I'm not sure if this a good idea for TTG!

[Mr. Doctor. Professor]

Telltale is really best at making adventure games! The Jurassic Park concept doesn't, for the most part, lend itself to adventure games! The best type of Jurassic Park game is one where you you get a bunch of different weapons and shoot at a bunch of cool looking dinosaurs! This isn't the type of game Telltale has made thus far and I'm not sure if they will start now! And Jurassic Park has, for the most part, no humor, so thats out! Unless your gonna spend you whole time running around looking for keys to open doors with dinosaurs chasing you or something, I don't really see what they can do with this!

[Icedhope]

Don't be so certain, Jurassic Park is not really about shooting Dinosaurs it's more about Atmosphere and story, and telltale is capable to do that, all I ask is they capture both those qualities and I'll be pleased.

[monkeymovies]

Well, apparently Jurassic Park is going to be adapted into a game slightly different than anything Telltale have done before. They said it'll feel more like there's a sense of danger and urgency, and it won't necesarilly be finding out puzzle solutions at your own pace, becuase there may be a dinosaur coming right around the corner. I think this could be pretty exciting.

As I believe somebody on the Mixnmojo podcast said, Jurassic Park is not so story based as it is running from dinosaurs based. In that respect, Telltale could better the movies.

[Sinaz20]

Originally Posted by Mr. Doctor. Professor

Telltale is really best at making adventure games! The Jurassic Park concept doesn't, for the most part, lend itself to adventure games! The best type of Jurassic Park game is one where you you get a bunch of different weapons and shoot at a bunch of cool looking dinosaurs! This isn't the type of game Telltale has made thus far and I'm not sure if they will start now! And Jurassic Park has, for the most part, no humor, so thats out! Unless your gonna spend you whole time running around looking for keys to open doors with dinosaurs chasing you or something, I don't really see what they can do with this!

I wholeheartedly disagree. Shooting dinosaurs makes for a great Turok or Dino Crisis game... but not Jurassic Park.

Also, Jurassic Park has its humor-- not in dinosaurs doing funny songs and dances or anything, but simply in situational gags and dialog. I laughed often watching those movies. Malcom's wit. Grant avoiding the kids. The lawyer getting eaten off the can-- Jurassic Park is full of comic relief.

What makes Jurassic Park a great license for adventure gaming is matching wits with the brutal instinctive nature of these creatures. Horror. Suspense. And interesting characters with conflicting agendas.

In the first Jurassic Park movie there was one type of weapon-- a shotgun. And we never get to see a dinosaur get shot. In fact, the only one that does get shot is the Raptor being loaded into the paddock at the beginning of the movie, and the scene cuts before we see it. Muldoon mentions having to put another down.

In JP II, dinosaurs are shot at... but none are killed by gunfire. In fact, most of the shooting is done with tranquilizers. JP III, the Spinosaurus is simply chased off with a flare gun.

It's not a combat movie franchise.

I hope you'll give JP a chance, even though it's not going to be a run-and-gun Turok clone. I think you'll understand where we saw the "adventure" in the franchise.

[Trenchfoot]

Yes! Finally a dinosaur game that isn't going to be a mindless shooting. Thanks for your comments, Sinaz20, you just gave me even more hope for this game!

It's gonna rock!

[Crispy Onion]

Jurassic Park as an Adventure should work pretty well considering that both Islands have a high-security infrastructure that can laid out like a maze in the game.

[BlankCanvasDJ]

I think the adventure genre fits Jurassic Park better than any other videogame genre. It really has all the hallmarks. You've got an isolated location, tons of locked doors and fences that need keys or power rebooted or whatnot, potential danger around every corner. The characters are often lost and have to find their way to safety. There's usually a complex abandoned structure to be explored. It really has a great setup for a great adventure game.

And it's a wonderful opportunity for Telltale because it gives them a chance to tell a story that is more realistic and doesn't hinge on completely absurd situations and characters (and yes, I realize how strange it is to say that about a story with dinosaurs in it).

I know Telltale has said this won't be a "point and click dinosaur game" but I hope they don't stray too far from the adventure game genre just because they think people want a Jurassic Park game that is more about shooting dinosaurs. There's a lot of adventure potential there.

[Spykes]

As I've mentioned before, I'm more excited for the Back to the Future game, but I'm more interested to see how the Jurassic Park game turns out. BttF fits perfectly into BttF's wheelhouse. Jurassic Park on the other hand... not as much. That's not to say they can't use it, but the JP game should really show some from TTG that we haven't seen yet.

