The Best DLC Dinosaur

[gzilladude]

So which DLC Dinosaur would you say is your favorite?

[Zoie Shales]

I want to say Iguanodon, It is rare to see a non-armored and non-ceratopsian that can fight back against some carnivores.

[optimus.primus89]

Aside from the way its head looks.. Acrocanthosaurus is my fav

[LadyDragonfury]

I've got a soft spot for both the Herrerasaurus and the Iguanodon due to how unique they both are but if I had to pick between the two I'd have to go with the Herrera. It's the only Triassic dinosaur in the game so far, I love watching its unique animations and it's one of the least fussy small carnivores.

[Lord Trilobite]

Iguanodon is pretty good.

But my favourite is the Albertosaurus cause it's one of the more accurate theropods in the game.

[twinsanityuniverse]

The Albertosaurus isn't even that accurate. As far as feathers go, a real Albertosaurus didn't have brow horns like that as if they came equipped for goring opponents. The only "accurate" theropod in game is the Allosaurus.

Originally posted by Lord Trilobite:

Iguanodon is pretty good.

But my favourite is the Albertosaurus cause it's one of the more accurate theropods in the game.

[twinsanityuniverse]

While the Acrocanthosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, and Proceratosaurus are a great addition they completely ruined for me with their comfort thresholds being highly risky. Especially the Carchar it's way too dangerous to house in the park because of its monstrous speed and high aggression (Frontier needs to fix that). Dreadnougthus are a sight and are nothing short but passing especially when they're in a herd together, but as far as Sauropods go that's all they do is eat and herd around and I get over how Frontier butchered such a beautiful animal with this derpy trunk-like head. But man if they're bellows aren't the most beautiful thing and they have some of the best skin designs.

Overall my money is on the Herrerasaurus and Iguanodon they are such great additions to the park and I enjoy their company. The Iguanodons just mind their own business and the most adorable face out of any ornithopod dinosaur in the park, even their overall design is imposing and great to observe and that at the very least I can try and forget how its always eating from ground herbivore feeder with only its hands. It's also the only Ornithopod dinosaur that can fight and the hoarse rutt-like bellows it makes well suited for the fights it gets into...not much of when it's in a content mood. What's awesome about the Iguanodon too is that it is a gentle giant and has the best requirement threshold and has the greatest lifespan, so much so that it makes both Edmontosaurus and the larger sauropods fall behind... plus the Iguanodon equillbriants a paddock, giving it atmosphere than it once did.

Now onto my favorite Triassic theropod it is great to see the Herrerasaurus back in action it was on the Jurassic Park roster since the 1993 film (which it was sadly never featured in) and then came to appear in Telltale's game (best design so far to depict them amongst this franchise). More importantly is that they have a great comfort threshold by far of any theropod in the game and I mean that, any time a storm rolls in these guys just venture around the paddock doing nothing, but exploring. They're a lot like Tigers or Jackles. Greatest thing about Herrerasaurus too is that they're pack and solitary hunters so they are happy either way; however, why settle for just 1 when you can more? To summarize having a group of Herrerasaurus in a paddock and watching them swarm the entire enclosure has its pleasures especially when you find entertainment through by adding another theropod or some other dinosaurs (thanks to these "little" guys I made a meme one day) and seriously they had a lot of atmosphere to park.

Moreover they're skin designs aren't so bad neither including the Arid skin just incredible, a great call back to Telltale's design for the creature, and to match color the Coastal skin is a very nice shade of brown and act in roles for both the "Male" and "Female". Unfortunately I wish could say the same for their sound design; though Telltale's practically lazy Frontier doesn't save this dinosaur much either, giving it these quiet hisses that are almost silent it's really depressing considering most of Jurassic Park (and I mean JP's) dinosaurs never fall flat in the sound department. Oh well I can always do a resound for them and maybe mod them into the game.

[Portalcat]

Originally posted by twinsanityuniverse:

The Albertosaurus isn't even that accurate. As far as feathers go, a real Albertosaurus didn't have brow horns like that as if they came equipped for goring opponents. The only "accurate" theropod in game is the Allosaurus.

Originally posted by Lord Trilobite:

Iguanodon is pretty good.

But my favourite is the Albertosaurus cause it's one of the more accurate theropods in the game.

What about the carnotaurus?

[Lord Trilobite]

Originally posted by twinsanityuniverse:

The Albertosaurus isn't even that accurate. As far as feathers go, a real Albertosaurus didn't have brow horns like that as if they came equipped for goring opponents. The only "accurate" theropod in game is the Allosaurus.

