It should be sandbox.

[Hyper-Trance]

Its going to be way to linear to be Jurassic Park like. The whole thing of Jurassic Park is free form dino's and can come from anywhere at any time. I LOVE that there's a new attempt at Jurassic Park. And massive respect for that, BUT beleive me it will be your biggest downfall if its soooo story based.
Like the very good Ghost Busters game. Only good for 1 or 2 times.

PLEEEEASE maybe take a look at the Grand Theft Auto and Hakuna Matata Games.
They have a great balance of freeform and story.

[doggans]

So it begins. Let's just get it all out of the way.:P

Telltale has dropped incredibly vague hints that the gameplay in Jurassic Park may be something different than their usual style. Still, given episode space limitations, it's unlikely to be completely freeroam. And sorry, but a focus on story is almost guaranteed; this is TellTALE Games.

[Hyper-Trance]

Originally Posted by doggans

So it begins. Let's just get it all out of the way.:P

Telltale has dropped incredibly vague hints that the gameplay in Jurassic Park may be something different than their usual style. Still, given episode space limitations, it's unlikely to be completely freeroam. And sorry, but a focus on story is almost guaranteed; this is TellTALE Games.

exactly... I mean they have the chance to do what no1 ever has, And make the WORLD FAMOUS Jurassic Park a mega major thing in game form.

I understand Telltale whole thing, But why do they have to limit themselves to just keeping it as episodes and short little 1 off things. I really think they waste a MASSIVE part of their awesome potential by doing this.

[waroftheworlds01]

If Universal wanted a free roaming dino shooter then they would have went to someone else, like rockstar, to make the game. But if you look at the history of Jurassic Park games that approach has been taken and failed several times. Sure, Jurassic Park fans like us enjoyed them just fine but it was because we are Jurassic Park fans. Regular gamers didn't enjoy them at all.

That's why I'm glad with the direction that telltale is going. It's going with something different that other Jurassic Park games haven't done before. From the look of things it won't be free roaming and there won't be a lot of shoot em' up moments involving dinosaurs. But what I believe we will get is a strong focus on story and a gameplay style closer to Heavy Rain. These are huge pluses in my book.

I don't think they're wasting potential. I think they're embracing potential that others never chose to take.

[jweir]

Originally Posted by Hyper-Trance

exactly... I mean they have the chance to do what no1 ever has, And make the WORLD FAMOUS Jurassic Park a mega major thing in game form.

I understand Telltale whole thing, But why do they have to limit themselves to just keeping it as episodes and short little 1 off things. I really think they waste a MASSIVE part of their awesome potential by doing this.

They do it so that you can play it as each part is completed, rather than make you wait the year plus that usually comes (testing, bug fixing, etc) with games released all at once.

[Sisyphus]

Originally Posted by waroftheworlds01

I don't think they're wasting potential. I think they're embracing potential that others never chose to take.

I concur.

[xChri5x]

Do something no one has done before and make it like Grand Theft Auto?

[Hyper-Trance]

Im talking spesifically for jurassic park. Don't make it a shooter.
But have some form of freeroam otherwise how can it really be a Jurassic park experience if you know whats going to happen all the time.
Sure have story in it but have some free roam. No they can't because they prefere to take the short episode approach(nothing wrong with that) but in my view it wastes how big they actually could make it.

But hay i guess if people want predictable game play for an hour or so (i say that because the first Back to the Future Episode took about an hour or so) then i guess thats fine.

I just don't think its very different from what we already have and none of them really feel Jurassic Park like eitha. (Operation Genesis is different and captured Jurassic park the best it could).

[Sisyphus]

Originally Posted by Hyper-Trance

otherwise how can it really be a Jurassic park experience if you know whats going to happen all the time.

But hay i guess if people want predictable game play for an hour or so (i say that because the first Back to the Future Episode took about an hour or so) then i guess thats fine.

Jurassic Park presents a story in which I (now) know exactly what's going to happen for the next two hours and I enjoy it just fine.

If Telltale can present an experience that's anything like watching the movies, they'll have a real winner in my book.

[FitzoliverJ]

Originally Posted by Hyper-Trance

I understand Telltale whole thing, But why do they have to limit themselves to just keeping it as episodes and short little 1 off things. I really think they waste a MASSIVE part of their awesome potential by doing this.

I understand the whole cheese thing. But why do cheesemakers have to limit themselves to just keeping it as cheese and small little biscuits for the cheese to go on? I really think they waste a MASSIVE part of their awesome potential by failing to make a cheese-themed Grand Theft Auto knock-off, where I can drive cheesemobiles round cheeseboards completely free to choose whether I go to the left or the top or the right or the bottom of the cheeseboard. Dammit, why should I go to the trouble of eating cheese when the makers are morally obliged to create *virtual* cheese for me?! Not to mention this business of only giving the cheeseknife to console users.