[taumel]

@Sinaz20
You're definately the first person i know who says that JP has interesting characters.

I think the best aspects about JP (part 1 was way better than the rest) are Spielberg's capabilities, the dinos, ILM, Sam Neill & Jeff Goldblum, maybe some of the humour, did i mention the dinos already?

[BlankCanvasDJ]

Originally Posted by Spykes

That's not to say they can't use it, but the JP game should really show some from TTG that we haven't seen yet.

That's the great part. Everyone's been saying for years that Telltale should try their hand at a more serious, plot-driven game and here it is. It's a chance for them to branch out.

[snip3rfire]

Originally Posted by Spykes

As I've mentioned before, I'm more excited for the Back to the Future game, but I'm more interested to see how the Jurassic Park game turns out. BttF fits perfectly into BttF's wheelhouse. Jurassic Park on the other hand... not as much. That's not to say they can't use it, but the JP game should really show some from TTG that we haven't seen yet.

Yeah, to be honest, I think TTG would be definitely be better suited to Back to the Future than JP. Only time will tell.

[Sinaz20]

Originally Posted by taumel

@Sinaz20
You're definately the first person i know who says that JP has interesting characters.

Maybe "interesting" isn't the right word for the films. But, a majority of the science in the first film is delivered by dialog-- thus, to me, the characters are "interesting." But, for the game, we've written some interesting characters.

I think the best aspects about JP (part 1 was way better than the rest) are Spielberg's capabilities, the dinos, ILM, Sam Neill & Jeff Goldblum, maybe some of the humour, did i mention the dinos already?

So, you liked Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum, but didn't find their characters interesting? Or were you saying I'm the first person who had a similar opinion to yours?

[Icedhope]

The Characters In the films and the novel are interesting to me at least, because of there personalities and some of the mannerisms they have.

But then again the characters from the movies are different from their novel counterparts, well at least thats the way I see it.

[Trenchfoot]

Personally, I prefer Hammond's film version to the novel one. I don't know exactly why, but he has always been my favorite character in the movies.
And Hammond is probably the most interesting character, at least in my opinion: He's trying to do good things, but ends up doing bad ones.

How come that isn't interesting???

[Icedhope]

Originally Posted by Trenchfoot

Personally, I prefer Hammond's film version to the novel one. I don't know exactly why, but he has always been my favorite character in the movies.
And Hammond is probably the most interesting character, at least in my opinion: He's trying to do good things, but ends up doing bad ones.

How come that isn't interesting???

Well Hammond in the novel, was a mean old man, and didn't care about anything but himself.

While in the movie, he was a jolly old man. Who cared about everybody.

[Mr. Doctor. Professor]

I spent over an hour crafting a thoughtful response to SINAZ, only to come back and find that it never actually posted! Stupid computer! Stupid Internet! Computer why do hate me so? BTW I was always planning on buying TT's JP! This was more of a I hope TT didn't shoot themselves in the foot type thing!

[Trenchfoot]

Originally Posted by Mr. Doctor. Professor

I spent over an hour crafting a thoughtful response to SINAZ, only to come back and find that it never actually posted! Stupid computer! Stupid Internet! Computer why do hate me so? BTW I was always planning on buying TT's JP! This was more of a I hope TT didn't shoot themselves in the foot type thing!

Don't worry about it. It's just that there are so many newbies that post "OH MY GAWD TT CAN'T DO JP LOLOLOL" that we are kinda used to defend Telltale.

But I think they really know what they're doing

[Sinaz20]

Originally Posted by Mr. Doctor. Professor

I spent over an hour crafting a thoughtful response to SINAZ, only to come back and find that it never actually posted! Stupid computer! Stupid Internet! Computer why do hate me so? BTW I was always planning on buying TT's JP! This was more of a I hope TT didn't shoot themselves in the foot type thing!

You can PM me if you want to respond in bitesize retorts.

[taumel]

@Sinaz20
I think they are stereotypical characters and so not really interesting, interesting characters really look different to me. I like Sam Neill as an actor and Jeff Goldblum has a few funny lines in the film but that doesn't make their characters more interesting, at least imho.

[jp-30]

To me the story's not about Grant or Malcolm. They're just there to provide some context to the bigger story that's unfolding around them. While most stories need interesting characters to move forward, in this one they're more like observers (our window into the island) of a new world, which is the driving force.

The dinos have more personality than the actors, but then they are the actual stars of the movie.