You’ll notice he is also mustachioed and well into his 40’s unlike the young and chiseled Gerry we see in the game. He is seen caring for the sick triceratops in the beginning of the film.
The only character that makes an appearance in the movie as well as the game is the somewhat main character, Dr. The story picks up what seems like a few moments before the first film ends but concerns a different group of characters. Seriously, this was written like a movie and that’s because it plays like one. What you will find is a Hollywood movie script that you occasionally gain control of. If you’re expecting action-packed dinosaur shoot-outs or multi-player dino-combat, look elsewhere (your imagination?). Plot: Really, this is what you should be here for.
Perhaps I will look into the others because I do love me some dinosaurs. As in “this is the only one that matters so fuck the others.” This is definitely the more ambitious title of the litter but then again my knowledge of Jurassic Park video games ends with the 1993 Sega Genesis title. Why couldn’t they just have walked along that track? Also, Yoder, Jess and Sorkin are supposed to have the longer trek through the tunnels, but it looks like they walk about 50 feet once they close the door on the Troodons and they’re already at the marine exhibit too.This is by no means the first Jurassic Park video game, but it is the only one with the balls to claim the title, Jurassic Park: The Game. Then the car shows up and they’re there right away. First there’s Nima and Harding up top… she says it will be easier to get there on the surface, but it’s also a difficult hike that Harding needs to be rested for. How far is it? They act like it’s going to be an effort to get there. The whole time Harding is standing there listening, I’m thinking, “what is the matter with you?! You care that little about Jess?! Tell Nima to shut it and get moving!” (Of course, I always chose the “listen” option for him, just to see how long they would let it go.)Īnother thing I wondered about: the trip to the aquarium. What a perfect time to have a conversation! As it is, it feels wedged in with no respect for character motivation. They’re sitting in the tour car, on the way to the marine exhibit with nothing else to do. If Harding had seen that Jess and the others had gotten away safe, perhaps drawn the Troodons away so that they could escape, and if Harding and Nima were on the move, on their way to the place they knew the others were going, then this scene would’ve made sense. Maybe, you know, put him out of his misery? Is it just me, or should they have done something for poor D-Caf? I mean, they couldn’t have saved him at that point, but they just… he’s still alive… and has eggs in his abdomen…and, um, you don’t usually want eggs there. “His name is D-Caf!” It becomes a sort of accusation at me, the player, for not caring about the pilot beforehand.) I couldn’t be bothered to look up his name because, who cares? That, however, fits in perfectly with Yoder’s complaint that he and his crew are just nameless, expendable grunts. In the second episode, the pilot is introduced as less of a character than the helicopter. (I will give Telltale credit for something that I’m not sure was intentional, but worked for me anyway. Yoder is all over the place and I really have no idea what’s motivating him until he starts twirling his moustache at the end. The characters rarely interact with each other, save to call out puzzle clues across the room and we often cut to the chase (literally) in order to take us to the next story beat. (What’s the plural of Troodon? Seems like it could be just Troodon, too, like sheep, deer, or elephant…)Īs we get to the end of Jurassic Park: The Game, I feel we’re shortcutting the character progression that was coming along so nicely. Besides, Morales was killed by the Raptors, not the Troodons. Yoder has mostly been separated from Sorkin since she was first introduced and she’s seemed helpful up until this point.
We find out later how culpable Sorkin was for the existence of Troodons, but Yoder doesn’t have any reason to know about that yet.
I didn’t realize at the end of the last episode that he had singled out Sorkin as the target of his fury, blaming her for everything, and I maintain the argument from my last post that we haven’t been given enough reason to buy this from him. Oh, he’s definitely had enough of these dinosaurs and Sorkin in particular. So, we start Episode Four: The Survivors and Yoder is still losing. Disclaimer: This post is a commentary (and discussion) on the experience of playing through the above noted game and therefore, will contain spoilers about the game in question.