LEGO Jurassic World – Xbox One Standard Edition

The first LEGO game I ever played was LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, so after that game it is hard to compare other LEGO games!

This game was really fun, though. I’ve seen all 4 movies and I love how the game was similar enough to the movies, but added more humor and toned down the "scare-factor" so children can play it. Even when the characters get eaten, they get spit out later. And the velociraptor was "tickling" a character at one point, instead of ripping off his flesh. I would let my kids play this game if they wanted to, although since they’re still too young to see the movies, they probably wouldn’t understand what is going on anyway.

I like how they have many of the original characters doing the voice-overs. You can also play as Steven Spielberg or Jimmy Fallon!

As far as being buggy, as others have found, I started the game in November of 2015 and played in on the XBOX One. I noticed one or two areas where the game did freeze, but one or two instances over hours of play doesn’t seem that bad!

I am not a hardcore gamer, so I can’t speak for the technical details and specifics, but I know I liked the game and I’d recommend it to others who like the LEGO games or Jurassic Park movies. For reference, I like to play more light-hearted games like Mario, or puzzle games like Professor Layton.

So much fun.
There are so few Xbox One games appropriate for kids. This game fits the bill perfectly.
It is a great adventure. You do not have to have any knowledge of the movies to enjoy the game but if you have seen Jurassic World then a lot of scenes will be familiar.
The game is great for all ages and genders.

I honestly don’t know how many of these LEGO games I have played now. I have played the Star Wars games, the Indiana Jones games, the Batman games, the Harry Potter games, the Pirates of the Caribbean games etc. I lost count somewhere along the way. My latest brush with LEGO videogames takes me back to Jurassic Park. I am definitely a fan of the Jurassic Park films so I was really happy too see LEGO bring Jurassic Park into the LEGO game series and I suspected going in that this would be yet another entertaining LEGO game and that it definitely was.

All 4 games are covered here including the original Jurassic Park, The Lost World, Jurassic Park III, and the recent and successful Jurassic World. At this point, I don’t think one needs to explain the game dynamics for LEGO games. I am fairly confident that 99% of ganers at this point have played at least one of LEGO’s games up to this point. So people know going in what to expect gameplay wise. Jurassic Park does a great job at keeping the basic game mechanic fun and that of course includes running around as dinosaurs. You can play as 20 different Dino’s throughout the game plus design your own. Given that the whole premise behind Jurassic World was basically creating a new dinosaur, not letting people design thier own would have been a big letdown, but thakfully that option is included.

Everything from past LEGO games is here as well. The collecting of characters, red bricks, gold bricks, etc. It defnitely takes some time to get a 100% completion with a LEGO game, but I have always enjoyed the challenge of reaching 100% completion and that definitely remained the case with Jurassic Park. The voice acting is done by the main Hollywod stars so that helps to give it that Jurassic Park feel. There was nothing earth shatteringly new with this game, short of being able to be a dinosaur, but I actually think that is one of the things people like about these games. They have introduced some new game mechanics here and there as the LEGO game series has progressed, but thier never anything that actually takes away from the games main game mechanic, that being smash everything you can while solving puzzles. You would think that mechanic would get boring by now, after so many different game releases, but it hasn’t, at least not for me. Why it hasn’t gotten boring yet is a good question, but its clearly the fact that the games main game mechanic remains entertaininig that has made this series so successful. If people had gottten bored with it, they wouldn’t be continuing to churn these games out as they do and even if they did, people would stop buying them and that definitely hasn’t been the case, on either front. Is it people’s enjoyment of the movies? Is it the simple but entertaining game premise? Personally, I think its a liitle bit of both and that is why Jurassic Park was yet another very successful and entertaining LEGO game.

Bottom line – If you are getting bored of the main LEGO game mechanic then you should steer clear of this release as again, there is nothing earth shatteringly new here that redefines the LEGO games. If your like me and are still finding enjoymeny from the basic mechanic behind the LEGO games and you enjoyed any of the Jurassic Park films then this should be another no brainer LEGO game purchase. It was for me and I came out the other end thoroughly enjoying my time in the LEGOfied Jurassic Park.

4 Stars!