This is a good game and definitely has improvements over the first in terms of building, balance, and general game mechanics. So yes, I would recommend this if you like sim games and/or dinosaurs...

BUT I'd still recommend the first game above this one just for how good the campaign is. In this sequel the campaigns are just, well, lackluster. There is a ton of just sitting around for minutes at a time waiting for cash reserves to build up, where in the first game you could do mini-quests for cash boosts at any time. There is also a lot of repeat content in this one, with multiple of the Chaos Theory missions 'teaching' the same things you've already mastered in the Campaign (which should be called the Tutorial).

Overall I really did enjoy this sequel, though the next time I get the urge to build a dinosaur park I'll probably go back to JWE1 which was a masterpiece.

This is a good game and definitely has improvements over the first in terms of building, balance, and general game mechanics. So yes, I would recommend this if you like sim games and/or dinosaurs... BUT I'd still recommend the first game above this one just for how good the campaign is. In this sequel the campaigns are just, well, lackluster. There is a ton of just sitting around for minutes at a time waiting for cash reserves to build up, where in the first game you could do mini-quests for cash boosts at any time. There is also a lot of repeat content in this one, with multiple of the Chaos Theory missions 'teaching' the same things you've already mastered in the Campaign (which should be called the Tutorial). Overall I really did enjoy this sequel, though the next time I get the urge to build a dinosaur park I'll probably go back to JWE1 which was a masterpiece.