The tutorial is pretty bad, as it completely ignores some critical game mechanics. But once I got past that initial learning curve (thanks to a few Google and YouTube searches), this turned out to be a really fun and challenging sim game.

There is no pausing, which actually works really well here. It means that when a crisis happens, you have to deal with it at 1x speed. This forces you to plan ahead, being strategic with response teams, appropriate upgrades, shelters, etc. As with many sims, the challenge of expanding while still being able to respond to emergencies is a key part of the balance.

If anything, once you master this game it becomes a bit easy. You've gotten your most dangerous dinos secured, you've gotten more income than you can use, and you're packed with tourists. But that just frees you up to experiment more with the dinos and to try out any of the systems you didn't dive too deeply into.

Overall I'd give it a solid B. It's not the deepest or most complex sim, but it held my attention for 30+ game hours.

The tutorial is pretty bad, as it completely ignores some critical game mechanics. But once I got past that initial learning curve (thanks to a few Google and YouTube searches), this turned out to be a really fun and challenging sim game. There is no pausing, which actually works really well here. It means that when a crisis happens, you have to deal with it at 1x speed. This forces you to plan ahead, being strategic with response teams, appropriate upgrades, shelters, etc. As with many sims, the challenge of expanding while still being able to respond to emergencies is a key part of the balance. If anything, once you master this game it becomes a bit easy. You've gotten your most dangerous dinos secured, you've gotten more income than you can use, and you're packed with tourists. But that just frees you up to experiment more with the dinos and to try out any of the systems you didn't dive too deeply into. Overall I'd give it a solid B. It's not the deepest or most complex sim, but it held my attention for 30+ game hours.