Originally posted by Lord Trilobite:

Iguanodon is pretty good.

But my favourite is the Albertosaurus cause it's one of the more accurate theropods in the game.

The lack of feathers is kind of a given in this franchise. None of the dinosaurs have feathers in this game. Allosaurus, like most of the theropods has broken wrists.
Albertosaurus is one of the few that has it's hands and wrists in the correct position. Thus far no feathers have been found on Albertosaurus fossils. Though there were some skin impressions that were reportedly smooth but were destroyed to get to the bone, as was the practice in olden times.

Generally the shape of the Albertosaurus is pretty accurate. The skull is mostly correct though it could likely use some lips to protect the teeth. The brows are exaggerated but entirely plausible. On the skull Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus do have pronounced brow horns, more so than most Tyrannosaurids. These were likely covered in keratin and thus will have protruded further than we see on the actual skulls. Personally I interpret the exaggerated brows in the game as a bit of artistic licence that is entirely warranted. They were merely expanding on an already known structure. The brow horns are a bit more pronounced in the closely related Gorgosaurus skulls. But some scientists consider Gorgosaurus to be a junior synonym of Albertosaurus. And I think the design is kinda reminiscent of Gorgosaurus anyway. So it seems likely that Frontier used Gorgosaurus are reference as well as Albertosaurus.
There are really no glaring issues with this design at all.


The Allosaurus has similar exaggerated brows in the game but no one seems to mind in that case. It's crocodile skin is something that the actual Allosaurus would be unlikely to have had. The spikes on the back are also unknown in any theropod. And there are also known quillknobs on the lower arms of the Allosauroid Concavenator. So there's a chance Allosaurs also may have had feathers. And as I mentioned there are the broken pronated wrists. So Allosaurus most definitely isn't more accurate than the Albertosaurus in the game.

Originally posted by Portaldog123:

Originally posted by twinsanityuniverse:

The Albertosaurus isn't even that accurate. As far as feathers go, a real Albertosaurus didn't have brow horns like that as if they came equipped for goring opponents. The only "accurate" theropod in game is the Allosaurus.

What about the carnotaurus?

Carnotaurus in the game is a bit better than the Allosaurus as the skin is pretty accurate. But it still has the same broken wrists.


Actually another theropod that's fairly accurate in the game is Suchomimus. The shape is mostly correct and while it's hand posture isn't great. It's much better than most of the theropods in the game.

[Zoie Shales]

It's the Jurassic Park franchise, accuracy doesn't exist. *all of the problems magically solved*

[Portalcat]

I Don't Really Want This Game To Be Accurate, I Just Want The Dinosaurs Too Look Cool,
I Know Some People Just Want Realistic Dinosaurs, Jurassic World Isn't About Realism. Some Games That (From What I Know) are More Accurate, Are ARK: Survival Evolved, and Saurian

[Lord Trilobite]

Originally posted by Portaldog123:

I Don't Really Want This Game To Be Accurate, I Just Want The Dinosaurs Too Look Cool,
I Know Some People Just Want Realistic Dinosaurs, Jurassic World Isn't About Realism. Some Games That (From What I Know) are More Accurate, Are ARK: Survival Evolved, and Saurian

ARK? Are you serious? That's like the most inaccurate there is. Those are just fantasy monsters.
Jurassic park, and Jurassic World to a lesser extent still has a fair balance of accuracy and what's cool.

Saurian specifically presents itself as accurate. So yes that's about as accurate as it gets.

[Portalcat]

Originally posted by Lord Trilobite:

Originally posted by Portaldog123:

I Don't Really Want This Game To Be Accurate, I Just Want The Dinosaurs Too Look Cool,
I Know Some People Just Want Realistic Dinosaurs, Jurassic World Isn't About Realism. Some Games That (From What I Know) are More Accurate, Are ARK: Survival Evolved, and Saurian

ARK? Are you serious? That's like the most inaccurate there is. Those are just fantasy monsters.
Jurassic park, and Jurassic World to a lesser extent still has a fair balance of accuracy and what's cool.

Saurian specifically presents itself as accurate. So yes that's about as accurate as it gets.

I haven't ever played ark just some screenshots had dinosaurs with feathers... and that just realism isn't it? everything has got too have feathers, pig feathers, people-feathers, everything gets feathers!

