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Little Writer · 06/11/2010, 02:32 am

When I think of JP as a semi-adventure game, I get flashes of Silent Hill in my mind, games which combine some AG elements with slight combat/escape sequences. Survival horror lends itself naturally to such a concept. Though I'd prefer something less generic.

*Jennifer* · 06/13/2010, 10:09 am

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Originally Posted by Little Writer

When I think of JP as a semi-adventure game, I get flashes of Silent Hill in my mind, games which combine some AG elements with slight combat/escape sequences. Survival horror lends itself naturally to such a concept. Though I'd prefer something less generic.

I wouldn't mind a survival horror game. That would work well for Jurassic Park. As long as the story is good, I'm sure I'll enjoy it.

Spykes · 06/13/2010, 12:58 pm

Capcom did a pretty successful Jurassic Park-esque survival horror game a few years back. Dino Crisis. That could end up being a decent idea for TellTale

Steve2911 · 06/13/2010, 01:09 pm

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Originally Posted by Spykes

Capcom did a pretty successful Jurassic Park-esque survival horror game a few years back. Dino Crisis. That could end up being a decent idea for TellTale

That game was fun. Although it essentially used Resident Evil as a template and swapped out the models for dinosaurs. xD

Spykes · 06/13/2010, 01:43 pm

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Originally Posted by Steve2911

That game was fun. Although it essentially used Resident Evil as a template and swapped out the models for dinosaurs. xD

It was. I was simply bringing out the the Survival Horror genre could easily work for Jurassic Park. It seems to fit better than them trying to make a Jurassic Park game as a point and click adventure.

Steve2911 · 06/13/2010, 01:46 pm

My mind springs back to an old PC game called Lost Eden. As far as I can recall that was a dinosaur based point and click... but I don't think it was very much like Jurassic Park.

Hayden · 06/16/2010, 01:20 am

This seems relevant and will probably be intriguing to most.

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Originally Posted by Dave Grossman

Jurassic Park will be a little bit more of a departure for us. The reasons will probably be obvious to people who are trying to figure out how we will do this game. What we always try and do is whatever's best for the licence. Jurassic Park is going to require a lot of tension and time pressure and stuff like that - you need to run away from dinosaurs. Your standard graphic adventure mechanics are not very good for that.

So it seems that it will still be an adventure game, but just in a different style.

Spadge · 06/16/2010, 02:47 am

Just watched all 3 movies and I think I know what the game would be like.

I think you'd be part of a group, so you can interact with people every now and then and get new information, items and maybe even hints. The game would probably be fluently jumping between a few modes via character interactions/cutscenes /puzzle solving/etc:

1. Running from Dinosaurs- There's a dinosaur chasing you so you have a limited control of the movement (Somewhat similar to the DeSoto mini-game in Sam and Max). You jump over roots, dash under giant tree stumps, get in the middle of a herbivore stampede... And if you make too many mistakes, you are dinosaur food.
2. Trapped - You and a few other characters are trapped in some vehicle/structure/etc, while dinosaurs are trying to break in and eat you. Now you have a limited time before the dinosaur gets to you, so you find a way to solve some puzzle (Start the engine of the car, use items, find another way out, lure the dinosaur away, maybe even interact with another character so he can help). If you fail doing that in time you get eaten. Now it's a different puzzle each time so things won't get repetitive.
3. In Relative Safety - No dinosaurs nearby, you and your group is resting. This is where you sit down and just talk to other characters, decide what the next goal is and maybe find an item or two in the grass.

There probably won't be any shooting and stuff like that, it would likely be focused on solving some problem before you get eaten.
The other characters from your "group" would act on their own. Sometimes they'd betray you, get you or themselves in trouble, help you along the way, basically everything the characters in the movies do.
And there would be a group of bad guys you'd encounter every now and then who'd make your life difficult.

Now this is all pure speculation, but we'd wait and see if I'm right about any of those.

sintarsis · 06/16/2010, 06:42 pm

make it so that there is a group of players who are stuck on the island and have to find a way to get off while surviving dinosaurs and collecting dirt on ingen no guns or weapons like in the movies it would be sick

Sadonicus · 01/09/2012, 07:43 am

Funny to see the speculations when the game was announced and how it turned out to be.

That "Spadge"-guy was pretty close!

06/11/2010, 02:32 am	#21
Little Writer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Belgium Posts: 402	When I think of JP as a semi-adventure game, I get flashes of Silent Hill in my mind, games which combine some AG elements with slight combat/escape sequences. Survival horror lends itself naturally to such a concept. Though I'd prefer something less generic. __________________ "There's a difference between knowing you are, and simply being." Finished: Assassin's Creed 2 (PS3) Playing now: Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (PS3), The Longest Journey (PC) To continue: So Blonde (PC), Red Dead Redemption (PS3), Silent Hill Homecoming (PS3)

06/16/2010, 02:47 am	#28
Spadge Not a Guru Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 832	Just watched all 3 movies and I think I know what the game would be like. I think you'd be part of a group, so you can interact with people every now and then and get new information, items and maybe even hints. The game would probably be fluently jumping between a few modes via character interactions/cutscenes /puzzle solving/etc: 1. Running from Dinosaurs- There's a dinosaur chasing you so you have a limited control of the movement (Somewhat similar to the DeSoto mini-game in Sam and Max). You jump over roots, dash under giant tree stumps, get in the middle of a herbivore stampede... And if you make too many mistakes, you are dinosaur food. 2. Trapped - You and a few other characters are trapped in some vehicle/structure/etc, while dinosaurs are trying to break in and eat you. Now you have a limited time before the dinosaur gets to you, so you find a way to solve some puzzle (Start the engine of the car, use items, find another way out, lure the dinosaur away, maybe even interact with another character so he can help). If you fail doing that in time you get eaten. Now it's a different puzzle each time so things won't get repetitive. 3. In Relative Safety - No dinosaurs nearby, you and your group is resting. This is where you sit down and just talk to other characters, decide what the next goal is and maybe find an item or two in the grass. There probably won't be any shooting and stuff like that, it would likely be focused on solving some problem before you get eaten. The other characters from your "group" would act on their own. Sometimes they'd betray you, get you or themselves in trouble, help you along the way, basically everything the characters in the movies do. And there would be a group of bad guys you'd encounter every now and then who'd make your life difficult. Now this is all pure speculation, but we'd wait and see if I'm right about any of those. Last edited by Spadge; 06/16/2010 at 02:51 am.

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06/13/2010, 12:58 pm	#23
Spykes Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 339	Capcom did a pretty successful Jurassic Park-esque survival horror game a few years back. Dino Crisis. That could end up being a decent idea for TellTale

06/13/2010, 01:46 pm	#26
Steve2911 Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Essex, UK Posts: 79	My mind springs back to an old PC game called Lost Eden. As far as I can recall that was a dinosaur based point and click... but I don't think it was very much like Jurassic Park.

06/16/2010, 06:42 pm	#29
sintarsis Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 37	make it so that there is a group of players who are stuck on the island and have to find a way to get off while surviving dinosaurs and collecting dirt on ingen no guns or weapons like in the movies it would be sick

01/09/2012, 07:43 am	#30
Sadonicus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 279	Funny to see the speculations when the game was announced and how it turned out to be. That "Spadge"-guy was pretty close!