Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis (2003 Video Game) User Reviews

A really excellent game - but it takes a hell of a long time to get to five stars!

[filmsbythefire · 9/10 · 30 November 2008]

This is a really great game for JP fans, because it gives them the chance to build their very own park like in the movies! And when you've done it, by God - what a park! There are vast multitudes of dinosaurs available to breed, and all it takes is a little DNA in your labs. Assisted by Wu, Sattler, Grant and Hammond, among others, it's really quite fulfilling to design and then run your very own Jurassic Park! There are lots of perks in the game too. You get to watch your tiny little guests walking about on the paths and can check their moods at the press of a button. You can track your dinosaurs and watch them doing what they do close-up, and even get in one of the Land Cruisers and drive right up to them.

The only real problem with it (and the only reason I didn't give it ten) is that everything about it is very, very slow. From the amount of time it takes to extract your DNA, to the time it takes to breed each individual dinosaur, to the pace that they walk around at when they finally amble out of the hatchery. And of course, it can take a week or so of working at it to make five stars. And as soon as you do, a twister hits and tears it to pieces, and you get blamed by the board of directors.

Still, if things get too monotonous, you can just release your T-Rex's and Spinosauruses (is that a word?) and watch them gobble up your little, screaming, faceless guests. Trust me, its very gratifying.

Definitely worth buying!

Really good, contagious game...

[swedzin · 8/10 · 22 December 2012]

JP – Operation Genesis is a construction and management simulation game, with a tiny strategic elements, and without any doubt one of those, really contagious game. If you enjoyed other "build it, control it"games, you're gonna love this. It's not hard to play, not at all, you have tutorial practice, side missions and main game. It pretty goes like this, you build a park that contains security, dino hatchery, feeding stations, kiosks, souvenir shops, restrooms, safe centers, entertainment rides and other things… but most important – dinosaurs, behind giant electric fences, of course. After few first important buildings, you put dinosaurs and open the gates of the park, and the show is on. Now, through the game you get messages from such characters from the first JP film, Dr. Grant, Dr. Settler, Hammond, Dr. Arnold, Robert Muldon, Dr. Wu and some other characters (their faces were taken from the films, but they were voiced by other actors), everyone except Dr. Ian Malcolm… too bad… I really wanted to hear Malcolm talks in real "Goldbluming" manner, you know something like "Nononono… freeze your hand, freeze your hand, move your finger, move your finger, double click on revive… now thedinosaurwillbeallbetter, BUT… three other died behind you… you know… uh, life finds a way…" that kind of thing. Now, when you have all of your important stuff and bunch of visitors, you'll be informed about your ratings, after you have one complete star, you can unlock digging sites, where you can dig out some bigger, more popular dinosaurs, and present them in the park. The graphics are good, AI is good, gameplay is easy, music score is cool, derived from John Williams score and other things are pretty good. Now, the bad, or the irritating stuff are the constant, intense situations, when you have messages from Dr. Settler that some dinosaur died, or some dinosaur needs an adrenalin shot, or a vaccine for some disease… that's irritating, also, when some carnivore dinosaur goes berserk and start killing people in the car during a safari… but when tornado comes, everything goes bat-sh*t… especially Dr. Arnold who informs you that the half a park needs repairs. Overall, the game is really cool, it really makes you wanna play it, and play it… there's a great creative element to it. I recommend it.

Wonderful game

[SameerAls · 9/10 · 17 July 2018]

This is the best dinosaur game i have played. The amazing thing is, other than playing the normal game levels, in this game they allow you to create a dinosaur park and let visitors to see it. The park is beautiful and you can zoom anywhere, then the weather changes too. I just lived in this game. I like dinosaurs as well as some other extinct animals, if you like dinosaurs then definitely you should play this game. I highly recommend it.