[LadyDragonfury]

Originally posted by Portaldog123:

Originally posted by Lord Trilobite:

ARK? Are you serious? That's like the most inaccurate there is. Those are just fantasy monsters.
Jurassic park, and Jurassic World to a lesser extent still has a fair balance of accuracy and what's cool.

Saurian specifically presents itself as accurate. So yes that's about as accurate as it gets.

I haven't ever played ark just some screenshots had dinosaurs with feathers... and that just realism isn't it? everything has got too have feathers, pig feathers, people-feathers, everything gets feathers!

ARK's not really all that accurate, I mean some of it's dinos are accurate true, but some are just not accurate and some don't actually exist. For example, the ARK 'Trike' is actually called Triceratops Styrax since in order to get its looks they combined Triceratops and Styracosaurus (ergo it's a hybrid). Whereas the Spinosaurus in it was added when the idea that Spino walked on four legs was popular and is as accurate as that could get. The ARK 'T. Rex' however is not a T. Rex at all, is actually smaller than the real T. Rexes and is called Tyrannosaurus Dominus, Lord of the Tyrant Lizards rather than king since it's totally made up. The Therizinosaurus in ARK however is actually a pretty accurate representation. So, to be fair ARK is just as accurate as JWE is, really.

[twinsanityuniverse]

Originally posted by Portaldog123:

Originally posted by twinsanityuniverse:

The Albertosaurus isn't even that accurate. As far as feathers go, a real Albertosaurus didn't have brow horns like that as if they came equipped for goring opponents. The only "accurate" theropod in game is the Allosaurus.

What about the carnotaurus?

Carnotaurus isn't either. The JW concept designers at Stan Winston made the Carnotaurus slightly bulkier, with the teeth spread out. Also have you seen those arms? Carnotaurus could never move those things; in fact it didn't even have elbows they were like stilts.

https://images.app.goo.gl/EUxqpQSXQioeQYBR9

[twinsanityuniverse]

Originally posted by Lord Trilobite:

Originally posted by twinsanityuniverse:

The Albertosaurus isn't even that accurate. As far as feathers go, a real Albertosaurus didn't have brow horns like that as if they came equipped for goring opponents. The only "accurate" theropod in game is the Allosaurus.

The lack of feathers is kind of a given in this franchise. None of the dinosaurs have feathers in this game. Allosaurus, like most of the theropods has broken wrists.
Albertosaurus is one of the few that has it's hands and wrists in the correct position. Thus far no feathers have been found on Albertosaurus fossils. Though there were some skin impressions that were reportedly smooth but were destroyed to get to the bone, as was the practice in olden times.

Generally the shape of the Albertosaurus is pretty accurate. The skull is mostly correct though it could likely use some lips to protect the teeth. The brows are exaggerated but entirely plausible. On the skull Albertosaurus and Gorgosaurus do have pronounced brow horns, more so than most Tyrannosaurids. These were likely covered in keratin and thus will have protruded further than we see on the actual skulls. Personally I interpret the exaggerated brows in the game as a bit of artistic licence that is entirely warranted. They were merely expanding on an already known structure. The brow horns are a bit more pronounced in the closely related Gorgosaurus skulls. But some scientists consider Gorgosaurus to be a junior synonym of Albertosaurus. And I think the design is kinda reminiscent of Gorgosaurus anyway. So it seems likely that Frontier used Gorgosaurus are reference as well as Albertosaurus.
There are really no glaring issues with this design at all.


The Allosaurus has similar exaggerated brows in the game but no one seems to mind in that case. It's crocodile skin is something that the actual Allosaurus would be unlikely to have had. The spikes on the back are also unknown in any theropod. And there are also known quillknobs on the lower arms of the Allosauroid Concavenator. So there's a chance Allosaurs also may have had feathers. And as I mentioned there are the broken pronated wrists. So Allosaurus most definitely isn't more accurate than the Albertosaurus in the game.

Originally posted by Portaldog123:

What about the carnotaurus?

Carnotaurus in the game is a bit better than the Allosaurus as the skin is pretty accurate. But it still has the same broken wrists.


Actually another theropod that's fairly accurate in the game is Suchomimus. The shape is mostly correct and while it's hand posture isn't great. It's much better than most of the theropods in the game.

The feathers were just to make a point. Also I fail to see how the Suchomimus is fairly accurate when it has those carputunel hands and the thumb claw is small in proportion to the other two digits; and all the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park/World have pronated hands so that is pretty much irrelevant to point out. Regardless the Allosaurus is by far the most accurate of all the theropods in the game with the Herrerasaurus following in line. Although I do question how big they made the Herrerasaurus.