Jurassic Park is awesome. Interactive media is awesome. But these two rarely meet in a way that feels meaningful.
Today at The Game Awards, we got to see something I had long given up on waiting for – a Jurassic Park game that seems to immerse itself in the pants-shitting experience of surviving that godforsaken island, in the form of Jurassic Park: Survival:
This is a world premiere that stands the test of time. This is Jurassic Park Survival #TheGameAwards pic.twitter.com/azha63bDtk
— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) December 8, 2023
At first, I jokingly remarked to my colleagues that this would be Powerwash Simulator DLC. Then, I saw our poor heroine running away from dilophosaurs and assumed it was a new chapter for Dead By Daylight. Then the T-Rex showed up.
Oh my lord. Could it be? No, of course not – I then immediately assumed it would be a VR on-rails experience, some kind of tech demo – we can’t be getting a AAA-grade Jurassic Park game in my life time.
First looks at Jurassic Park: Survival. #TheGameAwards pic.twitter.com/9AGv8Ihy87
— IGN (@IGN) December 8, 2023
A live service game? A multiplayer asymmetric survival title that will get abandoned within weeks of release?
No. It’s a full-blown solo survival game from Saber – literally set after the events of the very first film:
Return to Isla Nublar the day after the events of the beloved 1993 Jurassic Park film in an original adventure 65 million years in the making.
Survive thrilling first-person action as InGen scientist Dr. Maya Joshi, who was unable to evacuate Isla Nublar, in this single-player action-adventure game and discover a never-before-told story.
Through thrilling encounters, experience the wonder and danger of dinosaurs, each with their own distinct and adaptive behaviors brought to life by John Hammond’s vision.
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I think I need to lie down. Or wake up. Something has happened here – and it is amazing.
Check out all the details at jurassicparksurvival.com – admittedly there aren’t many, but that comes with being a freshly announced game.
I am going to get a cold drink of water.
Reckon you can escape Isla Nublar? Let us know in the comments or on social media.
Known throughout the interwebs simply as M0D3Rn, Ash is bad at video games. An old guard gamer who suffers from being generally opinionated, it comes as no surprise that he is both brutally loyal and yet, fiercely whimsical about all things electronic. On occasion will make a youtube video that actually gets views. Follow him on YouTube @Bad at Video Games
