched. Come the ''Secrets of Dr. Wu'' DLC, and you've impressed Wu enough that he trusts you to help him with some top secret projects involving new hybrids.