What would happen if instead of Pikachus we ran into triceratops or T-Rex while walking around with Pokémon GO? Well, we'd be playing Jurassic World Alive This is a free game for Android and iPhone that takes advantage of Google Maps to create a virtual Jurassic world. All this to motivate us to move through our real environment, but capturing beings from the past in a virtual way. Of course, it is a much more elaborate game than Pokémon GO in its beginnings, and it arrives on time as merchandising for the new Jurassic saga film directed by Bayona.
The title puts us in the place of a member of the Dinosaur Protection Group Although we are not explained very well what our task, we are soon thrown onto the map to track and pursue these beings. A map shows our real area, but full of beings from another era in the purest Jurassic Park style. So we just have to walk around the real world to run into them. Just like in Pokémon GO.
The mechanics change slightly when it comes to capturing these beings. Instead of throwing pokéballs at them, our job is to get DNA samples For this we use a drone that we must control by clicking on the screen, pointing a peephole at the marked areas on the animal and releasing to shoot. Of course, you have to develop a good technique since there is a limited time and it is necessary to hit several times to capture it. With the DNA samples obtained, it is possible to generate the animal and keep it safe.Even evolve it to improve its characteristics and merge it to create more powerful and interesting hybrids.
And it is that collecting all these beings is not done for the love of art. The combats between dinosaurs is another of the mechanics of this game. It is unlocked by capturing four different dinosaurs, and with them you can already face each other to find out which one is better. That is why it is convenient to continue capturing DNA to improve and mix. Of course, DNA capture darts are finite.
To recover resources it is necessary to move and go through the supply points Yes, you were right, the same as the pokéstops in Pokémon GO . These are real places marked on the virtual map. As we get closer we can open the boxes to recover DNA darts, but also to get coins, experience and tickets.Goods with which to speed up game processes, evolve captured dinosaurs or buy other game goods.
Of course Jurassic World Alive has a shop where you can buy DNA incubators, coins or improved batteries for the drone that will give us more time to capture prehistoric animals. Always keeping in mind that these goods can be purchased with real money, or by collecting resources from the virtual world without spending a single euro.
A very interesting and fun point of this game is the AR mode It is an Augmented Reality mode with which to enjoy the excellent modeling of all the beings in the game within a real environment. Just go through the collection of dinosaurs and click on the AR button. In this way, and if we have installed Google's AR Core on the mobile, we can see this being walk around our house, down the street or wherever we focus.Through the camera of the terminal the real environment is shown, and in it the dinosaur in a quite realistic way. All this with animations and sound. From here we can take a picture or even record a video to later share it on social networks or WhatsApp.
It will be necessary to see if this game achieves the success of Pokémon GO or, at least if the variations of its formula manage to hook the players who are fans of the franchise. It is certainly a more elaborate title than the beginnings of Pokémon GO and we must appreciate the excellent finish, modeling and effects of the dinosaurs.