[Hyper-Trance]

Originally Posted by FitzoliverJ

I understand the whole cheese thing. But why do cheesemakers have to limit themselves to just keeping it as cheese and small little biscuits for the cheese to go on? I really think they waste a MASSIVE part of their awesome potential by failing to make a cheese-themed Grand Theft Auto knock-off, where I can drive cheesemobiles round cheeseboards completely free to choose whether I go to the left or the top or the right or the bottom of the cheeseboard. Dammit, why should I go to the trouble of eating cheese when the makers are morally obliged to create *virtual* cheese for me?! Not to mention this business of only giving the cheeseknife to console users.

HUH? Im not a fan of GTA, Im using it as an example. Jeez. And im talking Jurassic Park here man.

But if it delivers it delivers. Hay goodluck with the cheese biscuite thing.

[waroftheworlds01]

Originally Posted by Hyper-Trance

But hay i guess if people want predictable game play for an hour or so (i say that because the first Back to the Future Episode took about an hour or so) then i guess thats fine.

I don't understand what you're getting at. Just because a game isn't sandbox doesn't make it predictable. It's not like you're going to know whats going to happen around every corner. Are you talking about playing again after beating it? If so then I don't think that's a fare judgement.

I mean, Resident Evil 5, Dead Space, Heavy Rain, Metal Gear Sold 4 were all basicly linear games. But that doesn't make them any less fun when you go back and play them again.

[Hyper-Trance]

Originally Posted by waroftheworlds01

I don't understand what you're getting at. Just because a game isn't sandbox doesn't make it predictable. It's not like you're going to know whats going to happen around every corner. Are you talking about playing again after beating it? If so then I don't think that's a fare judgement.

I mean, Resident Evil 5, Dead Space, Heavy Rain, Metal Gear Sold 4 were all basicly linear games. But that doesn't make them any less fun when you go back and play them again.

Yeah thats a very very good point.

However i have just a few points on that bud.

1 They are alot longer than what an episode based game can offer.
2 They aint based on an already well known thing. Jurassic Park is mainly about the roaming Dinos.
3 There are already story based JP games and didn't fair to well.

Don't get me wrong PLEEEASE, I am very hyped for it, I just think that they have something very special in having the Universal Licence so boy i think they should make the most of it.

They probabily will, Hay they know alot more than me, It's just my opinion and tbh i'm shocked i'm the only one that thinks this way. Oh well lol.

[Sadonicus]

Another kiddie who thinks Sandbox is the ultimate game design

Jurassic Park is about dinosaurs, not necessariliy about free-roaming dinosaurs. And I think the human part plays a big role too. Sandbox-Games cannot deliver tension and drama as good as a more guided linear game.

And there have been only ONE story-based Jurassic Park game called Trespasser wich didnt even based on the first film, and most of us enjoyed that game

[Hyper-Trance]

Originally Posted by Sadonicus

Another kiddie who thinks Sandbox is the ultimate game design

Jurassic Park is about dinosaurs, not necessariliy about free-roaming dinosaurs. And I think the human part plays a big role too. Sandbox-Games cannot deliver tension and drama as good as a more guided linear game.

And there have been only ONE story-based Jurassic Park game called Trespasser wich didnt even based on the first film, and most of us enjoyed that game

Why you got to be so Lame about it?

I DID NOT SAY SANDBOX ONLY DID I?

A blend of both thank you, READ BEFORE YOU POST.

[Hyper-Trance]

Not sure why you are all taking me wrong or jumping down my throat. Not really any need for it.

Anyway it seems that its going to be VERY much like the Ghost Busters game. A FANTASTIC game (waits for everybody to say it was rubbish) And it strictly followed a story. Great but many many people resold it because it was only good for 1 or 2 times. If it was KIND OF FreeformISH (Like GTA and Hakuna Matata) it would last a much longer time with A number of storys, Maybe triggered by something. Don't anyone agree? I see only good this way not bad.

[Alan Johnson]

[corruptbiggins]

Hmm, feels like there's something missing there....

Ooh I know!


Here we go...

[Hyper-Trance]

HAHAHAHA...

Ok i get the picture... LOL

[waroftheworlds01]

I understand what you're getting at. Yes, a freeroam Jurassic Park game where you can go anywhere on the island would be fun. But you're making it sound like the game has to be sandbox in order for it to be enjoyable which isn't true.

Edit: LOL at the sandbox picture.