Prehistoric Kingdom vs JWE2

[Nats]

Which one will be the better game?

[Nederbeest]

That's for the future to find out. I only wonder how long it will take for this thread to be locked.

[c_Alien]

From what I have seen up to now, PK focuses mainly on park design while the dinos seem to be more like supporting actors. At the moment at least.
JWE 2 is quite the opposite. It focuses on dino behavior and how to keep them satisfied and locked up, while park management and design falls a bit short.

Which one is better? At the moment I would clearly say JWE 2 is superior (even one of the PK devs admitted this)
To really compare them we should wait until pk fully releases in a few years.

[Nederbeest]

What (c) says is correct. I've played both (the Beta for PK and JWE2) and for now JWE2 is the better polished game (as being that the base game is finished and playable). This does of course not mean that PK will not improve, because it most likely will over the coming months.

Personally I think I will enjoy PK more than JWE2 in the long run.

[c_Alien]

I think I will be enjoying jwe 2 more. Depending on the management and animal behavior of PK of course. But I am not much a fan of the tiny tiny design every inch of the map in Planet Zoo either.
I also like the action focus of the JWEs and how they tend to keep you on your toes, sometimes stress you out.

Of course I will be buying PK, too.

[Nederbeest]

I'm more of a relaxed therapeutic builder/creator type of gamer XD

That's why I only do sandbox with these types of games. I don't need the stress when relaxing. But it's good to see we have options.

[c_Alien]

Originally posted by Nederbeest:

I'm more of a relaxed therapeutic builder/creator type of gamer XD

Action is therapeutic for me. My life is boring ;)

[Crazymage]

Why not both

[Nederbeest]

Originally posted by Crazymage:

Why not both

That's what I have done :P

I enjoy both for what they are.

[TyranntX]

Yeah it's little to no contest. JWE2 is better, if it had as much freedom for construction as other Frontier games did then PK wouldn't stand a chance. Not to mention JWE2 still has a good year and a half of additional content to release before support for it ends. so who knows where it will be by then.

[Nederbeest]

Time will tell... I for one am glad we finally are getting something that isn't Jurassic Park/World. It has been in the spotlight a bit too long in my opinion, overshadowing all. That's why I'm glad we are getting different dinosaur related media that will shake things up a bit (like Prehistoric Planet and Prehistoric Kingdom). We have moved on quite a bit with our knowledge. I kinda chringed when I saw the Dominion promotional image of the Dreadnoughtus standing in a swamp/lake like something straight from the Zallinger mural. That seemed like a gigantic step back instead of forward to me (even if it was meant as a homage)...

2022 is going to be the year of the dinosaur.

[Triassic Time Traveler]

enjoy both of them :-)

[Paddy]

it's clear looking at Planet Zoo Vs JWE2 which one the developers actually care about. Once this next movie is released Jurassic world evolution 1 and 2 will be forgotten about and the developers will go back to focusing on their planet games. PK is in this for the long haul so about a year or 2 it will essentially be Planet Zoo with dinosaurs with no competitor in the industry. JWE games were just a quick buck for Frontier

[c_Alien]

Originally posted by Paddy (Irish):

it's clear looking at Planet Zoo Vs JWE2 which one the developers actually care about. Once this next movie is released Jurassic world evolution 1 and 2 will be forgotten about and the developers will go back to focusing on their planet games. PK is in this for the long haul so about a year or 2 it will essentially be Planet Zoo with dinosaurs with no competitor in the industry. JWE games were just a quick buck for Frontier

1. I'm pretty sure Universal will not drop the Jurassic Franchise so fast. I know they said Dominion is going to be the last movie of this series, but there is still Camp Cretaceous and overall the franchise is too successful. And so has jwe become.
2. Even if Frontier only cared about the Planet games after the next JW movie, that only means they are gonna publish DLCs to drain a bit more money out of it. And while I still miss content in PZ, JWE 2 is good as it is.
3. When it comes down to it, PK is only another common park manager. Like Planet Zoo, the Zoo Tycoons, Wildlife Park 1-3, Zoo Constructor, Megaquarium, Parkasaurus (the last one is more unique, though), and some others, only with dinosaus. Wildlife Park 2 and Parkasaurus have dinosaurs as well. And they won't be the last.
The JWE games on the other hand have a more unique concept, the focus on action and detailed animal behavior is rare.
The only games that come close to this, are some of the old impressions games, most notably Zeus and Emperor, with gods and monsters roaming your cities. Maybe JPOG (never played it tho)

[Nederbeest]

Hmm... Depends on what you like in a parkbuilder. JWE is a shallow bit of fun with not much depth to it. Planet Zoo has more depth but can be daunting for newcomers. Prehistoric Kingdom is trying to be something inbetween with more depth than any of the JWE games combined but with easier mechanics than Planet Zoo.

As to saying JWE games having a unique concept, I have to disagree on that point. It's also another parkbuilder (light) copying the core design from others before it like JPOG. The animal behaviour in the JWE games never impressed me enough to see them as unique.

[c_Alien]

Originally posted by Nederbeest:

As to saying JWE games having a unique concept, I have to disagree on that point. It's also another parkbuilder (light) copying the core design from others before it like JPOG. The animal behaviour in the JWE games never impressed me enough to see them as unique.

No my friend.
You say it is a light park builder and if you only look at the standard park builder concept, you are right.
But then again, take the management. In every other park builder, you would manage using tables and schedules, set up a work scheme and work zones.
In jwe it is a lot more about building placement, place and set up the shops, lure in different groups of visitors, again by enclosure placement, handling storms, caring about animal traits and behavior so they do not get sick or injured all the time or break out and demolish your park.* That is management, too. You have to handle a lot yourself. Call it micromanagent if you like. But its not the standard, it resembles more a rts game than an average park builder. And that is what makes this game unique.
And it obviously is not as simple as it is often said. The devs had to tweak storms and dino fights to child level, because the players had no idea how to manage them properly.
Maybe JPOG was similar IDK.

*the behavior itself might not be incredibly unique, but how you have to manage it. And what happens if you don't. In other zoo builders it is to get rid of the emoji on top of the animal. Or else it will die.
It rarely breaks out and eats one of the visitors.