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review of parkasaurus. Do you like Jurassic
park? Do you like money? Do you like sim games?
This game combines those elements in a way
no game has successfully done since dinopark
tycoon.(show)
Maybe you remember those golden days in the
90s playing it on school computers, if you
don't here's your chance. Except this way
you can experience it in pajamas and without
a bowl cut like I had back then. Don't take
my word for it let's see what some customers
of parkasaurus have to say, 4 stars "Fart"
mmm profound. "I slept on a bench, yeah me
too if my youtube doesn't take off soon" The
game is fun, but how fun, is it worth your
money? Stay tuned. (intro)
(premise)
So what do you call a dinosaur with a big
vocabulary? A thesaurus. (rim shot sound)
or (it's time to stop)
The premise of Parkasaurus is pretty simple.
You are dinosaurs...from space?? and you land
on earth and immediately start using DNA from
your species to enslave your descendents for
the sake of human wonderment, but more importantly
money! (I like money mr krabs) Say it kinda
cocky (insert clip of something) There are
different maps which you play through meeting
objectives to unlock ship parts to allow you
to go back to space.
(Gameplay)
Parkasaurus gameplay is really fun. If you
enjoyed other tycoon style games such as zoo
tycoon and were like, I need more dinosaurs
in my simulated life, this will more than
scratch that itch. Each level has different
objectives and layouts with different challenges
to solve and different themes and biomes.
You start with little money but can bilk your
customers like some kind of breathing, money
generating atm meatbag, as if you were the
ceo of a real company.(show)
Soon you will be rolling in it, hiring more
employees to do your bidding while you play
golf in like, barbatos or something.
You will design your park from the smallest
details, where customers, walk, what they
will encounter, which dinos to put and where.(show)
You dig for dino fossils in a fun little mini
game to keep your dino eggs stocked up and
hunt for the specific breed you want in the
different families. You can unlock more and
more park items on each level by collecting
science from scientists working and collecting
dino hearts from making dino's happy. You
can make dinosaurs happy by fulfilling their
needs and making their biomes realistic in
a really cool design feature which changes
it based off the types of rock, bushes and
trees used, elevation and water amount etc.
You can also make them look friggin stupid
by putting various hats on them, probably
the single greatest design choice I have seen
in any sim game. (show)
You're not just here for the hats though,
you could be actually I don't know, but there's
more to Parkasaurus gameplay than the hats.
Just be careful to keep your dino's well fenced
and the fences in good repair or your favorite
T-rex jonesy could start rampaging and eating
your guests. (show)
There is a town where you can trade currencies
at the bank, get eggs, hats, gems and food
(show)
There is a lot of detail they put in the gameplay,
your employees level up and you can spend
their skill points (show)
They have it so customers give feedback to
improve your park, some customers are better
than others at this /hard cut/ "MEH, what
do you mean MEH! You gave us 4 stars!" (show)
There are day and night cycles, and wheather
changes and even seasons. (show some)
Designing your park and laying it out is fun
and one of the highlights, you will constantly
want to plan ahead, saving money for the next
big item, saving certain areas for maximum
customer shakedowns and more.
Honestly if you even slightly like sim games
you will enjoy the gameplay, this is one of
the most addictive sims I have played, it
is somehow both really indepth allowing you
to adjust the tiniest details while being
simple enough not to overwhelm you with menu
clutter or design options. They struck in
my opinion the perfect balance between customization
choices and simplicity.
They also included the cool but somewhat odd
choice of being able to go into first person
and run around your park with a gun, supposedly
it is used to help with dinosaur breakouts,
but I mostly used it to simulate what 2020
did to us.
"Hey bud where you going with that hotdog?
No eating in the bathroom it's unsanitary!"
"Where are you going with that? Better not
be the bathroom, I can't take any chances"
"where are you going with your hilariously
oversized hotdogs?" "he could be going anywhere"
"you only have cotton candy mam no need to
worry, carry on"
(Graphics)
What you get is what you see, graphics look
simple but good, I am personally not a fan
of this type of art style, but it fits. Dinosaurs
are vibrant and seem to come in random colors
which is awesome because we actually don't
know what color dinos were, so it's a nice
touch. The fact you can customize building
colors and transform biomes and park layouts
into basically whatever you want makes up
for the simplistic graphics. Despite the vibrant
colors I didn't find myself to tire of them
and the art style though not my taste didn't
lead to any fatigue in my longer play sessions.
(Audio)
The tracks in Parkasaurus are simple and relaxing.
They have a minimalistic vibe adding just
enough to blend into the background while
you play. You will likely enjoy it, none of
the tracks will be going on your playlists
but while you are in game they are perfect
to zone out and chill to. Audio sounds are
good too. Dinosaurs roar when you are zoomed
in on them, you will hear birds chirping as
you go by foresty biomes and other nice little
touchs. None of the audio is mindblowing but
it does suit the game and they still put more
effort in than a lot of other sim games do.
(Difficulty)
Difficulty is balanced, I never felt overwhelmed
and each level spices it up and changes certain
aspects of how you will approach victory.
You can create custom maps with varying settings
such as starting money and more to customize
the difficulty and play a more sandbox type
mode. Overall the difficulty is right where
you want 
it for a sim game.
(Value)
The game has huge bang for your buck, the
campaign is likely around 30-40 hours and
with the sandbox mode and the ability to keep
playing maps after you meet their objectives
the play time can be significantly longer.
I would say you could easily get 100+ hours
out of this game. Modders have not taken too
much interest in this as of yet, likely since
it just released a couple weeks ago but I
imagine now that this is a ripe game for modding
adding some value there. The price being currently
24.99 on steam makes this game a steal.
(Bugs)
I didn't encounter any bugs and performance
was good, I imagine this can run on most people's
computers without any issues.
(Summary)
Should you buy Parkasaurus? Yes. Overall everything
comes together to make a playful dinosaur
park sim that is a joy to play. With a variety
of hats to dress your favorite dinos up, vast
customization and good pacing on campaign
levels, a sandbox mode, passive bonuses to
unlock and the addictive gameplay, it is worth
your time and money. I give parkasaurus an
8.5/10
NO, put that down jonesy, you have no idea
where it's been! come back here, Sir don't
be dramatic, he's just cuddling you with his
teeth. I hope our insurance covers this.
