Thursday, July 25, 2024

Lost World: Jurassic Park for Genesis


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Lost World: Jurassic Park

Third time's the charm... to a point


Genre: action - gun

Publisher: Sega

Year: 1997

System: Genesis


Gameplay Score: 3

Gameplay Notes:

Ok now we're talking. Overheard view similar to JP 1 for the SNES but with faster controls and more ammo. Not a particularly good overhead action game but it plays great compared to the first two games. You've got the franchise favorite tranquilizer gun but also a machine gun with limited ammo and a shotgun with unlimited rounds. Enemies run around crazily so they're hard to hit with anything but the machine gun which has auto aim. The camera has a weird bouncy quality to it. Driving the jeep is novel but controls horribly and the camera can't keep up so the novelty wear off quickly.


Level Design Score: 2

Level Design Notes:

Includes a map thankfully but it takes a long time to menu to it. Levels are mostly empty space. Objectives are sometimes weird and hard to accomplish, like trapping Stegosaurus in a cage. It's frustrating cuz they run far faster than you. Missed opportunity since the game engine is mostly decent.


Theme Score: 2

Theme Notes:

No idea who you are or what you're doing. Bizarre setting. The opening cutscene is awesome but it's all downhill from there. Uses a wristwatch as the pause screen like GoldenEye


Art Style Score: 3

Art Style Notes:

Impressive for a 16 bit title. Some nice animation and sprite work, but there's just not much to look at. Only a handful of sprites and every level is the same jungle area.


Audio Score: 4

Audio Notes:

Great music and sound. I played longer than I need to and I credit the music for most of that


Overall Score: 56

Review ID: 1040



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